Artificial Intelligence
World’s largest AI startup readies $2 billion fundraising — Bloomberg
SenseTime Group, the world’s most valuable artificial-intelligence startup, is beginning preparations for a new financing round, writes Crystal Tse, Lulu Yilun Chen, and Vinicy Chan.
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DARPA seeks to develop schema-based AI capability
DARPA says it is seeking to develop schema-based AI capabilities, to enhance reasoning about complex world events and generate actionable insights.
Google boasts 1 billion Assistant devices—10x Amazon Alexa’s install base — Ars Technica
The power of Android gives Google 10x more assistant devices than Amazon, writes Ron Amadeo.
Here is the link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/google-assistant-flexes-on-alexa-announces-1-billion-strong-install-base/
IBM’s Project Debater AI helps humans process complex arguments — VB
IBM is launching a new tool named Project Debater, that will let decision makers talk through complex decisions with an AI, writes Mo Marshall.
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Censoring China’s internet, for stability and profit — The New York Times
Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content, writes Li Yuan.
Here is the link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/business/china-internet-censor.html