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Announcing nominees for the second annual Women in AI Awards
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 16:09
Winners will be announced on Friday, July 17 beginning at 3:55 pm. Awards will be made in 5 categories from Responsibility & Ethics of AI to AI Mentorship.
Gyant raises $13.6 million for its AI telehealth platform
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 15:00
Gyant, a startup developing an AI-powered digital platform for health providers, has raised a $13.6 million funding round.
Yelp: Bunsen lets us test products at scale
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 23:55
In a conversation at Transform 2020, Yelp head of data science Justin Norman detailed Bunsen, the company's internal product experimentation platform.
MIT researchers warn that deep learning is approaching computational limits
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 22:59
In a newly published study, MIT researchers find evidence that deep learning will soon (or already has) run up against computational limits.
DotData 2.0 platform delivers AI insights for enterprises
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 21:45
DotData is announcing version 2.0 of its artificial intelligence and machine learning platform for enterprises so they can adopt AI tools more quickly.
Restaurant trade group says pandemic aid wasn't enough to sustain the industry, as closures strike again
CNBC - 15 Jul 2020 21:38
The nation's restaurants are projected to lose $240 billion in revenue this year due to the pandemic. Some 8 million workers have been laid off or furloughed from March through May, the industry's trade group says.
As Other Restaurants Close, Bonchon, Known For Korean Fried Chicken, Is Growing
Forbes - 15 Jul 2020 21:25How Visa harnessed data and AI to prevent $25 billion in fraud
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 21:25
Visa says it prevents $25 billion in annual fraud thanks to the AI it has developed. The path Visa took to get there offers lessons to other companies.
Artie releases tool to measure bias in speech recognition models
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 21:02
Researchers at Artie released a tool to detect bias in speech recognition systems. In a proof of concept, they find evidence of bias in a Google model.
Goldman: AI tools have potential in finance beyond smart stock trading
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 20:35
The global head of machine learning for one top investment bank sees AI as a smart solution for handling masses of data, but warns against ML over-reliance.
Intelligent automation transforms customer-facing teams
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 19:56
While already used by manufacturing and supply chains, intelligent automation is ripe for adoption by revenue-generating teams such as marketing and sales.
This couple generated $6 million in sales in four months after losing their live-event business overnight
CNBC - 15 Jul 2020 19:40
Alex and Kelsey Carroll's event-based company was forced to shut down after the coronavirus canceled large gatherings across the globe. Their new business just hit $6 million in sales. Here's how they did it.
Apple News adds free Today podcast, 20 weekly audio stories for News+
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 19:35
Apple is augmenting its free and subscription news services with audio features, but they're primarily for U.S. users at this point.
How Chase is using AI to update banking
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 19:05
Chase's chief data and analytics officer Sandra Nudelman outlines some of the ways the bank is harnessing AI and ML across its business.
How Intuit is moving from mobile-first to AI-first
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 18:40
App developers will increasingly have to adopt an "AI-first" mindset by default, according to Intuit chief technology officer Marianna Tessel.
Small businesses rehire staff but cut pay and hours, survey finds
CNBC - 15 Jul 2020 18:00
More people are back at work, but they're still working fewer hours and for less money than they did pre-pandemic, according to a report.
MIT researchers find 'systematic' shortcomings in ImageNet data set
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 17:48
MIT researchers say the influential ImageNet data set has "systematic annotation issues" when used as a benchmark for evaluating object recognition models.
Asana launches OKR goal-tracking to align teams around business objectives
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 17:00
Asana is pushing out a new OKR feature to help teams more effectively set and manage goals and meet broader company objectives.
Why Reggie Fils-Aimé joined Rogue Games as a strategic adviser
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 17:00
Rogue Games is announcing that Reggie Fils-Aimé, former president of Nintendo of America, is joining the indie game publisher as a strategic adviser.
How To Turn Every Customer Service Call Into A Valuable Customer-Retention Conversation
Forbes - 15 Jul 2020 17:00How to watch Transform 2020 live
Venture Beat - 15 Jul 2020 16:51
Didn't register to take part in the whole Transform experience? No worries -- we're livestreaming almost all the sessions right here.