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The latest XPrize is for building remote-controlled humanoid robots — Fast Company

The XPrize Foundation is offering $8 million if someone can build robot avatars, writes Ben Schiller of Fast Company.  Here is the link: https://www.fastcompany.com/40540168/the-latest-x-prize-is-for-building-remote-controlled-humanoid-robots

Pentagon Drone Program Is Using Google AI — Bloomberg Technology

Google’s artificial intelligence technology is being used by the U.S. Department of Defense to analyze drone footage, Mark Bergen of Bloomberg Technology writes. Here is...

Epsagon raises $4.1 million

Epsagon, a provider of automated end-to-end performance monitoring technology for serverless architectures, has raised a $4.1 million seed round.

7-Eleven stores in Thailand geting AI-based facial recognition, behavioral analysis

Remark Holdings, a global technology company focused on artificial intelligence, and CP ALL are partnering to deploy Remark's KanKan data intelligence and AI technologies in approximately 11,000 7-Eleven stores that CP ALL operates throughout Thailand.

UiPath raises $153 million Series B round

UiPath, an enterprise robotic process automation (RPA) platform company launched in 2015, has raised $153 million in Series B funding.