The flood of data produced by autonomous vehicles using sensors like Luminar’s lidar system is expected to overwhelm the decades-old networking technology used in most cars.
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Intel buys deep-learning startup Vertex.AI to join its Movidius unit
Intel wants to bring more artificial intelligence technology into all aspects of its business, and today it is stepping up its game a little in the area with an acquisition. The computer processing giant has acquired Vertex.AI, a…
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Children Can Be Peer Pressured By Robots, Study Says
A new study published in Science Robotics has offered a glimpse into the interaction of children and robots, and it’s a bit disturbing. It seems our future overlords are able to peer pressure children into agreeing with them, even…
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Intel acquires Seattle-based deep learning startup Vertex.AI to bolster artificial intelligence efforts
Vertex co-founder Choong Ng.
Intel has acquired Vertex.AI, a three-year-old Seattle startup whose tools let developers add deep learning capabilities to their software.
Founded in 2015 by Choong Ng, Jeremy Bruestle, and Brian Retford, Vertex and its 7-person team will become part of the…
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Recode Daily: Should Uber sell off its self-driving car unit?
Plus, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is rethinking how Twitter works so it won’t help spread hate; how air conditioning helped create the modern city; happy 60th birthday to the ageless Madonna.
Uber is investing its growth in becoming —…
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Microsoft’s sassy teenage bot is popping up on podcast talk shows
Lauren Lapkus says that Zo’s sarcasm “really, really hurt my feelings and I still haven’t gotten over it.”
The trick to preparing to be interviewed by artificial intelligence is to not prepare at all. At least according to actress and comedian…
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Nuro and Kroger are deploying self-driving cars for grocery delivery in Arizona today
Self-driving car startup Nuro is ready to put autonomous vehicles on the road in partnership with Kroger to deliver groceries in Scottsdale, Arizona. This comes a couple of months after Nuro and Kroger announced their partnership to offer same-day deliveries.
This pilot…
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Serviceaide: Product Overview and Analysis
Serviceaide provides IT service management with artificial intelligence and virtual agents.
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