Category: Artificial intelligence

Innotech and Osaro set up AI lab in Japan

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Japan’s Innotech and US-based Osaro have established the Innotech AI Picking Lab in Yokohama City to support Japanese customers in various industries through improved warehouse and distribution operations.

Cisco to buy BabbleLabs

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Cisco has announced its intent to acquire BabbleLabs whose noise supression solution leverages artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to distinguish human speech from unwanted noise.

Sintrones launches edge AI computing solution

Sintrones has launched the EBOX-7000 edge AI GPU computing solution for factory automation and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) control systems in large-scale processes such as manufacturing and mining.

iKala raises US$17m for global expansion

Taiwan-headquartered iKala has raised US$17 million in Series B funding to support in global expansion drive. This latest round of funding is led by Wistron Digital Technology Holding Company, Wistron Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary which focuses on digital technology industries and software application related investments.

Korea’s Lunit uses AI to evaluate X-ray images and mammograms

COVID-19 testing has placed a high demand on resources — from testing and screening to treating and caring. Lunit has created an AI-based system to detect pneumonia, often present in COVID-19 infected patients, within seconds.

Taiwan breaks ground on first AI park

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Taiwan broke ground on its first artificial intelligence (AI) park in New Taipei City on August 13. When completed in 2023, the Tucheng AI Science Park will cover an area of 53,000 square meters and feature four 17-story buildings.

Australia startup Abyss Solutions helps keep oil rig operators afloat

Built into the sea, it is no wonder that corrosion is a common problem for offshore oil and gas platforms. In fact, it is a serious problem that can lead to structural damage and accidents, resulting in loss of lives, productivity and business.

NVIDIA smashes16 AI performance records

The MLPerf consortium has released the results for MLPerf Training v0.7 machine learning training performance benchmark suite. And NVIDIA has come up tops by breaking 16 AI performance records, doubling the number of records it smashed in 2019.

Singapore startup JobForesight launches career advice app for students in China

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How’s this for a global collaboration? A Singapore startup, supported by a university in Britain, develops a career advice app for students in China. That’s what JobForesight has done, thanks to the Oxford University Innovation programme.