FocusAI - Edition #50
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Edition #50 - April 16th 2021
This week :
an index to list REAL AI companies
a robot dog is teaching to pee
a course about AI ethics
a lot of acquisition in France AI’s landscape
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💹 Introducing the MAD Index
The MAD (for machine learning, AI and data) index aims to cover as close as possible "pure" data or ML/AI companies.
🤖 BERT and the Transformer Architecture
10 Things You Need to Know About BERT and the Transformer Architecture That Are Reshaping the AI Landscape.
🐕 "Teaching a Robot Dog to Pee Beer"
Here's a video in which a very interesting person hacks around with a Boston Dynamics 'Spot' robot, building it a machine to let it 'pee' beer.
🌈 A course about AI Ethics
Students will leave the course with the skills to further their AI ethics education and the confidence to participate in evolving discussions in the real world.
🚜 AI for farm equipment
Farm equipment maker John Deere described a computer vision system that spots defective joints, helping to ensure that its heavy machinery leaves the production line ready to roll.
🌬️ Alphabet shareholder pushes Google for better whistleblower protections
Alphabet shareholder is pushing Google to adopt better whistleblower protections in light of the firing of prominent AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru.
🇫🇷 French Touch
💬 Demain.ai acquiert Kaption.fr
Demain.ai a confirmé l’acquisition de Kaption.fr, une offre professionnelle de sous-titrage et de traduction de sous-titres à destination des youtubeurs.
🏫 Ecole IA Microsoft by Simplon fête ses 3 ans
En mars 2018, Microsoft et Simplon ont créé l’École IA dans le but de former des demandeurs d’emplois à l’intelligence artificielle.
Trois ans plus tard, on dénombre 24 écoles dans 9 régions et 500 apprenants.
📬 La Poste acquiert OpenValue
La Poste annonce l’acquisition d'OpenValue dans le but de proposer une offre d’accompagnement de projets d’IA tout en respectant un cadre éthique.
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