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Viz.ai, a provider of AI-powered disease detection and intelligent care coordination, has announced the launch of Viz Vascular Suite, AI-powered software enabling vascular care teams to automatically detect and triage care for suspected pulmonary embolism, right heart strain, aortic dissection, and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Viz.ai submitted a new 510(k) application to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for the AAA algorithm.

PopID, a biometric fintech company, and Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, a retail’s choice for unified commerce solutions, have announced a partnership to integrate PopPay into Toshiba’s front-end point-of-sale and self-service solutions running its ELERA Commerce Platform. PopPay enables consumers to authenticate their identity for payment and/or loyalty using artificial intelligence-based facial verification software. Toshiba will distribute the integrated solutions to the restaurant, quick service restaurant (QSR), convenience stores (C-store), grocery and other retail segments.

DesignFuture Japan, a Japanese arm of Material Bank, a marketplace for aggregating and sending out material samples, and Locus Robotics, a provider of Autonomous Mobile Robotics (AMR) for logistics and distribution warehouses, have announced that they will collaborate to deploy LocusBots at Material Bank Japan in their distribution warehouse.

The global retail industry has a $100 billion (€91.63 billion) problem. “Shrinkage” the loss of goods due to theft, damage and misplacement significantly crimps retailers’ profits.

It’s no secret that automation is changing the face of the current and future workplace. The market size of automation has increased consistently and is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 9% until 2025. When it comes to the workplace, developments mean that the future landscape of work is changing and in turn the roles that we undertake. 

According to a new report published, the vast majority of respondents (97%) favour publishing data about energy efficiency of products and solutions, and operators are more likely to work with vendors that use energy-efficiency labels (84%).

Sway AI, a provider of no-code AI automation and Interactor, a provider of no-code API development and integration, have teamed up on a new enterprise offering designed to simplify how businesses build and deploy AI and API-based applications.

Evozyne has revealed an AI model, developed in collaboration with NVIDIA, that the pharmaceutical industry can use to design therapeutic proteins.

Kore.ai, a conversational AI and platform solutions company, and mParticle, an AI-native customer data platform for consumer brands, have announced a partnership to deliver an AI-first natural language processing (NLP)-based search engine and intelligent chatbots that personalise shopping experiences for retail customers.

The ‘Official Soup Sponsor of the NFL’ is taking soup into the metaverse by launching the Chunky FuelUp Tournament, an immersive experience featuring Fortnite Creative. Just in time for the NFL playoffs, Chunky is merging the game brand with football themed, native Fortnite gameplay. As a brand known to fuel the everyday hustle, the Chunky FuelUp Tournament features three unique challenges to test players’ speed, agility, and accuracy including:

AGAT, a provider of compliance and productivity solutions for Unified Communications Services (UC), announces the arrival of AGI, virtual assistant support for monday.com

OmniML, an enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) software company, has announced a partnership with Intel to accelerate the development and deployment of AI applications for enterprises of all sizes. The two companies will collaborate on community and customer growth opportunities via the Intel Disruptor Initiative to provide greater access to OmniML’s software platform, Omnimiser.

Sony Semiconductor Solutions has announced that it will continue its global rollout by unveiling and demonstrating its edge AI sensing platform, AITRIOS, with select partners at National Retail Federation (NRF) 2023: Retail’s Big Show in New York from Jan. 15-17.

Loab has set the internet alight in recent months. So says canvas printer Solopress in this article.

The haunting, AI-generated woman isn’t the first piece of art created by artificial intelligence, but she might be the scariest. Supercomposite, the musician who ‘discovered’ her said “she haunts every image she touches.”

Redwood City, CA. 10 January 2023 – Delinea, a provider of Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions for seamless security, has published its 2022 State of Ransomware Report which finds that things may be looking up in the fight against ransomware. Cyber-attacks using the popular compromising tactic have declined significantly over the past 12 months compared to the previous year, and fewer companies are paying ransoms. Still, there are red flags in the annual report related to spending, planning, and using cybersecurity tools available to combat ransomware.

Paige announced a collaboration with Microsoft to apply the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to digital pathology images to develop and deliver a new generation of clinical applications and computational biomarkers to transform cancer diagnosis and patient care. Microsoft will also make a strategic investment in Paige to accelerate the development and deployment of life-saving AI diagnostics.

Overjet, a dental artificial intelligence solutions for providers and payers, has announced a partnership with DECA Dental Group, one of the dental support organisations. The partnership brings Overjet’s FDA-cleared dental AI software for decay detection, calculus detection, and bone loss quantification to DECA’s coast-to-coast national brand, Ideal Dental.

Spin Master Corporation, a global children’s entertainment company, has announced it has reached an agreement to acquire HEXBUG brand of toys from toy company, Innovation First International, Inc.

Visionify.ai, a Colorado-based Computer Vision consulting company, has announced their collaboration with Seeed Studio, the IoT hardware enabler. The collaboration aims at delivering hardware solutions and Edge AI devices, incorporating highly effective embedded, on-device machine learning and computer vision solutions for their customers. In addition, the alliance facilitates an excellent hardware-software integration that will help deliver real-world AI solutions globally.

221e srl, an embedded AI software and provider of intelligent precision sensing, has announced it has joined the AI/ML Partner Programme from global semiconductor provider Microchip Technology Inc. Together, the companies will provide artificial intelligence solutions for wearable, IoT and automotive industries based on 221e’s sensing AI software and Microchip’s silicon products.

Rami Cassis, an international growth investor and founder of Parabellum Investments, has announced the expansion of portfolio company, Parseq. Parseq is a UK-based independent business services and IT provider.

A platform launched by DefiLabs in 2021 is now ready to harness the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to decentralised finance (DeFi). DefiLabs is a fully intelligent and decentralised asset management crypto staking platform which is built on Binance Smart Chain. DefiLabs uses artificial intelligence based on quantum algorithms to dynamically manage portfolios, perform efficient asset allocation, and predictively model asset management strategies. Thus, make profits for users in different fields such as lending, leverage mining, and cross-chain mining to improve their portfolio in the fast-paced world of DeFi.

Orbbec, a global 3D camera manufacturer, has announced the launch of its latest product, the Femto Mega, at CES 2023. It integrates the NVIDIA Jetson platform for software-defined depth vision, and is aimed at removing barriers for developers of robotics applications with the combination of sensing and accelerated computing for AI and digital twin creation.

Dayton Gastroenterology now offers patients enhanced colonoscopy screenings with the aid of GI Genius Intelligent Endoscopy Module. GI Genius, an AI system available in the US to assist in polyp detection during colonoscopy, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help physicians detect polyps a new ally in the fight against colorectal cancer.

By the end of this year, humans will account for 58% of all work completed, with machines managing the remaining 42%. Among the growing types of automated technologies is robotic process automation (RPA), which focuses on software robots and AI emulating human actions. According to research, the RPA market will reach an estimated $23.9 billion by 2030, up from $2.09 billion in 2020. More organisations are jumping on the automation bandwagon as the eradication of manual tasks, the requirement to increase output and the need to reduce costs move to the top of business’ wish lists, says David Brakoniecki, managing director, BP3 Europe.

Web scraping, an automated public data acquisition method, has been making the rounds in several industries due to its incredible efficiency. Ecommerce, finance, and several industries have been applying web scraping to great success, with some stating that it has been the greatest revenue driver out of all data acquisition methods, says Andrius Palionis, VP enterprise at Oxylabs.

Rapid Silicon, a provider of AI and intelligent edge-focused FPGAs based on open-source technology, has announced its $30 million (€27.93 million) Series A Round. The company has closed $15 million (€13.96 million) in funding from Cambium Capital and others, including all existing investors from its seed round. The second close is planned for Q1 2023. This latest round of funding will be used to further invest in Rapid Silicon’s product portfolio, support the launch of its premier low-end FPGA product, Gemini, and to build on the company’s momentum in adoption of open-source software for commercial applications.