Predictive Analytics Dreamcatcher is an A.I. that could help analyze the world’s dreams Google search queries and social media posts provide a means of peering into the ideas, concerns, and expectations of millions of people around the world. Using the right web-scraping bots and big data analytics, everyone from marketers to social scientists can analyze this information and use it to draw conclusions about what’s on the mind of massive […] Written by Gemechu Taye September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tech Convert PDFs to Audiobooks with Machine Learning Ever wish you could listen to documents? In this post, we’ll use machine learning to transform PDFs into audiobooks. This project was a collaboration with Kaz Sato. Update: Many of you have asked me what the total cost of this project is, which I’ve included at the end of this post. TLDR: it was free. Walking–it’s […] Written by Gemechu Taye September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tech For CPU growth, Nuvia raises $240 M, releases new details We’ve been following some of the smaller CPU vendors like Nuvia and Ampere that have emerged in the hyperscale server industry as potential challengers to x86. Nuvia is the news this time around — I will spare you the pun — for raising a whopping $240 million in funding as it seeks investor support to […] Written by Anatoly Kebede September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tech World’s first 6G Chip is Launched with 11 Gb/s Speed Scientists have created a chip capable of transmitting data at 11 Gb/s (Gigabits per second) speed. The result may be useful for the implementation of 6G in the coming years. The component leaves the most upbeat expectations of 10 Gb/s for the future of 5G behind and even accesses frequencies in the THz (terahertz) range. […] Written by Gemechu Taye September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Startups Spectrum Labs raises $10M for its AI-based platform to combat online toxicity Image Credits: Towfiqu Photography (opens in a new window)/ Getty Images With the U.S. presidential election now 40 days away, all eyes are focused on how online conversations, in conjunction with other hallmarks of online life like viral videos, news clips and misleading ads, will be used, and often abused, to influence people’s decisions. But political discourse, of […] Written by Gemechu Taye September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Security Pentagon Hosts Meeting on Ethical Use of Military AI With Allies and Partners This comes in the backdrop of growing interest in global technology cooperation. Last week, on September 15 and 16, the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) held a meeting with officials from 13 countries, including but not only U.S. allies, around the ethical military uses of artificial intelligence, the first of its kind. Breaking Defense quotes Mark […] Written by Gemechu Taye September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tech AI Should Change What You Do — Not Just How You Do It Few leaders would dispute the fact that business today is driven by data and smart algorithms. Yet, rather than real digital transformation, many instead pursue digital incrementalism, using automation to cut costs or, worse — cut jobs. Doing so might buy you some time from impatient shareholders, but it will be short-lived unless you can […] Written by Gemechu Taye September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Startups Facebook wants to make AI better by asking people to break it The new kind of test pits machine-learning models against humans who do their best to fool them. The explosive successes of AI in the last decade or so are typically chalked up to lots of data and lots of computing power. But benchmarks also play a crucial role in driving progress—tests that researchers can pit […] Written by Gemechu Taye September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Artificial Intelligence Ideas Have you got an idea to push NASA to the moon? You could win 5 million dollars. If NASA goes back to the moon in 2024 like planned, it’s going to need a lot of energy. NASA’s Artemis program plans to land a man and woman on the moon’s South Pole for humanity’s first time on the lunar surface since 1972. The mission is to both explore the moon and prep for future […] Written by Anatoly Kebede September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Tech The new hypothesis models the movement of numerous species using sensing to scan for Both animals, big and small, live in an unknown universe every day. You rely on your senses to help you live and thrive in your environment, whether you are a human being or an insect. So what is causing this critical sensation? Unsurprisingly, when they are looking, animals transfer their sensory organs, such as arms, […] Written by Anatoly Kebede September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Google Maps gains driving mode and food delivery status Google today revealed Google Maps updates aimed at warning users of pandemic-related threats. Soon, maps will display all-time COVID-19 cases identified in an area, along with fast links from local authorities to resources. Google will also start to demonstrate how bus, train, and subway lines are crowded in more locations across the globe. Maps also […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Hover raises $60 million to streamline home inspections with computer vision Today, $60 million was raised by Hover, a startup creating AI-powered apps that build 3D models of homes from smartphone images. The 200-employee firm says the proceeds will be used as Hover expands its product offerings to strengthen established partnerships with insurance companies. 6.26% of insured homes experienced a claim in 2017, compared to just […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Google Maps gains driving mode and food delivery status Google today revealed Google Maps updates aimed at warning users of pandemic-related threats. Soon, maps will display all-time COVID-19 cases identified in an area, along with fast links from local authorities to resources. Google will also start to demonstrate how bus, train, and subway lines are crowded in more locations across the globe. Maps also […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Hover raises $60 million to streamline home inspections with computer vision Today, $60 million was raised by Hover, a startup creating AI-powered apps that build 3D models of homes from smartphone images. The 200-employee firm says the proceeds will be used as Hover expands its product offerings to strengthen established partnerships with insurance companies. 6.26% of insured homes experienced a claim in 2017, compared to just […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Motional receives permission to begin testing autonomous vehicles without safety drivers in Nevada Motional, the joint autonomous driving alliance between Aptiv and Hyundai, announced today that the state of Nevada has obtained permission to test its autonomous vehicles without a driver behind the wheel. The firm claims this is part of the completion of a phase of self-imposed testing and evaluation. In the U.S., relatively few businesses have […] Written by Samuel Tsegaye November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Meet This Year’s WIRED25: People Who Are Making Things Better WHEN SARTRE SAID hell is other people, he wasn’t living through 2020. Right now, other people are the only thing between us and species collapse. Not just the people we occasionally encounter behind fugly masks—but the experts and innovators out in the world, leading the way. The 17-year-old hacker building his own coronavirus tracker. The […] Written by Gemechu Taye September 22, 2020September 23, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Ethiopia marks six months of COVID-19 – Analysis and Visualization 13 September marks six months since the first coronavirus announced in Ethiopia.In the half-year since then, reported cases are close to 64 Thousend, with more than 996 deaths. At the onset, COVID-19 mainly affected the capital city. However, the virus is now moving from high-density urban areas to informal settlements and then onward to rural […] Written by Gemechu Taye September 13, 2020September 13, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Presto, Festo: German company makes amazing robotic bird You may have heard of the term biomimicry before — the practice of using a design that nature and evolution has perfected. The German robotics firm Festo does this exceedingly well. One of its latest creations is a swallow that really does fly like a bird. Seriously: You have to see it to believe it. […] Written by Gemechu Taye August 28, 2020August 31, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
AI and self driving car Present international artificial intelligence (AI) inventory and progression in self-driving vehicle research and development Complementary subjects in technology are also artificial intelligence ( AI) and self-driving vehicles. In brief, without someone involved, you just can’t debate one. While AI has been rapidly applied in different areas, a new hot topic has been the way you […] Written by Anatoly Kebede August 27, 2020September 22, 2020 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked