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Researchers show that computer vision algorithms pretrained on ImageNet exhibit multiple, distressing biases
Alphabet’s Project Amber uses AI to try to diagnose depression from brain waves
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Hailo partners with Foxconn to build edge device for AI inference
Groove raises $12 million to automate sales enablement
Symend raises $52 million to remediate consumer debt with data science
DJI debuts new enterprise drone and cameras
Dtex raises $17.5 million to detect cyberthreats with AI while preserving privacy
Smart device maker Wink demands customers pay up or lose features
Facebook’s AI ‘learns how to learn’ to transport payloads using a drone
Facebook cancels its 2020-2021 AI Residency program due to coronavirus
GitHub launches Codespaces for browser-based coding
Facebook’s AI detects gender bias in text
Ring’s new $99 Video Doorbell takes snapshots throughout the day
Luminar will supply lidar for Volvo’s driverless vehicle platform
Covariant raises $40 million to bring robots to low-tech industries
Emtrain raises $10 million to prevent workplace harassment with data analytics
Epitopes.world taps AI to predict COVID-19 vaccine success
Microsoft Research’s VROOM combines life-sized AR avatars with robots
OpenAI begins publicly tracking AI model efficiency
Carnegie Mellon and University of Pittsburgh develop low-cost, modular ICU ventilator
Apple’s virtual WWDC20 will begin on June 22
Google announces Web Vitals, user experience and performance metrics for websites
GigaSpaces raises $12 million to accelerate AI workloads with in-memory computing
Cockroach Labs raises $86.6 million to store enterprise data in multiple locations
Firefox 76 arrives with password management and Zoom improvements
Omilia raises $20 million for AI customer service chatbots
IBM’s Watson AIOps automates IT anomaly detection and remediation
PlotMachines AI system writes long-form stories from outlines
Apple and Google prohibit location tracking in new contact tracing guidelines
Intel acquires urban mobility startup Moovit for $900 million
Allen Institute’s VeriSci uses AI to fact-check scientific claims
Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Pro adds Magic Keyboard, 10th-gen Intel CPUs
India orders coronavirus tracing app for all public and private sector employees