Dec 17, 2020

🤖 2021 predictions / AI systems for the disabled / Cruise self-driving car

Issue #113 • December 17 • View online • Suggest a link

Artificial Intelligence Weekly

Your essential reading list for all things AI.

This week: 2021 predictions for AI, making AI systems more inclusive of people with disabilities, and Cruise’s self-driving car.

If you’re a fan of our newsletter, please forward this sign-up link to your fellow AI enthusiasts: artificial-intelligence.startupdigest.com

–

P.S. If we’ve missed important and relevant AI news (we’re human after all 😉), submit a link at the top of the newsletter 👆 or tweet us at @AIStartupDigest.

Calling Startups in Supply Chain Innovation

The Techstars Sustainability Challenge is an equity-free challenge that brings together founders with industry leaders in sustainability. Top Supply Chain solutions in the areas of Data & Automation and Materials & End-of-life Impact will have access to potential commercial opportunities with our corporate partners. We are looking for proven technologies that are able to be pilotable in 2021.
Applications are now open and close March 1, 2021.

AI Predictions 2021: How to navigate the top 5 AI trends facing your business | PwC

The top five trends for artificial intelligence in the business world — and how to navigate them according to PwC’s new survey.

www.pwc.com • Share

Microsoft and OpenAI propose automating U.S. tech export controls | VentureBeat

Microsoft and OpenAI propose using ‘digital’ approaches to previously manual means of controlling U.S. technology exports.

venturebeat.com • Share

Corporate Reporting in the Era of Artificial Intelligence | NBER

Companies have long seen annual reports as opportunities to portray their business in a positive light. The audience for these reports is not just humans, but also machines that process the information to make recommendations.

www.nber.org • Share

The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty | MIT Technology Review

A growing group of lawyers are uncovering, navigating, and fighting the automated systems that deny the poor from housing, jobs, and basic services.

www.technologyreview.com • Share

Shrinking the ‘data desert’: Inside efforts to make AI systems more inclusive of people with disabilities | Microsoft AI Blog

Saqib Shaikh says people who are blind, like himself, typically develop highly organized routines to keep track of their things — putting keys, wallets, canes, and other essentials in the same places each time.

blogs.microsoft.com • Share

[VIDEO] Going driverless in San Francisco | Cruise

After 5 years of driving over 2 million miles on the streets of San Francisco, Cruise zero-emission cars are ready to drive on their own.

www.youtube.com • Share

Funding Updates

European Uber rival Bolt raises more than $180 million for A.I. drive | CNBC
Tecton.ai nabs $35M Series B as it releases machine learning feature store | TechCrunch
Deepcell Closes $20M Series A Funding Round | FinSMEs

Techstars Startup Digest Artificial Intelligence Weekly is curated by:

	Aashay Mody - 👨‍💻 Growth at Anvil \| 🤖 AI Digest Curator at Startup Digest \| 🎓 NYU Stern Alum aashay.mody@startupdigestmail.com
	Sergio A. Escobar - Canadian🇨🇦 Seed/Series-A Corporate Venture Capitalist \| Pre-Seed/Seed Accelerator MD \| Investing in B2B Intelligent Enterprise Software across US/Canada \| Twitter: @SergiusEscobar sergio.escobar@startupdigestmail.com

Did you enjoy this issue?

Did you see something you think we should include in our newsletter?

Suggest a link

Our mailing address is:
Techstars
1050 Walnut St #202
Boulder, CO 80302

If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe here.
If you don’t want these updates anymore, please unsubscribe here.
Manage all your newsletter subscriptions here.
This newsletter is carefully curated with Revue