NVIDIA YouTube Channel – 7.24.20 (7.23.20)
Self-driving cars rely on AI to anticipate traffic patterns and safely maneuver in a complex environment. In this DRIVE Labs episode, we demonstrate how our PredictionNet deep neural network can predict future paths of other road users using live perception and map data.
Source: All the Right Moves: How AI Helps Self-Driving Cars Predict the Future
NVIDIA Blog – 7.16.20
Ahmed Elnaggar and Michael Heinzinger are helping computers read proteins as easily as you read this sentence.
The researchers are applying the latest AI models used to understand text to the field of bioinformatics. Their work could accelerate efforts to characterize living organisms like the coronavirus.
Source: Learning Life’s ABCs: AI Models Read Proteins to Fight COVID-19
NVIDIA Blog – 6.25.20
AI startup Trefos is helping foresters see the wood for the trees.
Using custom lidar and camera-mounted drones, the Philadelphia-based company collects data for high-resolution, 3D forest maps. These metrics allow government agencies and the forestry industry to estimate the volume of timber and biomass in an area of forest, as well as the amount of carbon stored in the trees.
Source: AI Startup Lets Foresters See the Wood for the Trees
IBM Blog – 5.26.20
As communities take various measures to reopen for business while reducing the risk of further COVID-19 outbreaks, navigating the recovery is daunting. It’s a historic juggling of public health considerations with the need to revive the economy. Business and community leaders are struggling to pilot through a dense fog.
IBM Blog – 5.6.20 (5.5.20)
We are now well into 2020, and the world continues to face a once-in-a-century global pandemic. The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has altered nearly every aspect of our personal and professional lives. As the business world reels from the disruptions generated by COVID-19, it has become more clear than ever that AI is no longer a “nice-to-have” technology for the modern enterprise.
Full Post: Building the Complete Virtual Assistant with Watson Assistant
Google Blog – 4.29.20 (4.25.20)
Over the past four years, Google has advanced its AI technologies to address critical problems in healthcare. We’ve developed tools to detect eye disease, AI systems to identify cardiovascular risk factors and signs of anemia, and to improve breast cancer screening.
Full Post: Healthcare AI systems that put people at the center
