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QuantrolOx uses machine learning to control qubits

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QuantrolOx , a new startup that was spun out of Oxford University last year, wants to use machine learning to control qubits inside of quantum computers. As with all machine learning problems, QuantrolOx needs to gather enough data to build effective machine learning models. million (or about $1.9

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OctoML raises $85M for it for its machine learning acceleration platform

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OctoML , a Seattle-based startup that helps enterprises optimize and deploy their machine learning models, today announced that it has raised an $85 million Series C round led by Tiger Global Management. “If you make something twice as fast on the same hardware, making use of half the energy, that has an impact at scale.”

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What Is Machine Learning Used For

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What Is Machine Learning Used For? By INVID With the rise of AI, the term “machine learning” has grown increasingly common in today’s digitally driven world, where it is frequently credited with being the impetus behind many technical breakthroughs. Let’s break it down. Take retail, for instance.

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Stability AI backs effort to bring machine learning to biomed

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Called OpenBioML , the endeavor’s first projects will focus on machine learning-based approaches to DNA sequencing, protein folding and computational biochemistry. Stability AI’s ethically questionable decisions to date aside, machine learning in medicine is a minefield. Predicting protein structures.

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ThirdAI raises $6M to democratize AI to any hardware

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Houston-based ThirdAI , a company building tools to speed up deep learning technology without the need for specialized hardware like graphics processing units, brought in $6 million in seed funding. It was when he was at Rice University that he looked into how to make that work for deep learning.

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Timekettle’s $699 translation hardware handles multiple languages at once

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Improvements to processing power, machine learning and cloud platforms have all played key roles in this development. Personal translation devices have had a hugely transformative decade.

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EnCharge AI emerges from stealth with $21.7M to develop AI accelerator hardware

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EnCharge AI , a company building hardware to accelerate AI processing at the edge , today emerged from stealth with $21.7 Speaking to TechCrunch via email, co-founder and CEO Naveen Verma said that the proceeds will be put toward hardware and software development as well as supporting new customer engagements.

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