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SambaNova funding round brings in $676 million

SambaNova's large funding round shows that investors are confident in the startup's AI chips, as well as in the AI hardware market. SambaNova competes with Nvidia.

By Mark Labbe • April 14, 2021

Microsoft to acquire Nuance in $19.7 billion deal

The all-cash acquisition will give Microsoft access to Nuance’s healthcare-focused dictation technology, as Microsoft continues to expand its role in the healthcare market.

By Mark Labbe • April 12, 2021

Check model accuracy with Facebook AI’s new data set

Facebook paid people for their likenesses in its new Casual Conversations data set. The data set can help researchers check for bias in their AI models.

By Mark Labbe • April 9, 2021

Automatic speech recognition may be better than you think

Even as more enterprises turn to voice recognition systems to process unstructured audio and build virtual assistants, many organizations don't have confidence in the high accuracy of these systems.

By Mark Labbe • April 2, 2021

AI voice technology has benefits and limitations

The quality of an automated transcription depends on high-quality recording equipment as well as modern AI-powered transcription software, according to one CTO.

By Mark Labbe • April 1, 2021

Jumio CEO discusses new $150 million funding round

Jumio CEO Robert Prigge talks about Jumio's new funding round and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Jumio's digital identity verification and fraud prevention business.

By Mark Labbe • March 26, 2021

PatSnap lands $300M in Series E funding

PatSnap reports new funding for its IP and R&D management platforms, as the number of patents granted globally picked up, despite COVID-19, in 2020.

By Mark Labbe • March 16, 2021

dropout

Dropout refers to data, or noise, that's intentionally dropped from a neural network to improve processing and time to results.

By Mary Shacklett • March 5, 2021

Microsoft makes image classification model available

Microsoft's release of a pre-trained vision model comes after Google and OpenAI also released open source vision models. The models may not have much enterprise use, though.

By Mark Labbe • Feb. 5, 2021

Google launches a suite of retail AI products

Google released AI products for online retailers as the tech giant increases its focus on industry verticals. The new products are designed for small and large retailers.

By Mark Labbe • Jan. 19, 2021

Nuance CTO: Conversational AI is the ‘next big step’

Conversational AI has steadily grown more advanced over the past several years. Nuance CTO Joe Petro explains why the vendor is refocusing on the technology.

By Mark Labbe • Dec. 11, 2020

Speech to text for deaf users aids in accessibility

For the millions of people who are hard of hearing, speech-to-text advancements have improved their ability to complete daily tasks -- but the tech still has a long way to go.

By Kassidy Kelley • Dec. 2, 2020

Reality check: Analysts check in on the AI hype cycle

AI applications still come with significant hype, but with a targeted approach, organizations can get the most out of their applications.

By Joseph Carew • Nov. 23, 2020

Why AI literacy is critical, even for non-technical employees

To successfully deploy and manage AI projects and build a vision of a digital workplace, businesses need to ensure a basic level of AI competency across all employees.

By Lisa Morgan • Nov. 18, 2020

8 examples of AI personalization across industries

Through AI content personalization, organizations can build unique profiles of users and customers and tailor their products, advertisements and services to better fit them.

By Kathleen Walch • Nov. 16, 2020

Infosys applied AI launch follows IT consulting AI releases

Infosys launched a new offering to help enterprises find and apply AI use cases at scale. The release is part of a wave of similar products from other big systems integrators.

By Mark Labbe • Nov. 10, 2020

AI might not have rights, but it could pay taxes

Tax, liability and patent laws can't handle AI systems, which have grown steadily smarter. As AI becomes ubiquitous, the legal system may need to change to accommodate it.

By Mark Labbe • Nov. 6, 2020

How AI can be used in agriculture: Applications and benefits

The use of agricultural AI optimizes the farming industry by decreasing workloads, analyzing harvesting data and improving accuracy through seasonal forecasting.

By Kathleen Walch • Oct. 30, 2020

AI fraud detection tools can help fight rising e-commerce fraud

As the coronavirus pandemic has forced more businesses online, e-commerce fraud has spiked. AI fraud detection and prevention tools, however, can help merchants.

By Mark Labbe • Oct. 28, 2020

Wordtune AI tool from AI21 Labs rewrites sentences using NLG

A new product powered by AI and natural language generation can rewrite sentences. The tool could foreshadow the arrival of more AI-powered writing assistants.

By Mark Labbe • Oct. 28, 2020

Understanding motion analytics, where it is and where it’s going

Machine learning is helping make motion analysis more usable for the average enterprise, creating new use cases and applications that can drive value.

By George Lawton • Oct. 22, 2020

Google enters mortgage space with new Document AI tool

Google's new Lending DocAI product can help users automate mortgage document processing. The product is Google's first specialized mortgage tool.

By Mark Labbe • Oct. 21, 2020

COVID-19 to drive more AI in retail for small retailers

Retailers were hit hard by the COVID-19 economic fallout, especially small, local businesses. Amid a shift online, AI could help some retailers adjust to the new reality.

By Mark Labbe • Oct. 19, 2020

New AI system to give Microsoft Seeing AI a boost

A new object captioning AI model from Microsoft strengthens the tech giant's accessibility services, which the vendor has championed for years.

By Mark Labbe • Oct. 15, 2020

IBM chatbot gives voting information to Idaho residents

By turning to IBM Watson Assistant, the state of Idaho deployed a chatbot to help voters get information about the primary elections, which were mail-in only, back in May.

By Mark Labbe • Oct. 2, 2020