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Elix chief exec aims to lead Japan’s AI drug discovery field

In the USA and in Europe, interest in the potential for artificial intelligence to transform different aspects of the life sciences industry is at an all-time high. Much of the attention has been paid to the potential for an algorithmic, machine learning-based approach to drug discovery. The charge has been led by companies such as […]

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When Unconscious, the Brain Is Anything but ‘Silent’

Summary: Some neurons in the cerebral cortex show higher spontaneous activity during general anesthesia than when awake, and this activity is synchronized across the cortical cells. Source: University of Basel The cerebral cortex is thought to be the seat of conscious processing in the brain. Rather than being inactivated, specific cells in the cortex show […]

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Why the Shanghai Supply Chain Meltdown Is an Opportunity for AI

Businesses around the world are bracing themselves for yet another supply chain shock due to Covid lockdowns in China. Since March, container dwell times have soared, and cargo deliveries to and from the Port of Shanghai — among others — have been slowed or cancelled. The number of container vessels waiting outside of Chinese ports […]

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Valiot’s AI Manufacturing Tech Promises Growth in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas, May 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Valiot leaders and Texas government officials alike see the company’s AI-based value chain-oriented software as one that will bolster state growth, reshoring, and its overall GDP. Valiot CEO Federico Crespo and other members of his team met with Texas Secretary of State John Scott at the Texas […]

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Tidio raises $25M to automate customer service interactions – TechCrunch

During the pandemic especially, it’s become overwhelming for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to answer all of their customer service requests. A Freshworks survey found that companies experienced a 71% increase in overall contact volume between February 2020 and January 2021, and expect it to increase further. At the same time, customers — while empathetic […]

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Crowd Content Media Announces Acquisition of Content Refined and Rocket Content AI

VICTORIA, B.C., May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Crowd Content Media has acquired Content Refined, a content marketing platform that helps businesses scale content creation, along with its subsidiary, Rocket Content AI. This marks Crowd Content’s first acquisition since joining the portfolios of Canada-based Sage Capital and California-based Cetina Capital in November 2020. The move aligns […]

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Academic surveyors find 56% of consumers anticipate better healthcare through AI

More than 40% of Americans are generally OK with the thought of AI reading their chest x-rays. Moreover, some 12.3% are very comfortable with the prospect. However, only 6% are well at ease with the notion of a cancer diagnosis coming from an algorithm, and just over a quarter are only “somewhat comfortable” with that […]

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NetApp Teams with NVIDIA to Accelerate AI and HPC Infrastructure

NetApp, a global, cloud-led, data-centric software company, announced that NetApp EF600 all-flash NVMe storage combined with the BeeGFS parallel file system is now certified for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. The new certification simplifies artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure to enable faster implementation of these use cases. Since 2018, NetApp and NVIDIA have served […]

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Introducing CoSo by Splice, an AI-assisted “music creation surface”

Splice introduces CoSo, an AI-assisted “music creation surface” New York City-based music creation and collaboration company splice has helped producers, musicians, and creatives make projects since 2013, providing a means by which to search and download sounds, presets, plugins and more from a wide and ever-expanding library. They’ve become an industry favorite over the years, […]

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i-PRO Americas Adds 28 Cameras With AI Capabilities to Mid-Range Lineup

The new 4K, 6MP and 5MP resolution i-PRO cameras are available in indoor, outdoor, bullet and dome versions. ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. — i-PRO Americas (formerly known as Panasonic i-PRO Sensing Solutions Corp. of America) is expanding its S-Series of products through the introduction of 28 new high-resolution camera products. The new 4K, 6MP and 5MP […]