Business
California Officially Bans Police Use Of Facial Recognition In Body Cameras
Posted in Business, Software on 11th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
Continuing the growing pushback against facial recognition technology, California has now passed a new law banning the tech in connection with data gathered by police body cameras. The law comes into effect at the beginning of 2020 and will expire after three years.
AI Startups On Pace To Break Funding Records In 2019
Posted in Business, Software on 11th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
Artificial intelligence’s potential to transform a growing range of industries has venture capitalists writing checks to promising startups at a rate that will likely set a new record in 2019 for the industry.
Google Brain’s ROBEL Benchmark Lets Devs Track AI Quality On Affordable Robots
Posted in Business, Hardware, Software on 11th Oct, 2019
by Alex Muller
More affordable robots designed to work with platforms and performance benchmarks make adoption more likely by developers, students, or startups interested in iterating to advance the field.
Oculus Confirms Multiple Prototype AR Glasses, Development Of Live Maps
Posted in Business, Hardware on 30th Sep, 2019
by Alex Muller
Facebook already has a few working prototypes for AR glasses, which will go beyond VR in enabling people to share both real and virtual spaces with each other, a less isolating experience.
Eko Raises $20 Million For AI Heart Disease Monitoring And Detection Solutions
Posted in Business, Medicine on 25th Sep, 2019
by Alex Muller
Heart disease is a silent and often costly killer. About 610,000 people die of it in the U.S. each year, putting it at the top of the leading causes of death for women and men.