“Hey Siri, how do you say ‘I love you’ in German?” That might seem like an innocuous question to ask your phone or smart speaker. But the algorithms that power the software that can answer a question like this have a dark secret: The process of teaching these models to understand human [...]
Autonomous vehicles might someday be able to navigate bustling city streets to deliver groceries, pizzas and other packages without a human behind the wheel. But that doesn’t solve what Ford Motor CTO Ken Washington describes as the last 50-foot problem. Ford and startup Agility Robotics are [...]
CHICAGO – Iris Automation Inc. in San Francisco is introducing Casia computer vision technology detect-and-avoid technology to enable beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The company is announcing the new product this week in booth 517 at the Association for [...]
Dive Brief: Electric vehicle (EV) fast charging network EVgo has committed to use 100% renewable energy to power its chargers, becoming the first EV charging network in the United States to do so, according to EVgo. Under its commitment, EVgo will contract with its energy suppliers and partners [...]
All the federal government’s initiatives and resources around artificial intelligence can now be accessed on one dedicated website, AI.gov, which the White House launched today. “It’s a real hub for all the AI projects being done across the agencies,” Michael Kratsios, the U.S. deputy chief [...]
A white drone with four rotors appeared over the roof of WakeMed’s main hospital on Tuesday morning and landed outside the front doors carrying a small brown box with a UPS logo on the side. The flight marked the first regular commercial delivery by drone in the United States that was approved by [...]
Cleveland Clinic has launched a center to advance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The Center for Clinical Artificial Intelligence will focus on developing innovative clinical applications of AI and leveraging machine-learning technology in hopes of improving healthcare [...]