Samsung Announces $17bn Investment for Texas Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility
On November 23, Samsung Electronics announced the company is investing $17 billion to build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas.
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NVIDIA Launch Web App for GauGAN2 to Generate Pictures Through Simple Phrases
On November 22, the NVIDIA blog introduced the interactive demo website app to generate photorealistic landscape images in real-time via text description.
Google’s Pet Portraits Will Find Art Doubles for Your Pets
Google recently has launched an adorable new feature for its Arts and Culture app named Pet Portraits that can compare your pet photo to artworks from museums worldwide and find their art doubles.
Meta Teams up With Microsoft to Integrate Work App Workplace and Teams
On November 10, Meta (formerly known as Facebook) announced a partnership with another tech giant Microsoft to integrate its work app Workplace with Microsoft’s work-focused social network and collaboration software Teams.
Self-Driving Truck Startup Kodiak Raises $125 Million in Series B Round
On November 11, self-driving truck startup Kodiak announced that it had raised $125 million in an oversubscribed Series B round for a total of $165 million raised to date.
530 Billion Parameters! Microsoft and NVIDIA Trained the Largest Generative Language Model
On October 11, Microsoft introduced the largest and “the most powerful monolithic transformer language model” trained to date, a 530 billion parameter GPT-3-style generative language model.
China Has Won AI Battle With U.S., Says Ex-Pentagon Software Chief
According to Reuters, the Pentagon’s former software chief Nicolas Chaillan told the Financial Times on Sunday that “We have no competing fighting chance against China in 15 to 20 years. Right now, it’s already a done deal; it is already over, in my opinion.”
Loup Ventures: FSD to Bring Tesla USD 102 Billion in Profits by 2032; FSD Beta V9.1 to Launch July 30
ording to estimation by Loup Ventures, by 2032, full self-driving (FSD) purchases and subscriptions is expected to bring electric vehicles giant Tesla USD 102 billion in profits.
Quanergy’s 3D LiDAR Selected for First V2X Smart City Deployment in South Korea
On July 20, Quanergy Systems announced its 3D LiDAR solution has been selected to support the development of an Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) system in Busan, South Korea. The ICT system is a key component of the South Korean government’s strategy to build data driven IoT smart cities. Busan is one of the pilot cities for the initiative.
Intel Announces Q2 Financial Report, Net Profit of USD 50.61 Beats Expectations, Despite Down 0.9% YoY
On July 21, the chip giant Intel announced its second-quarter financial report. The report shows that Intel’s revenue in the second quarter was USD 19.631 billion, and its net profit was USD 5.061 billion, a decrease of 0.9 percent compared to the same period last year.
Argo AI and Ford to Launch Self-Driving Technologies on Lyft Vehicles By the End of 2021
On July 22, Argo AI, Ford Motors and Lyft joined hands to launch L4-level autonomous driving services in Miami by the end of this year.
UT Austin Founds 6G Research Center With Key Wireless Industry Parnters
On July 7, the University of Texas at Austin announced that it has teamed up with major wireless companies to set up a new 6G research center, the 6G@UT. Founding affiliates Samsung, AT&T, NVIDIA, Qualcomm and InterDigital will each fund at least two projects for three years at the center.
Intel CEO: Global Chip Shortage Will Get Relief Before 2023
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger expect the global chip shortage to continue worsen, and the world will have wait for “a healthy supply-demand situation until 2023″.
LVMH and Google Cloud Create Strategic Partnership for AI and Cloud-Based Innovation
On June 16, LVMH and Google Cloud announced a strategic partnership to accelerate innovation and develop new cloud-based artificial intelligence solutions.
General Motors Expands Electric and Autonomous Vehicles Investments to $35 Billion Through 2025
On June 16, General Motors Co. announced it will increase its electric vehicles (EV) and autonomous vehicles (AV) investments from 2020 through 2025 to USD 35 billion, representing a 75 percent increase from its initial commitment announced prior to the pandemic
The U.S. Increases Banned Investment List for “Military-Related” Chinese Companies to 59, Including Huawei, Hikvision, and SMIC
On June 3, the White House and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department announced a new ban signed by the Biden administration restricting American investment in 59 Chinese companies, including companies such as Huawei, Hikvision, and SMIC.
Google Gives Green Light to Cryptocurrency Exchange & Wallet Ads, Still Bans ICO
Google says it will allow global advertisers offering cryptocurrency exchange and wallet products and services to market on its platform including search engine and Youtube, according to announcement on June 2.
Lockheed Martin, GM to Develop Autonomous Lunar Rover for NASA’s 2024 Mission
The US government is advancing the “Artemis” moon landing plan in 2024, using a new type of autonomous rover, or Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), to explore places that it has never set foot in before.
