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Keeping the Baby While Losing the Bathwater: AI’s Efficiencies and Concerns Collide
artificial intelligence // July 31, 2023

The generative artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is already generating efficiencies across industries. But the rapid advance of the groundbreaking technology has also sparked concern from institutions as varied as the giant tech companies behind today’s large language model (LLM) platforms to the Security Council of...

Ford-Backed Argo AI Spends $15M On Autonomous Vehicle Research
Investments // June 25, 2019

Argo AI announced that it has pledged $15 million over five years to fund the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Argo AI Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research. “It’s an amazing time for those of us in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence. We’re starting to see...

Tech Center: Pittsburgh Takes On Tech
Tech Center // August 08, 2017

Pittsburgh has contributed a plethora of everyday items and services that many may take for granted. The city’s contributions to the country in addition to being the base of America’s steel industry, the city was also the birthplace of the beloved Mr. Rogers, McDonald’s Big...

Facebook To Add AI Facial Gestures In Future
Artificial Intelligence // November 18, 2016

If you think the emotion buttons on Facebook were an upgrade from the “thumbs-up” like button, you’re about to be even more impressed. Facebook says that, in the future, it may build facial gesture controls with the help of newly acquired FacioMetrics — a business...

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Ford-Backed Argo AI Spends $15M On Autonomous Vehicle Research

June 25, 2019
Argo AI announced that it has pledged $15 million over five years to fund the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Argo AI Center for Autonomous Vehicle Research. “It’s an amazing time for those of us in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence. We’re starting to see consumer products and services powered by the capabilities that we […]

Facebook To Add AI Facial Gestures In Future

November 18, 2016
If you think the emotion buttons on Facebook were an upgrade from the “thumbs-up” like button, you’re about to be even more impressed. Facebook says that, in the future, it...