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
Cream of the Startup Crop: CB Insights published its list of top AI startups for 2021.
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Cream of the Startup Crop: CB Insights published its list of top AI startups for 2021.

AI startups continue to roared ahead, global pandemic or no. Tech industry analyst CB Insights published its fifth annual list of the 100 most promising private AI companies.

April 21, 20211 min read
Cream of the Startup Crop: CB Insights published its list of top AI startups for 2021.
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Cream of the Startup Crop: CB Insights published its list of top AI startups for 2021.

AI startups continue to roared ahead, global pandemic or no. Tech industry analyst CB Insights published its fifth annual list of the 100 most promising private AI companies.

April 21, 20211 min read
Drones Unleashed: FAA authorizes AI drones beyond line of sight.
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Drones Unleashed: FAA authorizes AI drones beyond line of sight.

U.S. regulators for the first time allowed commercial operators of autonomous aerial vehicles to fly out of operators’ sight. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration authorized drone maker American Robotics to fly without requirement.

January 27, 20212 min read
Drones Unleashed: FAA authorizes AI drones beyond line of sight.
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Drones Unleashed: FAA authorizes AI drones beyond line of sight.

U.S. regulators for the first time allowed commercial operators of autonomous aerial vehicles to fly out of operators’ sight. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration authorized drone maker American Robotics to fly without requirement.

January 27, 20212 min read
Retailers Adjust to the Pandemic: How Chinese retailers used AI to rebound from Covid-19
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Retailers Adjust to the Pandemic: How Chinese retailers used AI to rebound from Covid-19

Covid-19 wreaked havoc with models that predict retail sales — but China’s biggest annual e-commerce event showed that they’re back in business.

November 18, 20202 min read
Retailers Adjust to the Pandemic: How Chinese retailers used AI to rebound from Covid-19
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Retailers Adjust to the Pandemic: How Chinese retailers used AI to rebound from Covid-19

Covid-19 wreaked havoc with models that predict retail sales — but China’s biggest annual e-commerce event showed that they’re back in business.

November 18, 20202 min read
Deep Learning Is in the Air: How Xwing uses AI for autonomous commercial flights
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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
Deep Learning Is in the Air: How Xwing uses AI for autonomous commercial flights
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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
New Behaviors Derail Old Training: How Covid-19 impacted the AI behind online shopping
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New Behaviors Derail Old Training: How Covid-19 impacted the AI behind online shopping

The pandemic has radically altered online shopping behavior, throwing a wrench into many AI systems. AI inventory trackers, recommendation algorithms, and fraud detection systems trained on pre-pandemic consumer behavior have been flummoxed by the different ways people now browse, binge, and buy.

May 20, 20201 min read
New Behaviors Derail Old Training: How Covid-19 impacted the AI behind online shopping
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New Behaviors Derail Old Training: How Covid-19 impacted the AI behind online shopping

The pandemic has radically altered online shopping behavior, throwing a wrench into many AI systems. AI inventory trackers, recommendation algorithms, and fraud detection systems trained on pre-pandemic consumer behavior have been flummoxed by the different ways people now browse, binge, and buy.

May 20, 20201 min read
Machine Learning Churning: The hottest AI startups of 2020, according to CB Insights
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Machine Learning Churning: The hottest AI startups of 2020, according to CB Insights

Many of this year’s hottest AI companies are taking the spotlight from last year’s darlings.What’s new: CB Insights, which analyzes early-stage companies, published its annual list of the 100 “most promising” startups in AI.

March 11, 20201 min read
Machine Learning Churning: The hottest AI startups of 2020, according to CB Insights
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Machine Learning Churning: The hottest AI startups of 2020, according to CB Insights

Many of this year’s hottest AI companies are taking the spotlight from last year’s darlings.What’s new: CB Insights, which analyzes early-stage companies, published its annual list of the 100 “most promising” startups in AI.

March 11, 20201 min read
Packing Robots Get a Grip: This robot arm can handle over 10,000 different objects.
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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.
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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

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