Chinese AI Chip Startup Enflame Brings in $278.5M in New Funding
Enflame Technology, a Chinese AI startup developing deep learning chips for AI training, has secured another $278.5 million in funding from government and industry investors. The latest investor group ...Full Article
OpenAI Extends GPT-3 to Combine NLP with Images
A pair of neural networks unleashed by GPT-3 developer OpenAI use text in the form of image captions as a way of generating images, a predictive approach that developers ...Full Article
AI to Transform Healthcare of the Future in the Shadow of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the growing emergence and use of AI in healthcare is one of the most important trends that is helping already-overburdened doctors, nurses, hospitals and ...Full Article
AI-Based Recycler AMP Robotics Gains $55M in New Funding from Investors
AMP Robotics Corp., an AI startup developing technology that sorts recyclable materials, has raised an additional $55 million in its latest funding round. The Denver-based AI startup launched in ...Full Article
AMD Unveils Speedier Chiplet Design With High-Bandwidth Interconnects
Advanced Micro Devices is accelerating the GPU chiplet race with the release of a U.S. patent application for a device that incorporates high-bandwidth interconnects between processing elements. AMD and ...Full Article
VMware and Nutanix Battle It Out Over New Executive Hiring
When hyperconverged infrastructure vendor Nutanix announced the hiring of Rajiv Ramaswami as its new CEO on Dec. 9, the company had found a successor to company co-founder and CEO ...Full Article
DeepMind, Google’s AI Unit, Reports Big Loss
DeepMind requires deep pockets. Reports surfaced this week that the London-based AI lab acquired in 2014 by Google parent Alphabet for about $600 million lost a staggering $649 million ...Full Article
DARPA Expands Access to Chip IP
The Pentagon’s premiere R&D agency is expanding an initiative designed to provide technology startups with broader access to semiconductor and other intellectual property in hopes of stimulating innovation. The ...Full Article
Edge AI Sensors Plot Analog, Digital Routs
AI vendors are rolling out a steady stream of edge processing platforms spanning everything from multicore systems-on-chips to analog approaches that seek to imbue sensors with greater intelligence while ...Full Article
AI Partners Seek ‘Engine of Scientific Discovery’
A research effort built around an automation platform that connects data and analytics applications will focus on advancing the use of AI and machine learning in bioscience and medical ...Full Article