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Swiss energy services company uses machine learning to see the future

CIO

That changed in 2017 when Swiss voters approved an energy act that would reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuels by 2050. If IWB hoped to fulfill its mission of helping to usher in a fully renewable future, an intelligent solution had to be developed to accurately predict solar power production. Artificial Intelligence

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FarmSense uses sensors and machine learning to bug-proof crops

TechCrunch

The company creates optical sensors and novel classification systems based on machine learning algorithms to identify and track insects in real time. That data is turned into audio and analyzed by machine learning algorithms in the cloud. The key here: real-time information.

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Sick of doing your chores? Give them to a robot

The Hustle

Toyota is developing robots to help with housework at its Cambridge research lab, per Wired. The robots use a machine-learning system similar to those of AI image generators, called diffusion policy, to handle less structured tasks, like sweeping a home.

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Daily Crunch: Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack

TechCrunch

In an interview with TechCrunch, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison said that expanding into Africa presents the company with “an enormous opportunity,” adding that Stripe is planning for “a longer time horizon” than most other companies: “We are thinking of what the world will look like in 2040-2050.”

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Longevity startup Longevica plans to launch supplements based on long-term research

TechCrunch

Longevica’s CEO Aynar Abdrakhmanov, backing up his company’s aim to tap the desire for people to live longer, said: “According to the WHO, by 2050, 2 billion people will be 60+ years old. PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel invested in Unity Biotechnology , which is developing drugs to treat diseases that accompany aging.

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No Funding Drought For Climate Risk Software Startups

Crunchbase News

Those capabilities, it seems, are inspiring investors to back some fairly large rounds for startups developing digital tools with applications in climate-risk management. million for business models around managing insurance for climate-related damage and tracking climate risk for critical infrastructure. This week, two U.S.

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AI Applications in Cybersecurity with Real-Life Examples

Altexsoft

This is where Artificial Intelligence (AI) comes in. What Is Machine Learning and How Is it Used in Cybersecurity? Machine learning (ML) is the brain of the AI—a type of algorithm that enables computers to analyze data, learn from past experiences, and make decisions, in a way that resembles human behavior.