British appliances firm Dyson says it will invest an extra £2.75bn ($3.67bn) in new technology over the next five years, as it aims to double the number of products it sells. The…
Dr Harvey Karp’s SNOO is a Titan of Baby Tech—And it’s Scaling Fast
In 2016, the year Dr Harvey Karp debuted his tech-enabled SNOO bassinet, CES mainstreamed the term ‘Baby Tech’ at a dedicated section of its Las Vegas show. Since then startups have rushed…
In the Race to Build the Car of the Future, Israel is Speeding Ahead
Israel’s status as a leading tech nation is not in doubt. The Middle Eastern state of just eight million people, known as “Silicon Wadi”, is home to 5,000 startups and 750 venture-backed…
OurCrowd Launches $100m AI Fund
Equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has launched its Cognitiv fund, which will invest $100 million into early-stage artifical intelligence, robotics and digital manufacturing firms worldwide. It is the company’s 12th fund since it…
GoodAI Founder Marek Rosa: “The Future of AI is Important – We Mustn’t Panic”
Marek Rosa is the CEO and CTO of GoodAI, a research company building general AI. In this interview he speaks about the dangers of militarized AI, the future of automation and how close…
Are We Really Headed Toward AI Armageddon?
This week dozens of leaders in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), including Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, penned an open letter urging the United Nations to ban the use of AI…
Taiwan’s Government Pours $527m into AI Capability
Taiwan’s government has announced plans to invest NT$16 billion ($527m) into the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) capability over the next four to five years. Its Ministry of Science and Technology has pledged…
ELLIQ: Intuition Robotics Bridges Uncanny Valley To Cure Loneliness Epidemic
Ever found the increasing number of humanoid robots a little, well, creepy? You’re not alone. In fact, in 1970 professor Masahiro Mori coined a phrase for the unease we feel when a…