VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 15 – 17 Learn More Take the latest VB Survey to share how your company is implementing AI today. Devolver Digital unveiled its wacky and wondrous indie video games coming in 2020 and 2021 — all showcased in a …
Read More »Announcing the second annual VentureBeat AI Innovation Awards at Transform 2020
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 14 – 17 Register Today Take the latest VB Survey to share how your company is implementing AI today. The past year has seen remarkable change. As innovation in the field of AI and real-world applications of its constituent …
Read More »Why Tencent is looking to buy Warframe parent company Leyou
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 15 – 17 Learn More Take the latest VB Survey to share how your company is implementing AI today. After rumors surfaced that Sony was considering acquiring Hong Kong gaming company Leyou Technologies, the focus is now shifting to …
Read More »CD Projekt Red has ‘no Game Pass plans’ for Cyberpunk 2077
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 15 – 17 Learn More Cyberpunk 2077 is one of the biggest games coming this year for consoles and PC. But one platform it’s not headed to any time soon is Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass. That’s according to developer …
Read More »Aryballe raises $7.9 million for odor-detecting AI sensors
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 14 – 17 Register Today Aryballe, a startup developing biochemical sensors, optics, and AI to collect and analyze odor data, today announced it has raised €7 million ($ 7.9 million). The funds will bolster product and machine learning R&D …
Read More »Amazon sweetens $1.3 billion Zoox acquisition with $100 million in stock to keep workers
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 14 – 17 Register Today (Reuters) — Amazon plans to create at least $ 100 million in stock awards to retain the 900-plus employees of Zoox, the self-driving car startup it offered to buy last month, and can walk away …
Read More »PC shipments grew 3-11% in Q2 2020 despite coronavirus
VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 14 – 17 Register Today After years of bad news, PC shipments saw growth in 2019, only to have the coronavirus pandemic cut the celebration short in Q1 2020. Now for some good news: The PC market grew between …
Read More »Researchers propose AI for detecting fraudulent crowdfunding campaigns
Crowdfunding has become the de facto way to support peoples’ ventures and philanthropic efforts. But as crowdfunding platforms have risen to prominence, they’ve also attracted malicious actors seeking to take advantage of unsuspecting donors. Last August, a report from the Verge investigated the Dragonfly Futurefön, a decade-long fraud operation that …
Read More »The Pentagon’s AI director talks killer robots, facial recognition, and China
Joint AI Center (JAIC) acting director Nand Mulchandani said one of JAIC’s first lethal AI projects is proceeding into a testing phase now. The JAIC was founded in 2018 to act as the Pentagon’s leader in all things AI, and initially focused on non-lethal forms. Mulchandani shared few specifics, but …
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