Artificial Intelligence Monthly

By Aashay & Sergio, for Techstars Startup Digest

🤖 AI & Terrorism | Data Privacy & Tech Gorillas | Autonomous vehicles

#125・ May 11, 2021

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Artificial Intelligence Monthly

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This week: Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most impactful technologies of the twenty-first century; France’s Macron Eyes Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Terrorism; The autonomous vehicle world is shrinking — it’s overdue; How to take data privacy back from ‘Gorillas’ like Facebook and Google; and more. As usual, we cover the latest funding activity.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most impactful technologies of the twenty-first century - National Artificial Intelligence Initiative

AI.gov, home of the National AI Initiative and connection point to ongoing activities to advance U.S. leadership in AI.

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France’s Macron Eyes Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Terrorism

The French president is under intense pressure to crack down on terrorism as well as Islamist separatism, an ideology his government says fuels attacks by radicalizing segments of the country’s Muslim minority.

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Big Tech: How to take data privacy back from ‘Gorillas’ like Facebook and Google

Apple's new rules may restrain Google and Facebook. But for consumers to truly win the privacy wars, they'll need better technology.

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The autonomous vehicle world is shrinking — it’s overdue

The autonomous vehicle industry is consolidating, with mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures all the rage. The trend is a recognition that autonomous vehicles are hard, expensive, and likely further way than previously predicted.

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Apple hires ex-Google AI scientist who resigned after researcher firings

AI scientist Samy Bengio, who resigned from Google after the firings of Timnit Gebru and Margaret Mitchell, has joined Apple.

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Cerebras launches new AI supercomputing processor with 2.6 trillion transistors

Cerebras Systems has unveiled its new Wafer Scale Engine 2 processor with a record-setting 2.6 trillion transistors and 850,000 AI cores.

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Did you know these 10 everyday services rely on AI? | World Economic Forum

It is all around us, powering our digital world and helping us manage our day-to-day lives. From social media to medicine, here are 10 things you may not realize rely on AI.

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Four most common fallacies about AI

These AI fallacies feed misconceptions about how close we are to having systems with human-level cognitive and general problem-solving skills.

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Startup & Funding Updates

Techstars Startup Digest Artificial Intelligence Monthly is curated by:

	Aashay Mody - 🎓 Exploring the future of education \| 🤖 AI Digest Curator at Startup Digest \| 🎓 NYU Stern Alum aashay.mody@startupdigestmail.com
	Sergio A. Escobar - Canadian🇨🇦 Seed/Series A Corporate & Family Office Venture Capitalist \| Pre-Seed/Seed Accelerator MD \| GCV PowerList Top100 in 2021 \| Twitter: @SergiusEscobar sergio.escobar@startupdigestmail.com

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