AI, from being a distant reality seen only in Hollywood movies, has become our reality. Right from helping mankind achieve impossible feats, to reducing labour work, read all about the latest advancements in AI!
Musk’s Neuralink bags $205 million in Series C funding
Neuralink, one of the many ambitious projects of serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, has scored $205 million is Series C funding round. The funding round was led by Vy Capital (a Dubai-based investment company) and received participation from Google Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, DFJ Growth, Founders...
VUI Technology: Revolutionizing Online Shopping Habits
In today’s tech-driven era, rapid innovation has been shaping and reinventing our daily experiences. New, life-changing technologies are emerging everyday that make our lives better in some way or the other. Voice user interface is one such technology. Voice user interface, or VUI, is a...
Affectiva, an emotion-detection tech startup, acquired for $73.5 million
Publicly traded Swedish company, Smart Eye has announced the acquisition of emotion-detection tech initiative Affectiva for a whopping $73.5 million. The deal between the two companies is a cash-and-stock deal. Spun out of MIT Media Lab in the year 2009, Affectiva has developed a technology...
8 things you didn’t know you relied on Artificial Intelligence for
When you first think of artificial intelligence, you can’t help but associate it with sci-fi movies and some of the most amazing dystopian shows like Black Mirror. What might have slipped our mind is the possibility of AI being used everywhere and being around us...
A guide to AI based image processing: Phases, techniques and tools
Introduction The method of manipulating images to either extract relevant information from it or enhance its quality is called image processing. Image processing is extremely useful and its demand is continuously growing. The market for image recognition is projected to grow to US$38.92 billion in...
Shaping Minds: The Impact of AI on Human Behavior
Introduction Artificial Intelligence is one technology that is influencing all the aspects of our life. Artificial intelligence is leading area for research in major computer companies as they attempt to move from simple algorithms to complex systems based on large amount of data. 23% of...
12 Easy Ways To Protect Your Internet Privacy
This decade has seen some of the most drastic adaptation in digitisation. The rise in use of internet in almost all sectors is a big part of digitisation. But this has also made us vulnerable to hackers, identity thefts or financial frauds, phishing etc. This...
Brands Using Augmented Reality to Reach Customers During the Pandemic
The year 2020 has made the world virtually advanced in more ways than ever before. The pandemic has enforced all sectors in adapting the new age technology in order to keep the customers attracted to the businesses. This has made it necessary for retailers to...
Assistive Technology And It’s Latest Trends
Technology has become such an integral part of our lives that we do not realize that while performing simple acts like updating our smart phones, tablets or laptops we are using a vast variety of assisted technologies. There are free and low tech assistive technology...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink implants a chip in a monkey’s mind so it can play video games
Tesla Chief Elon Musk reveals that his startup, Neuralink, has wired up a monkey so that it can play video games using its mind. Musk said his company Neuralink did so by implanting a computer chip into the skull of the monkey and connecting tiny...
