This week in AI: AI-powered personalities are all the rage
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. Last week during its annual
Read moreHow much carbon pollution is in your product? Muir AI raises $3.25M seed to answer that question
Everything from materials to manufacturing and distribution leaves a carbon footprint, and not all vendors report their emissions.
Read moreTD Bank unveils free accessibility tool for online inclusivity
Last week in Toronto, TD Bank Group announced the public release of TD Accessibility Adapter, a Chrome browser plug-in, during the opening night of the 2023 Elevate Festival. This tool, previously confined to TD employees, is now available for public use in Canada and the United States. The initiative marks
Read moreWeb3 funding is down again as the crypto winter drags on
Crypto pretty much seems to have lost its allure as far as venture capitalists are concerned.
Read moreFTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried is on trial for fraud and conspiracy
Photo illustration by Cath Virgina / The Verge The trial could have huge implications for the crypto industry. Stay up to date as The Verge covers the trial from the Manhattan court. Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is on trial for eight counts of wire fraud
Read moreEyeing vision-based autonomy for farm equipment, Bonsai Robotics raises $10.5M
One can’t accuse Bonsai Robotics of lacking focus. The Bay Area-based firm is starting with trees — specifically nut trees. Like most labor-intensive sectors these days, farms have suffered from a profound lack of available workers, so the startup began striking deals with OEMs to outfit heavy farming equipment with
Read moreGoogle Pixel Event 2023: How to stream the Pixel 8 reveal
The biggest question at this point is whether Google has any more surprises up its sleeve. The company appears to have announced everything about the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2 but the price. And even that appears to have been revealed amid a torrent of leaks.
Read moreRivian Q3 deliveries beat expectations, jump 23% from previous quarter
Rivian reported Monday it produced 16,304 vehicles at its Normal, Illinois factory and delivered 15,564 to customers, a higher-than-expected result that puts the company on track to beat its estimates for the year. Shares of Rivian fell 3% before gaining back some ground to settle at $24.13. Rivian expects to
Read moreCustomer Centric Car Wash App Awarded for Creative use of AI
Innovative wash app that builds customer loyalty by automatically detecting a vehicle’s number plate using number plate recognition algorithms and triggering messages to people who have signed up for a loyalty programme, offering them awards for repeat visits takes home silver. The app developed for CarSpa, a car-washing business in
Read moreSpotify spotted developing AI-generated playlists created with prompts
Following the successful launch of Spotify’s AI-powered DJ feature and, more recently, added support for AI-translated podcasts, Spotify now appears to be developing another means of using AI in its app: AI-powered playlists. References discovered in the app’s code indicate the company may be developing generative AI playlists users could
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