

Researchers show that computer vision algorithms pretrained on ImageNet exhibit multiple, distressing biases

Alphabet’s Project Amber uses AI to try to diagnose depression from brain waves

Twitter Q3 2020 revenue smashes estimates with $936 million as user growth slows

Facebook beats analyst estimates for Q3 2020 revenue despite ad boycotts

Google parent Alphabet returns to sales growth in Q3 2020 as advertising recovers from the pandemic

Amazon reports $96.1 billion in Q3 2020 revenue: AWS up 29%, subscriptions up 33%, and ‘other’ up 51%

Google’s AI converts webpages into videos

U.S. Senate hearing to reform Section 230 internet law becomes political showdown

How TikTok’s unique mix of social and broadcast media techniques sets it apart

Intel Geospatial is a cloud platform for AI-powered imagery analytics

Researchers develop sentence rewriting technique to fool text classifiers

Feature
How Hubilo pivoted from physical to virtual events in 20 days (and nabbed big-name backers)

TechSee raises $30 million to streamline field service work with AR and computer vision

AI Weekly: Constructive ways to take power back from Big Tech

Facebook’s long-delayed content removal Oversight Board is now accepting appeals

Verizon brings Smithsonian artifacts into AR, invites teams to redefine museums

Hollywood-backed streaming service Quibi to shutter 6 months after launch

Snap shares jump 23% as Snapchat user growth and revenue beat estimates

Adobe’s Photoshop Neural Filters use AI to change faces, recolor photos

Opinion
ProBeat: Shame on tech companies that don’t give employees time off to vote

Prezi introduces dynamic video teaching tools as education moves online

Sony reveals Spatial Reality Display, a 4K screen with glasses-free 3D

Google’s Smart Fill autocompletes Sheets columns using AI

River raises $10.4 million for privacy-preserving news recommendations

Zoom launches OnZoom to facilitate online classes and events

Microsoft explains how it improved automatic image captioning in Azure Cognitive Services

Zoom launches Zapps to bring third-party apps into video calls

Dataloop raises $16 million for data annotation tools

Apple cuts iPhone XR and iPhone 11 prices by $100, kills iPhone 11 Pro

Spotify open-sources Klio, a framework for AI audio research

Microsoft partners with Team Gleason to build a computer vision dataset for ALS

U.S. TikTok rival Triller could go public

AI Weekly: Nvidia’s Maxine opens the door to deepfakes and bias in video calls

Analysis
How social media and gamification fueled QAnon’s ‘crowdsourced cult’

Google Assistant gets deeper app integrations as voice assistant usage skyrockets

Microsoft Edge gets free 24-hour video calls, screenshot tool, and shopping features

Neocis raises $72 million for its dental surgery robot

U.S. Congress calls for antitrust reforms to limit powers of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

Chrome 86 brings password protections for Android and iOS, VP9 for macOS Big Sur
