Deep Learning Is in the Air: How Xwing uses AI for autonomous commercial flights
Business

Deep Learning Is in the Air: How Xwing uses AI for autonomous commercial flights

An aviation startups is using neural networks to put air freight on autopilot.What’s new: Xwing, a California startup, is test-flying an autonomous pilot system aboard cargo aircraft with an eye toward crewless commercial flights in 2022.

September 2, 20201 min read
Race Recognition: Face recognition companies identify people by race.
Business

Race Recognition: Face recognition companies identify people by race.

Marketers are using computer vision to parse customers by skin color and other perceived racial characteristics. A number of companies are pitching race classification as a way for businesses to understand the buying habits of different groups.

August 26, 20201 min read
Race Recognition: Face recognition companies identify people by race.
Business

Race Recognition: Face recognition companies identify people by race.

Marketers are using computer vision to parse customers by skin color and other perceived racial characteristics. A number of companies are pitching race classification as a way for businesses to understand the buying habits of different groups.

August 26, 20201 min read
AI in Regions Rich and Poor: How companies in Africa and the Middle East use AI
Business

AI in Regions Rich and Poor: How companies in Africa and the Middle East use AI

Companies in Africa and the Middle East are building AI capacity in very different ways, a new study found. AI is growing fast in both regions despite shortages of talent and data.

July 22, 20201 min read
Deepfakes Go Corporate: Syntheisa offers AI generated videos in 34 languages.
Business

Deepfakes Go Corporate: Syntheisa offers AI generated videos in 34 languages.

The same technology that has bedeviled Hollywood stars and roiled politics is easing corporate communications. Synthesia generates training and sales videos featuring photorealistic, synthetic talking heads that read personalized scripts in any of 34 languages.

July 22, 20202 min read
Deepfakes Go Corporate: Syntheisa offers AI generated videos in 34 languages.
Business

Deepfakes Go Corporate: Syntheisa offers AI generated videos in 34 languages.

The same technology that has bedeviled Hollywood stars and roiled politics is easing corporate communications. Synthesia generates training and sales videos featuring photorealistic, synthetic talking heads that read personalized scripts in any of 34 languages.

July 22, 20202 min read
AI in Regions Rich and Poor: How companies in Africa and the Middle East use AI
Business

AI in Regions Rich and Poor: How companies in Africa and the Middle East use AI

Companies in Africa and the Middle East are building AI capacity in very different ways, a new study found. AI is growing fast in both regions despite shortages of talent and data.

July 22, 20201 min read
Assembly Line AI: How companies are using AI to spot manufacturing flaws
Business

Assembly Line AI: How companies are using AI to spot manufacturing flaws

Computer vision has been learning how to spot manufacturing flaws. The pandemic is accelerating that education. Companies like Instrumental and Elementary are making AI-powered cameras that automate the spotting of damaged or badly assembled products on factory assembly lines.

July 15, 20201 min read
Assembly Line AI: How companies are using AI to spot manufacturing flaws
Business

Assembly Line AI: How companies are using AI to spot manufacturing flaws

Computer vision has been learning how to spot manufacturing flaws. The pandemic is accelerating that education. Companies like Instrumental and Elementary are making AI-powered cameras that automate the spotting of damaged or badly assembled products on factory assembly lines.

July 15, 20201 min read
Game Changer: Top football clubs are using AI to improve performance.
Business

Game Changer: Top football clubs are using AI to improve performance.

Football clubs are turning to computer vision for winning insights. Acronis, a Swiss cloud storage and security company, offers AI services designed to give a boost to some of the world’s top football clubs (soccer teams, to Americans), Wired reported.

July 8, 20201 min read
Game Changer: Top football clubs are using AI to improve performance.
Business

Game Changer: Top football clubs are using AI to improve performance.

Football clubs are turning to computer vision for winning insights. Acronis, a Swiss cloud storage and security company, offers AI services designed to give a boost to some of the world’s top football clubs (soccer teams, to Americans), Wired reported.

July 8, 20201 min read
The AI of Small Things: Apple aims to simplify minor tasks with machine learning.
Business

The AI of Small Things: Apple aims to simplify minor tasks with machine learning.

Some tech companies boast that their AI will change the world. Apple’s latest just aims to make your life a little easier. Apple unveiled a flock of modest conveniences powered by machine learning at its annual developer conference.

July 1, 20201 min read
The AI of Small Things: Apple aims to simplify minor tasks with machine learning.
Business

The AI of Small Things: Apple aims to simplify minor tasks with machine learning.

Some tech companies boast that their AI will change the world. Apple’s latest just aims to make your life a little easier. Apple unveiled a flock of modest conveniences powered by machine learning at its annual developer conference.

July 1, 20201 min read
Tech Giants Face Off With Police: Amazon and Microsoft halt face recognition for police.
Business

Tech Giants Face Off With Police: Amazon and Microsoft halt face recognition for police.

Three of the biggest AI vendors pledged to stop providing face recognition services to police — but other companies continue to serve the law-enforcement market.

June 24, 20201 min read
Tech Giants Face Off With Police: Amazon and Microsoft halt face recognition for police.
Business

Tech Giants Face Off With Police: Amazon and Microsoft halt face recognition for police.

Three of the biggest AI vendors pledged to stop providing face recognition services to police — but other companies continue to serve the law-enforcement market.

June 24, 20201 min read

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