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Trudeau announces 75 percent wage subsidies, interest-free loans for Canadian small businesses(BETAKIT)
The 75 percent wage subsidy will be available for “qualifying businesses” for up to three months and will be retroactive until March 15.
Announcing Our Female Founders Competition Finalists(MEDIUM)
In partnership with Mayfield and Melinda Gates’s Pivotal Ventures, Microsoft for Startups is investing $6 million in four female-founded companies.
Kaizo raises $3M for its AI-based tools to improve customer service support teams(TECHCRUNCH)
Although this is just a seed round, it’s coming after a period of strong growth for the company.
Cleantech startup BluWave-ai closes $3.9 million in seed funding(BETAKIT)
BluWave-ai, a renewable energy startup that uses AI to improve energy grid predictions, optimizations, and controls, has secured a $3.9 million seed round.
In artificial intelligence, enterprises still not minding their data(ZDNET)
Data needs to be looked at as well, and efforts to do so are only beginning, according to O’Reilly’s latest survey of 1,388 data scientists, executives and IT professionals on AI adoption.
DarwinAI, University of Waterloo develop neural network for COVID-19 detection(BETAKIT)
DarwinAI and the University of Waterloo have co-developed a neural network aimed to accelerate the development of solutions for detecting COVID-19 cases.
AI can help scientists find a Covid-19 vaccine(WIRED)
AI is playing two important supporting roles in this quest: suggesting components of a vaccine by understanding viral protein structures, and helping medical researchers scour tens of thousands of relevant research papers at an unprecedented pace.
AI and big data won’t work miracles in the fight against coronavirus(TECHCRUNCH)
It’s not that these applications of AI are bad, but rather that they belong to a set with few actionable outcomes.
Google is using AI to design chips that will accelerate AI(TECHNOLOGYREVIEW)
A new reinforcement-learning algorithm has learned to optimize the placement of components on a computer chip to make it more efficient and less power-hungry.
The coronavirus is forcing tech giants to make a risky bet on AI(THEVERGE)
Machine learning tools have always been the ideal content moderators for Facebook, Google and Twitter — but COVID-19 is forcing their use before they’re ready.
Helm.ai raises $13M on its unsupervised learning approach to driverless car AI(TECHCRUNCH)
Helm.ai will put the $13 million in seed funding toward advanced engineering and R&D and hiring more employees, as well as locking in and fulfilling deals with customers.