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Unity launches synthetic datasets for computer vision AI
Videogame software developer Unity Software Inc. is getting into the business of selling synthetic image datasets that it says can be used to create computer vision artificial intelligence models faster and at a much lower cost. Unity is best known for its 3D gaming engine that’s used by videogame developers to create more interactive gaming ...
Siemens will use Google’s AI to enable more efficient factory automation
Google LLC said early today that its Google Cloud computing unit will work with the industrial giant Siemens AG to create new artificial intelligence products that can help to optimize process and improve productivity on factory floors. The idea is to pair Google’s cloud, AI and machine learning technologies with Siemens’ factory automation systems to ...
Nvidia’s newest AI model can transform single images into realistic 3D models
Nvidia Corp. today revealed that it has created a new deep learning application that can take a standard 2D image and transform it into an extremely realistic 3D model, one that can be visualized and controlled in a virtual environment. The GANverse3D application, developed at Nvidia’s AI Research Lab in Toronto, can take a single ...
Intel and TSMC CEOs say global chip shortage will drag on until 2023
Top executives from several leading chipmakers came out this week to warn that global chip shortages will likely drag on for the next couple of years. The worst estimate comes from new Intel Corp. Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger (pictured), who told the Washington Post in an interview on Tuesday that he expects the issue will ...
Harness gets more cloud integrations for its continuous software delivery platform
Harness Inc.’s continuous software delivery tools became a lot more useful today as the company announced new integrations with the three major cloud infrastructure providers that it says will make multicloud software deployment much easier than before. Harness is the creator of a continuous delivery-as-a-service platform that relies on machine learning algorithms to monitor new ...
Bigeye raises $17M to help companies make their data more trustworthy
Data quality platform startup Bigeye Data Labs Inc. said today it’s aiming to help companies trust their data more after raising $17 million in a new funding round led by Sequoia Capital. Previous investor Costanoa Ventures also participated in the Series A round for the company, formerly known as Toro, bringing its total amount raised ...
Crate.io brings its managed machine information database to the network edge
Crate.io Inc. is bringing its specialized database for information generated by machines and “internet of things” devices to the network edge. The company said its new CrateDB Edge offering, launching today for early adopters, makes it possible for customers to capture data and analyze it at its source, no matter where that might be, and ...
AI chipmaker Groq raises $300M in Series C round
Artificial intelligence and machine learning chip startup Groq Inc. said today it has raised $300 million in a new round of funding that brings its total amount raised to $367 million. The Series C round was co-led by Tiger Global Management and D1 Capital, and also saw the participation of The Spruce House Partnership, Addition, ...
SAP bumps up its 2021 forecast as it forms new financial services business
Business software giant SAP SE announced its preliminary first-quarter financial results today, and in the process it raised its revenue outlook for fiscal 2021 thanks to strong cloud sales and an assumption that the COVID-19 pandemic will subside. The company also reported strong early interest in its new business transformation program RISE with SAP. The ...
Google makes its no-code AppSheet Automation service generally available
Google LLC said today that its no-code software development platform AppSheet Automation is now generally available, helping people with zero coding skills automate many of the mundane business tasks they perform on a daily basis. Google acquired AppSheet in January 2020, doing so in order to target a slice of the larger “low-code development market” ...