Here’s the new edition of my “Fav 4”, edition 50 – yay!. My favorite and most noteworthy tech & innovation news bites of the last week. 4 updates in an easy to consume video format. Enjoy!
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More progress in #AI #copywriting. Check out #Primer, an automated headline writer nearly instantly generating titles that increasingly outshine human-made ones. Strings together the best possible series of words from an article to turn into a headline. https://t.co/HoXt1U5SvO pic.twitter.com/1u2ZKKB3Rh
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) May 17, 2019
Pretty cool: researchers managed to create #AI algorithm that auto-gained humanlike ‘number sense’. Goal: artificial neurons that closely mimic those of biological beings such as humans, birds, monkeys with ability to estimate the number of items in a set. https://t.co/NGtf9ieJ55 pic.twitter.com/zT4Wfc3dJM
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) May 15, 2019
Mind-blowing outlook in the world of power plants & #pollution: #AI firm #WattTime (https://t.co/2YhRVcVgGS funded) to use satellite imagery to track air pollution (incl. carbon emissions) from every single power plant in the world in real time – publicly. https://t.co/4uiIYaujSc pic.twitter.com/b1qnlxmSHk
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) May 15, 2019
Here's an update on #Amazon pushing #robotics into another, pretty crucial role in their fulfillment centers. It's machines that pack orders (instead of people), hoping to be more efficient, plus produce less overall cardboard waste. #retail #innovation https://t.co/M9Sktgvhr8 pic.twitter.com/ZriCkGDQlz
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) May 17, 2019