AI Versus the Garbage Heap: How Amazon uses AI to cut waste.
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AI Versus the Garbage Heap: How Amazon uses AI to cut waste.

Amazon reported long-term success using machine learning to shrink its environmental footprint. The online retailer developed a system that fuses product descriptions, images, and structured data to decide how an item should be packed for shipping.

January 12, 20222 min read
Robots in the Workplace: Google uses robot janitors to clean up offices.
Business

Robots in the Workplace: Google uses robot janitors to clean up offices.

Machines are doing light janitorial work in the uncontrolled environment of Google’s offices. Everyday Robots, a new spin-out from Google’s experimental X Development division, unleashed 100 robots to perform an array of cleanup tasks.

January 5, 20222 min read
Robots in the Workplace: Google uses robot janitors to clean up offices.
Business

Robots in the Workplace: Google uses robot janitors to clean up offices.

Machines are doing light janitorial work in the uncontrolled environment of Google’s offices. Everyday Robots, a new spin-out from Google’s experimental X Development division, unleashed 100 robots to perform an array of cleanup tasks.

January 5, 20222 min read
AI Goes Underground: Computer Vision From SewerAI Classifies Defective Pipes
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AI Goes Underground: Computer Vision From SewerAI Classifies Defective Pipes

A system from California startup SewerAI analyzes videos of underground pipes to prioritize those in need of repair.

December 1, 20211 min read
AI Goes Underground: Computer Vision From SewerAI Classifies Defective Pipes
Business

AI Goes Underground: Computer Vision From SewerAI Classifies Defective Pipes

A system from California startup SewerAI analyzes videos of underground pipes to prioritize those in need of repair.

December 1, 20211 min read
Deep Learning for Deep Frying: White Castle Uses Robots to Cook French Fries
Business

Deep Learning for Deep Frying: White Castle Uses Robots to Cook French Fries

Flippy 2, a robotic fry station from California-based Miso Robotics, has been newly deployed in a Chicago White Castle location.

November 24, 20212 min read
Deep Learning for Deep Frying: White Castle Uses Robots to Cook French Fries
Business

Deep Learning for Deep Frying: White Castle Uses Robots to Cook French Fries

Flippy 2, a robotic fry station from California-based Miso Robotics, has been newly deployed in a Chicago White Castle location.

November 24, 20212 min read
Price Prediction Turns Perilous: How Covid Broke Zillow's Pricing Algorithm
Business

Price Prediction Turns Perilous: How Covid Broke Zillow's Pricing Algorithm

The real-estate website Zillow bought and sold homes based on prices estimated by an algorithm — until Covid-19 confounded the model’s predictive power. Zillow, whose core business is providing real-estate information for prospective buyers, shut down its house-flipping division after...

November 17, 20212 min read
Price Prediction Turns Perilous: How Covid Broke Zillow's Pricing Algorithm
Business

Price Prediction Turns Perilous: How Covid Broke Zillow's Pricing Algorithm

The real-estate website Zillow bought and sold homes based on prices estimated by an algorithm — until Covid-19 confounded the model’s predictive power. Zillow, whose core business is providing real-estate information for prospective buyers, shut down its house-flipping division after...

November 17, 20212 min read
GPT-3 for All: GPT-3 NLP Model is Available for Select Azure Users
Business

GPT-3 for All: GPT-3 NLP Model is Available for Select Azure Users

Microsoft is making GPT-3 available to selected customers through its Azure cloud service.

November 10, 20212 min read
DeepMind Doubles Down on AlphaFold: DeepMind Launches Company to Commercialize AlphaFold 2
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DeepMind Doubles Down on AlphaFold: DeepMind Launches Company to Commercialize AlphaFold 2

Isomorphic aims to build its business on AlphaFold 2, an ensemble of neural networks that finds the shapes of protein molecules.

November 10, 20211 min read
GPT-3 for All: GPT-3 NLP Model is Available for Select Azure Users
Business

GPT-3 for All: GPT-3 NLP Model is Available for Select Azure Users

Microsoft is making GPT-3 available to selected customers through its Azure cloud service.

November 10, 20212 min read
DeepMind Doubles Down on AlphaFold: DeepMind Launches Company to Commercialize AlphaFold 2
Business

DeepMind Doubles Down on AlphaFold: DeepMind Launches Company to Commercialize AlphaFold 2

Isomorphic aims to build its business on AlphaFold 2, an ensemble of neural networks that finds the shapes of protein molecules.

November 10, 20211 min read
AI Hubs Are Few and Far Between: U.S. AI Hubs are Concentrated in a Few Cities
Business

AI Hubs Are Few and Far Between: U.S. AI Hubs are Concentrated in a Few Cities

A new study warns that the geographic concentration of AI in the United States is making the industry too insular.What’s new: A report by the Brookings Institution documents the extent to

October 20, 20211 min read
AI Hubs Are Few and Far Between: U.S. AI Hubs are Concentrated in a Few Cities
Business

AI Hubs Are Few and Far Between: U.S. AI Hubs are Concentrated in a Few Cities

A new study warns that the geographic concentration of AI in the United States is making the industry too insular.What’s new: A report by the Brookings Institution documents the extent to

October 20, 20211 min read

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