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Tel Aviv-based Firebolt, a startup developing a cloud data warehouse for analytics, today closed a $37 million funding round. A
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Computer scientists in AI are beginning to refuse to review Google AI research until Google changes its stance on former
Read moreAI Weekly: In firing Timnit Gebru, Google puts commercial interests ahead of ethics
This week, Timnit Gebru, a leading AI researcher, was fired from her position on an AI ethics team at Google
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At Labs Day, an online event showcasing innovations across Intel’s portfolio, the company unveiled ControlFlag, a machine programming system that
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Read moreAurora Solar raises $50 million to streamline solar installation with predictive algorithms
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Read moreUC Berkeley researchers detect ‘silent speech’ with electrodes and AI
UC Berkeley researchers say they are the first to train AI using using silently mouthed words and sensors that collect
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