The realm of virtual worlds takes a major leap forward today with the introduction of new features and… Read Article
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GTC Offers Educational Sessions to Meet Exponential Demand for AI and Robotics Skills
The demand for specialization in AI and robotics is growing more than ever. Roles in these two fields are multiplying across many industries, with titles such as AI specialist and… Read Article
Food for Thought: Startups Harness AI to Nurture the Future of Agriculture
From counting cows to detecting weeds to pollinating tomatoes, startups around the world are deploying AI technology to solve problems that farmers have struggled with since the dawn of time…. Read Article
Shoot From the Stars: Startup Provides Early Detection of Wildfires From Space
Wildfires are responsible for about 6 percent of the planet’s CO2 emissions, according to Earth System Science Data. Australia’s bushfire season of 2019-2020 alone saw over 46 million acres of… Read Article
On-Demand Robots: Startup Rolls Out Bot Reservation Service for Museums
By day, Akira Fukabori and Kevin Kajitani worked at Japan’s largest airlines holdings company, but by evening the friends liked to develop new concepts. Last year they convinced the company’s… Read Article
Next Generation: ‘Teens in AI’ Takes on the Ada Lovelace Hackathon
Jobs in data science and AI are among the fastest growing in the entire workforce, according to LinkedIn’s 2021 Jobs Report. Teens in AI, a London-based initiative, is working to… Read Article
Trash Talk: Startup’s AI-Driven Detection System Primed to Take a Bite Out of Global Waste
Of the 8.3 billion tons of virgin plastic waste created each year, despite decades of efforts to reduce the amount that ends up in landfills, only about 9 percent gets… Read Article
Field of AI: Startup Helps Farmers Reduce Chemicals and Costs
Brad Janzen, a farmer based in Henderson, Neb., with more than 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans, knew he had to do something about herbicide-resistant weeds. Farms everywhere faced the… Read Article
Unstung Heroes: Startup’s AI-Powered Tomato Pollinator Gives Bees a Break
There are nearly a half million acres of greenhouse tomato crops in the world, an area about 35 times the size of Manhattan. In other words, lots of tomatoes. Growing… Read Article