OpenAI Sets Up $100 Million Startup Fund Joined by Microsoft
On May 26, OpenAI unveiled a new $100 million startup fund called the “OpenAI Startup Fund”, focusing on early-stage startupsContinue Reading
Tesla to Launch “Pure Vision” Autopilot With No LiDAR in June
On May 25, Tesla announced that it will abandon LiDARs and roll out camera-only Autopilot assisted driving system called “Tesla Vision” in its North American Model 3 and Model Y vehicles starting in June.
Waymo Eyes USD 4 Billion Investment, Considers Split From Parent Company Google
Industry report unveiled that Waymo, the self-driving arm of Google, is seeking a USD 4 billion investment from external investors to fuel its autonomous vehicle business.
Pony.ai Expands Robotaxi Pilot, Plans Mass Production of Self-driving System in 2023
On May 13, autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai announced the expansion of its Robotaxi service in Beijing.
Waymo Loses CFO Ger Dwyer and Head of Automotive Partnerships Adam Frost
Waymo, the self-driving subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, confirmed today that company chief financial officer Ger Dwyer is leaving, accompanied by Adam Frost, head of automotive partnerships and corporate development.
Siemens and Google Cloud Joins Hand on AI manufacturing
On April 19, Google Cloud and Siemens announced new cooperation to optimize factory processes and improve productivity on the shop floor. Siemens intends to integrate Google Cloud’s leading data cloud and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) technologies with its factory automation solutions.
Microsoft Acquires Smart Voice Giant Nuance for USD 19.7 Billion
On April 12, Microsoft Corp announced the acquisition of Nuance for USD 19.7 billion, which is the largest acquisition after its LinkedIn deal for USD 26 billion in 2016.
Facebook & Google’s LazyTensor Enables Expressive Domain-Specific Compilers
A team from Facebook and Google has proposed LazyTensor — a technique for targeting domain-specific compilers without sacrificing define-by-run ergonomics.
Canadian Agritech Startup Farmers Edge Inc. Files IPO to Raise CAD 100 Million
Farmers Edge Inc, an AI startup to help growers increase crop yields, plans to go public on Canada’s largest Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “FDGE”.
Self-Driving Truck Unicorn TuSimple Eyes Upcoming IPO Possibilities in the United States
TuSimple has submitted listing documents and plans to list in the United States as early as next month.
Apple Reveals Design of Its On-Device ML System for Federated Evaluation and Tuning
Apple has laid out the design characteristics of a new generic system that enables federated evaluation and tuning (FE&T) systems on end-user devices.
McGill Researchers Use AI to Manage Extreme Weather Events
On January 18, in efforts to understand and manage extreme weather events, McGill University announced a new interdisciplinary project to combine deep learning (DL) with social network analysis (SNA).
‘Papers-With-Video’ Browser Extension Adds Video Access to arXiv
A Nepalese machine learning (ML) researcher has introduced a handy browser extension that lets users directly access videos related to research papers published on the popular preprint platform arXiv.
Trump Administration Cuts Off Licenses for Huawei Chips Suppliers Including Intel
According to a report from Reuters, the Trump administration has notified Intel among others, that their supplier licenses to Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei have been revoked.
ICLR 2021 | UT Austin Training-Free Framework Performs High-Quality NAS on ImageNet in Four GPU Hours
Researchers from the University of Texas, Austin have proposed a novel framework called Training-Free Neural Architecture Search (TE-NAS) for “training-free” neural architecture search.
Toyota and Stanford University Join Hands to Research on Automotive Safety Improvements
Researcher from Toyota Research Institute announce joint efforts with Stanford’s Dynamic Design Lab, to research on automotive safety improvements.
Alphabet Pledges to Keep Funding AI Subsidiary DeepMind, Which Has Reported GBP 477 Million Loss in 2019
DeepMind, the UK-based AI arm of Google’s parent company Alphabet, has lost GBP 477 million in 2019 which is 1.5 percent increase from one year prior.
NeurIPS 2020: NVIDIA Achieves AI Training Breakthrough Using Limited Datasets of 1,500 Images
NVIDIA blog introduced company’s latest NeurIPS presentation: applying a novel neural network training technique, adaptive discriminator augmentation, to the popular NVIDIA StyleGAN2 model.
MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory establishes Biotechnology and Human Systems Division; Spearheads AI and Biology Research
MIT Lincoln Laboratory has established a new research and development division, the Biotechnology and Human Systems Division.
AMD Announces US$35 Billion Acquisition of Xilinx
AMD announced the formal acquisition of Xilinx in an all-stock transaction worth US$35 billion.
Usama Fayyad Appointed Head of Northeastern University’s Institute of Experiential Artificial Intelligence
Northeastern University’s Institute of Experiential Artificial Intelligence appointed AI guru and entrepreneur Usama Fayyad as the new executive director.
Apple ‘Hi, Speed’ Event: 5G, A14 Bionic Chip, and LiDAR for New iPhones
Apple today announces that its new iPhone series will also use the company’s newest A14 Bionic chipset.