Analysis | Artificial Intelligence | 17 Dec Can AI make a better whisky than a human “nose”? Not quite yet. But here are some ways tech is changing the drinks industry.
News | Artificial Intelligence | 16 Dec DeepMind exec Andrew Eland leaves to launch startup The startup, called Diagonal Works, aims to find new ways to improve towns and cities with software.
News | Artificial Intelligence | 6 Dec DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman comes out of hiding Mustafa Suleyman announced on Twitter that he will be joining Google in January after spending 10 years at DeepMind.
Interview | Agriculture | 6 Dec Plantix cofounder wants investors to open their eyes to agtech With 1m users per month in India, Simone Strey runs the world’s largest agtech app. Yet, the cofounder and chief executive of Plantix says the work to help the world’s small-scale farmers is “never, ever done”.
Analysis | Artificial Intelligence | 28 Nov 30 AI people in Europe to follow on Twitter Researchers from companies like Facebook, DeepMind and Amazon love to talk about their work and the latest artificial intelligence news on Twitter. Here are some of the best people to follow in Europe.
News | Artificial Intelligence | 22 Nov EU launches €2bn AI and blockchain fund The European Commission and European Investment Fund are launching a €2bn fund to invest in fundamental technologies amid fears that the US and China are pulling ahead in areas such as AI and blockchain.
News | Artificial Intelligence | 18 Nov Headstart just raised $7m to use AI to take the bias out of recruiting Employers are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to speed up recruitment.
Analysis | Artificial Intelligence | 11 Nov Venture capital funds are lining up to back ex-DeepMinders Venture capitalists are lining up to fund the startups of employees leaving Deep Mind, the Google-owned artificial intelligence research lab. Will this be the shot in the arm the European ecosystem needs?
News | Artificial Intelligence | 7 Nov AI that can make mortgage decisions in 15 minutes M:Qube, a new fintech startup, plans to shake up the £270bn UK home loans market starting early next year with faster home loan decisions.
News | Artificial Intelligence | 25 Oct University launches DeepMind scholarship to get more women into AI Tuition fees and living costs will be funded by the Google-owned research lab.
News | Artificial Intelligence | 16 Oct The inventor of Viagra just raised $56m for his AI drug startup Healx is using artificial intelligence to speed up the discovery of new treatments for rare diseases
Interview | Artificial Intelligence | 11 Oct UK founder Terry Walby on getting acquired by automation giant Blue Prism Terry Walby, the chief executive and founder of Thoughtonomy, who shares his tips and experiences of being acquired by a UK automation company Blue Prism.
News | Artificial Intelligence | 1 Oct Paris-based startup AnotherBrain has raised €19m for a new version of AI that doesn’t burn through energy AnotherBrain’s CEO says the new type of AI, named ‘Organic AI’, may be able to make “make every sensor an intelligent sensor”
Interview | Robotics | 30 Sep Being ‘impact-shamed’ on Christmas by his wife turned Denmark’s robot-king into an investor Having sold two robotics companies for a total of €560m over the course of a few years, Esben Østergaard has had enough of being an entrepreneur.
News | Fashion | 23 Sep Fashion startup Lookiero bags $19m: “We’re not worried about Stitch Fix” With £120m poured into fashion startups Outfittery, Thread and Lookiero, the battle of the AI fashion boxes is on.
Analysis | Artificial Intelligence | 23 Sep How machine learning is being used to tackle homelessness When rough sleeping is flagged to authorities, the homeless person in need of help is rarely found by response teams. Can AI change this?
