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From Washington State to Washington, D.C., lawmakers rush to regulate facial recognition
Jan 19, 2020
Read MoreWith the start of an impeachment trial; talk of mounting hostility with Iran; new trade deals with China, Canada, and Mexico; and the final presidential debate before the launch of the Democratic presidential primary season, you might’ve missed it, but this was also a momentous week for facial recognition regulation.
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Smart VC money is beginning to seep out beyond Silicon Valley
Jan 15, 2020
Read MoreLast year, the Bay Area’s proportion of overall U.S. venture capital investment fell to the lowest point since 2013, according to year-end data from Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association.
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Apple buys edge-based AI startup Xnor.ai for a reported $200M
Jan 15, 2020
Read MoreXnor.ai, spun off in 2017 from the nonprofit Allen Institute for AI (AI2), has been acquired by Apple for about $200 million. A source close to the company corroborated a report this morning from GeekWire to that effect.
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Why “Explainability” Is A Big Deal In AI
Jan 8, 2020
Read MoreThere is a little-noticed talent that’s critical for success in a tech-centric world; it’s up there with being a great programmer, a master strategist, or even an innovative entrepreneur.
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CES 2020: Toyota is building a 'smart' city to test AI, robots and self-driving cars
Jan 8, 2020
Read More(CNN) Carmaker Toyota has unveiled plans for a 2,000-person “city of the future,” where it will test autonomous vehicles, smart technology and robot-assisted living.
The ambitious project, dubbed Woven City, is set to break ground next year in the foothills of Japan’s Mount Fuji, about 60 miles from Tokyo.
Announcing the project at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Toyota’s CEO Akio Toyoda described the new city as a “living laboratory” that will allow researchers, scientists and engineers to test emerging technology in a “real-life environment.”
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Source: CNN
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Top minds in machine learning predict where AI is going in 2020
Jan 2, 2020
Read MoreAI is no longer poised to change the world someday; it’s changing the world now. As we begin a new year and decade, VentureBeat turned to some of the keenest minds in AI to revisit progress made in 2019 and look ahead to how machine learning will mature in 2020.
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The Top Stories in Voice 2019
Dec 31, 2019
Read MoreThe top story in voice in 2019 according to industry professionals didn’t break until the final month of the year.
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VC Investments In Enterprise Tech And AI
Dec 25, 2019
Read MoreAccording to Toptal, the venture capital sector has grown by 12.1% annually since the financial crisis. The same source tells us that the amount of capital raised per year has grown by 100% over the decade. Companies with a focus on AI have collected over 9.3 billion dollars in the US during 2018.
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AI (Artificial Intelligence): What We Can Expect In The New Year
Dec 20, 2019
Read MoreThis year has seen notable breakthroughs in AI (Artificial Intelligence). They have included innovations about algorithms–like GANs or Generative Adversarial Networks–as well as advances in categories like NLP (Natural Language Processing), just to name a few. Then what can we expect in 2020?
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The true value of cloud-based AI isn't what you think
Dec 20, 2019
Read MoreAlong with intelligent applications, using AI to improve automation, security, and knowledge sharing will have far-reaching benefits.
Insights
The content and distribution of Azafran’s INSIGHTS newsletter is focused to our LP, incubator, research, investment and partner ecosystem. As we look to build a two-way dialogue benefitting our collective efforts, each month we highlight important news and our approach to the emerging intersection of deep technology, end to end solutions and platforms driven by voice, acoustics/sensory and imagery.
The content and distribution of Azafran’s INSIGHTS newsletter is focused to our LP, incubator, research, investment and partner ecosystem. Below are highlights from the last two issues, please sign up to receive access to past and new issues as they are published.
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Issue 21 - 2020 a Year of COVID, Challenges and Opportunity Like No Other Before
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Looking back and looking forward, highlighting key INSIGHTS features and signposts from the past year as well as a focus on the first virtual CES and many other prominent events.
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Issue 21 - CES 2021 Goes Virtual: Positives and Negatives
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The biggest difference for our team from this year’s CES was the networking and collisions that always occurred for us at the conference.
