Packing Robots Get a Grip: This robot arm can handle over 10,000 different objects.
Business

Packing Robots Get a Grip: This robot arm can handle over 10,000 different objects.

Robots are moving into a job that traditionally required the human touch.What’s new: A commercial warehouse that ships electrical supplies deployed AI-driven robotic arms from Covariant, a high-profile Silicon Valley robotics firm.

February 5, 20201 min read
Packing Robots Get a Grip: This robot arm can handle over 10,000 different objects.
Business

Packing Robots Get a Grip: This robot arm can handle over 10,000 different objects.

Robots are moving into a job that traditionally required the human touch.What’s new: A commercial warehouse that ships electrical supplies deployed AI-driven robotic arms from Covariant, a high-profile Silicon Valley robotics firm.

February 5, 20201 min read
Forecasting Blockbusters: Movie studios are using AI to predict box office success.
Business

Forecasting Blockbusters: Movie studios are using AI to predict box office success.

Could a black box become Hollywood’s crystal ball?What’s new: Warner Bros. is using an AI-powered tool that predicts a movie’s box-office success, according to Hollywood Reporter.

January 15, 20201 min read
Forecasting Blockbusters: Movie studios are using AI to predict box office success.
Business

Forecasting Blockbusters: Movie studios are using AI to predict box office success.

Could a black box become Hollywood’s crystal ball?What’s new: Warner Bros. is using an AI-powered tool that predicts a movie’s box-office success, according to Hollywood Reporter.

January 15, 20201 min read
Solar Power Heats Up: How solar thermal plants use AI to maximize energy output
Business

Solar Power Heats Up: How solar thermal plants use AI to maximize energy output

Solar-thermal power plants concentrate the sun’s energy using huge arrays of mirrors. AI is helping those arrays stay in focus.

December 4, 20192 min read
Solar Power Heats Up: How solar thermal plants use AI to maximize energy output
Business

Solar Power Heats Up: How solar thermal plants use AI to maximize energy output

Solar-thermal power plants concentrate the sun’s energy using huge arrays of mirrors. AI is helping those arrays stay in focus.

December 4, 20192 min read
A Sleeping Giant Stirs: Sony launches three AI R&D centers.
Business

A Sleeping Giant Stirs: Sony launches three AI R&D centers.

Sony, the consumer-electronics powerhouse behind the PlayStation and other hit gadgets, is launching three research-and-design centers to focus on AI. Staffing up means competing with — and likely poaching talent from — frontrunners like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft.

November 27, 20192 min read
A Sleeping Giant Stirs: Sony launches three AI R&D centers.
Business

A Sleeping Giant Stirs: Sony launches three AI R&D centers.

Sony, the consumer-electronics powerhouse behind the PlayStation and other hit gadgets, is launching three research-and-design centers to focus on AI. Staffing up means competing with — and likely poaching talent from — frontrunners like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft.

November 27, 20192 min read
What the Watchbot Sees: How Knightscope security robots use AI for surveillance
Business

What the Watchbot Sees: How Knightscope security robots use AI for surveillance

Knightscope’s security robots look cute. But these cone-headed automatons, which serve U.S. police departments and businesses, are serious surveillance machines.

November 20, 20192 min read
What the Watchbot Sees: How Knightscope security robots use AI for surveillance
Business

What the Watchbot Sees: How Knightscope security robots use AI for surveillance

Knightscope’s security robots look cute. But these cone-headed automatons, which serve U.S. police departments and businesses, are serious surveillance machines.

November 20, 20192 min read
Spotlight on Stock Scammers
Business

Spotlight on Stock Scammers

The world’s largest stock market is using AI to flag suspicious trading in real time. Nasdaq is testing a deep learning system to monitor trading of ts U.S. equities. Named Chiron, the system watches for behaviors that indicate potential market manipulation.

November 13, 20191 min read
Spotlight on Stock Scammers
Business

Spotlight on Stock Scammers

The world’s largest stock market is using AI to flag suspicious trading in real time. Nasdaq is testing a deep learning system to monitor trading of ts U.S. equities. Named Chiron, the system watches for behaviors that indicate potential market manipulation.

November 13, 20191 min read
Banking on Automation
Business

Banking on Automation

The UK’s banking industry is using AI in many facets of the business. A survey of financial firms in the UK found that nearly two-thirds of respondents have deployed machine learning technology. Many said they expect their use to double in the next two years.

November 6, 20192 min read
Banking on Automation
Business

Banking on Automation

The UK’s banking industry is using AI in many facets of the business. A survey of financial firms in the UK found that nearly two-thirds of respondents have deployed machine learning technology. Many said they expect their use to double in the next two years.

November 6, 20192 min read
AI Startups in Demand
Business

AI Startups in Demand

AI startups are being scooped up at an accelerating pace, many by companies outside the tech sphere. A report by CB Insights shows that, as of August, 2019 was on track to surpass last year’s record number of AI startup acquisitions.

October 9, 20191 min read

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