Ex-Guardian editor Rusbridger needs help with the Facebook machine
Facebook’s Oversight Board needs technologists to grapple with the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in content moderation, according to…
02 Mar 2021
Sky’s the limit: AI-powered drone startup Skydio secures $170m in Series D
Autonomous drone startup Skydio is flying high after netting $170m in a Series D funding round, bringing its valuation to $1bn. The Redwood City, California-based drone maker has now raised…
25 Feb 2021
Why Google’s AI ethics blunders are a PR nightmare
Google’s seemingly never-ending AI ethics saga took another turn last week when the company fired Margaret Mitchell, the founder and former co-lead of its ethical AI team. The ousting occurred…
24 Feb 2021
Trust in AI is a societal and corporate governance imperative
A recent GlobalData survey of more than 1,700 senior executives found that 50% had a more positive view of AI than a year ago. More than three-quarters of respondents said…
04 Feb 2021
Admissions to AI university courses soar by 400%
A record number of students are enrolled in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-related university courses, new figures from the UK Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) have revealed. Today the UK admissions…
04 Feb 2021
Aflorithmic raises $1.3m for voice-cloning AI
Aflorithmic, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to create synthetic audio for personalised text-to-voice purposes, has raised $1.3m in a seed funding round. The London and Barcelona-based startup said it…
28 Jan 2021
What a Biden presidency means for AI in the US
Understandably, the newly appointed US president, Joe Biden, has not made any explicit announcements about the future of artificial intelligence (AI); he has had more pressing matters to attend to,…