Twitter will examine its algorithms for potentially causing harm
The social network's platform may be unintentionally foregrounding white people over those of colour.
This week Twitter announced that it will begin an extensive study its machine learning algorithms. The purpose of the study is to determine whether they cause unintentional harm. Specifically, t... Read more
IBM adds machine learning to quantum computer SDK
IBM has released Qiskit Machine Learning. The new module for the devkit for quantum computers allows developers to outsource machine learning tasks to quantum computers.
Quantum computers offer a new way to apply machine learning models, Medium writes. Quantum machine learning (QML), as the tech... Read more
AWS unveils Lookout, predictive maintenance for factory machines
The new Lookout for Equipment service provides predictive maintenance for industrial facilities.
Amazon Web Services this week announced the general availability of Amazon Lookout for Equipment. This is a new service that uses AWS-developed machine learning models. The service aims to help custo... Read more
RPA company UiPath raises $750 million at $35 billion valuation
UiPath is one of the leaders in the rapidly growing robotic process automation (RPA) niche. On Monday, it announced that it had closed on $750 million in Series F funding, with a post-money valuation of $35 billion.
The round was led by existing backers Alkeon Capital and Coatue. Other ret... Read more
Most global companies still not ready to support AI/ML programs
Most global organizations do not have the necessary resources to accommodate artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) initiatives. This information comes from a new survey conducted by Rackspace Technology.
After polling 1,870 IT pros, the report shows that 82% of organizations wor... Read more
Nvidia announces certified AI systems
Nvidia has announced a line of "Nvidia-Certified Systems. This line consists of a series of systems for companies that want to get started with artificial intelligence at different scales.
To build the systems, Nvidia has partnered with Dell, HP Enterprise, Gigabyte, Insput and Super Micro. Nvid... Read more
SimilarWeb reportedly looking at $2 billion Nasdaq IPO
The startup is the latest in a list of Israeli startups looking at U.S. backed IPOs.
SimilarWeb would join an ever-growing list of Israeli companies targeting a Nasdaq IPO in 2021, according to industry watchdog Calcalist. The anonymous report said that SimilarWeb aims to go public in the second... Read more
Adobe’s new AI tools can track omnichannel and spot anomalies quicker
Adobe launched a new series of enhancements for its Customer Journey Analytics tool, utilizing artificial intelligence. The enhancements are supposed to spot anomalies in places like shopping carts and introduce context to solve common problems.
Customer Journey Analytics is part of Adobe Analyt... Read more
AWS unveils RedShift ML to make machine learning more accessible
Amazon's VP of machine learning, Swami Sivasubramanian, offered a keynote on machine learning during the second week of Amazon Web Services' re:Invent conference.
During the keynote, Sivasubramanian announced that SageMaker, the company's middleware platform for machine learning, will go forward... Read more
AWS introduces its own machine learning chip
Amazon has announced the AWS Trainium. It is a chip specially designed for machine learning tasks. The company claims that the chip is faster than competitors in the cloud.
Trainium offers support for TensorFlow, PyTorch and MXNet. According to AWS, instances with Trainium have a 30 percent high... Read more