Google calls off Deepmind talks
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We don't want free-thinking here

Senior managers at Google artificial-intelligence unit DeepMind have been negotiating for years with the parent company for more autonomy.

Twitter crops out black people
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AI is racist

Twitter’s image-cropping algorithm appears to have a problem with race and tends to delete  black people from the frame.

Italian AI is now predicting the shape of violins
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Allows new designs and materials

AI will design the next generations of violins according to in a study published on Nature Scientific Reports by Politecnico di Milano.

AI Chip start-ups interesting Wall Street
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Nvidia rivals 

The cocaine nose-jobs of Wall Street are starting to get interested in chip startups lured by their promises of AI and special-purpose processors that can efficiently run machine-learning algorithms.

Xilinx Introduces Kria Portfolio of Adaptive System-on-Modules
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For Accelerating Innovation and AI Applications at the Edge

Xilinx has been massively expanding its portfolio, and it wants to address a new market with Kria branded adaptive system on modules (SOMs). These modules can save a lot of time to market and enable partners to bring their products to the end customers.