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Deep Agency shows the perils of applying AI to the fashion industry

TechCrunch

Image Credits: Deep Agency Deep Agency seems to have especially touched a nerve because of the application — and implications — of its product. According to one survey , as of 2016, 78% of models in fashion adverts were white.) There’s simply too much money in the space, he says — and he’s not wrong.

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Ecovative sees a fungal future for fashion, food and foam packaging and has a fresh $60M to make it

TechCrunch

Now the company has $60 million in financing to create new applications for its mycelial products and to scale up existing business units. And the company also has fashion on the brain. The demand for new biomaterials in the fashion industry, such as mycelium, far outstrips the current supply. Image Credits: Ecovative Design.

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Drowning in trash: Google opens applications for circular-economy accelerator

TechCrunch

. “We need to rebuild our relationship with physical resources and how we make, process, use and recycle them,” he added, citing fashion and food among the industries that applicants might focus on. Applications for the accelerator opened today, October 3, and will close on November 14 ahead of a February 2023 start.

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Key Applications of Machine Learning in the Fashion Industry

Dataiku

On the heels of the devastating economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fashion industry is beginning to pick up the pieces and build a path forward.

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AI in Fashion: Fad, or the Future?

Dataiku

AI has been part of the equation in fashion for years — if you’ve shopped online, you’ve probably experienced AI-powered styling (whether you knew it or not).

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3 Ways API Analytics Can Help Application Owners

DevOps.com

Whether it is misunderstood requirements, rapidly evolving marketplaces or old-fashioned bugs and schedule slippage, all can derail otherwise well-resourced and managed software development projects. The post 3 Ways API Analytics Can Help Application Owners appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Application Modernization Video with IBM’s Rosalind Radcliffe

DevOps.com

Application modernization is the process of updating existing legacy applications and modernizing their infrastructure, architecture and features, by using modern technology stacks. Monolithic applications are difficult to update and expensive to scale. Many […].

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