Wake Up and Smell the AI: Coffee Producers Use AI to Grow Better Beans
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Wake Up and Smell the AI: Coffee Producers Use AI to Grow Better Beans

Coffee producers are using machine learning to grow better beans.What’s new: Beverage giant Nespresso is rolling out a system to assess the quality of hybrid coffee seedlings using technology from Israeli-Colombian startup Demetria.

August 25, 20211 min read
Outstanding in the Field: John Deere buys Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million.
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Outstanding in the Field: John Deere buys Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million.

One of the world’s largest makers of farm equipment is doubling down on self-driving tractors. John Deere agreed to pay $250 million for Bear Flag Robotics, a California startup that upgrades conventional tractors.

August 18, 20211 min read
Outstanding in the Field: John Deere buys Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million.
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Outstanding in the Field: John Deere buys Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million.

One of the world’s largest makers of farm equipment is doubling down on self-driving tractors. John Deere agreed to pay $250 million for Bear Flag Robotics, a California startup that upgrades conventional tractors.

August 18, 20211 min read
Apple Kicks AI Into High Gear: Inside Apple's efforts to make pro-privacy AI
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Apple Kicks AI Into High Gear: Inside Apple's efforts to make pro-privacy AI

After years of trailing other tech giants in AI, Apple has a new ambition: to become the industry’s leading purveyor of products powered by machine learning. In an interview with Ars Technica, the company’s AI chief argues that its pro-privacy.

August 12, 20212 min read
Apple Kicks AI Into High Gear: Inside Apple's efforts to make pro-privacy AI
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Apple Kicks AI Into High Gear: Inside Apple's efforts to make pro-privacy AI

After years of trailing other tech giants in AI, Apple has a new ambition: to become the industry’s leading purveyor of products powered by machine learning. In an interview with Ars Technica, the company’s AI chief argues that its pro-privacy.

August 12, 20212 min read
To Bee or Not to Bee: AI farm robots help to pollinate tomatoes.
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To Bee or Not to Bee: AI farm robots help to pollinate tomatoes.

Insects that spread pollen to fruiting plants are in trouble. A possible alternative: Robots. Farmers in Australia and the U.S. are using robots from Israeli startup Arugga Farming to pollinate greenhouse tomatoes.

August 11, 20211 min read
To Bee or Not to Bee: AI farm robots help to pollinate tomatoes.
Business

To Bee or Not to Bee: AI farm robots help to pollinate tomatoes.

Insects that spread pollen to fruiting plants are in trouble. A possible alternative: Robots. Farmers in Australia and the U.S. are using robots from Israeli startup Arugga Farming to pollinate greenhouse tomatoes.

August 11, 20211 min read
Bye Bye Bots: OpenAI quit robotics to focus on AGI.
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Bye Bye Bots: OpenAI quit robotics to focus on AGI.

The independent research lab OpenAI wowed technology watchers in 2019 with a robotic hand that solved Rubik’s Cube. Now it has disbanded the team that built it. OpenAI cofounder Wojciech Zaremba revealed that OpenAI shuttered its robotics program last October.

July 21, 20211 min read
Bye Bye Bots: OpenAI quit robotics to focus on AGI.
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Bye Bye Bots: OpenAI quit robotics to focus on AGI.

The independent research lab OpenAI wowed technology watchers in 2019 with a robotic hand that solved Rubik’s Cube. Now it has disbanded the team that built it. OpenAI cofounder Wojciech Zaremba revealed that OpenAI shuttered its robotics program last October.

July 21, 20211 min read
Home Sweet AI-Appraised Home: Inside Zillow's neural network for home price predictions.
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Home Sweet AI-Appraised Home: Inside Zillow's neural network for home price predictions.

Real estate websites helped turn automated real-estate assessment into a classic AI problem. The latest approach by a leader in the field gets a boost from deep learning.

July 7, 20212 min read
Home Sweet AI-Appraised Home: Inside Zillow's neural network for home price predictions.
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Home Sweet AI-Appraised Home: Inside Zillow's neural network for home price predictions.

Real estate websites helped turn automated real-estate assessment into a classic AI problem. The latest approach by a leader in the field gets a boost from deep learning.

July 7, 20212 min read
Flight Paths Optimized: How one airline uses AI to plan its flights.
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Flight Paths Optimized: How one airline uses AI to plan its flights.

An AI system is helping aircraft avoid bad weather, restricted airspace, and clogged runways. Alaska Airlines will route all its flights using a system from Airspace Intelligence called Flyways.

June 30, 20211 min read
No Cashier? No Problem: Amazon supermarkets go cashier-less thanks to AI.
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No Cashier? No Problem: Amazon supermarkets go cashier-less thanks to AI.

Shoppers at Amazon’s newest grocery store can skip the checkout line. Amazon opened its first full-scale supermarket that monitors which items customers place in their cart and charges them automatically when they leave. It calls the system Just Walk Out.

June 30, 20211 min read
No Cashier? No Problem: Amazon supermarkets go cashier-less thanks to AI.
Business

No Cashier? No Problem: Amazon supermarkets go cashier-less thanks to AI.

Shoppers at Amazon’s newest grocery store can skip the checkout line. Amazon opened its first full-scale supermarket that monitors which items customers place in their cart and charges them automatically when they leave. It calls the system Just Walk Out.

June 30, 20211 min read
Flight Paths Optimized: How one airline uses AI to plan its flights.
Business

Flight Paths Optimized: How one airline uses AI to plan its flights.

An AI system is helping aircraft avoid bad weather, restricted airspace, and clogged runways. Alaska Airlines will route all its flights using a system from Airspace Intelligence called Flyways.

June 30, 20211 min read

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