Google plans to reveal artificial intelligence features, along with updates to its Pixel devices and the Android platform, at a special event on August 13, according to invites shared online by The Verge and tech commentator Marques Brownlee. The event is set to take place at Google’s Mountain View headquarters, starting with a keynote at…
Seven content-licensing sellers of music, images, video and other datasets for use in training artificial intelligence systems have formed the sector’s first trade group, they said on Wednesday.The Dataset Providers Alliance will advocate for “ethical data sourcing” for training AI systems, including rights for people featured in datasets and intellectual property rights protection for content…
Canada’s BlackBerry (BB.TO), opens new tab, beat first-quarter revenue estimates on Wednesday driven by resilient demand for cybersecurity services in the wake of growing online threats.U.S. listed shares of the company, that provides cybersecurity and data protection to enterprises and governments rose 7.2% after the bell.In the past three months alone, companies, that included incremental…
A startup in background checking, KarmaCheck, announced it raised $45 million–its founder happens to be one of the LinkedIn co-founders. This San Francisco-based company commented Thursday that it wanted the funds raised to help speed up the development of its technology and “expand into new industry verticals.” WHY IT MATTERSKarmaCheck is one of several companies…
Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group 9984.T opens new tab has launched a joint venture with Tempus AI TEM.O opens new tab that aims to analyse personal medical data using artificial intelligence as it hopes to come up with treatment recommendations, Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son said at a briefing in Tokyo.This is the latest in…
Nexperia, one of the world’s largest makers of basic semiconductors – including diodes and transistors, said it would invest $200 million to expand capacity at its main production site in Hamburg, Germany.The investment, from Dutch-headquartered Nexperia – a subsidiary of the Chinese electronics maker WingTech – is one of the few computer chip investments made…
A hack into software maker CDK Global has disrupted operations at auto dealerships across the U.S., the latest in a series of hacks where ransom-demanding cybercriminals target big companies by breaching behind-the-scenes software suppliers.CDK develops software many dealers use to handle sales and other transactions. In response, dealers have begun processing transactions manually, according to…
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