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SoftBank-led $114M Round Puts Qualcomm’s Brain Corp. on New Path

Xconomy

founded in 2009 as a Qualcomm-incubated startup to develop software and computer systems that emulate the human brain, seems to have found a new path forward. SoftBank’s new Vision Fund has led a $114 million investment to advance the company’s artificial intelligence technology. San Diego’s Brain Corp.,

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Tech Giants’ Partnership To Explore Ethics, Societal Impacts of AI

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With public interest in artificial intelligence technologies on the rise, five of the world’s largest corporations—vying against each other in so many spheres—are banding together to support research on the ethical and societal issues raised by machines with increasingly human-like capabilities.

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Brain Corp.’s First Product is a Brain for Floor-Scrubbing Machines

Xconomy

has a vision for developing the kind of technology that could some day be used to operate self-driving cars. began life in 2009 with a lofty goal of reverse-engineering the human brain. meandered quite a bit as it sought to find a way to commercialize its technology, with substantial turnover among its ranks. But now Brain Corp.

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Todd Hylton Adds Neural Tech Expertise to UCSD Robotics Institute

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UC San Diego has named Todd Hylton, a veteran tech industry manager and expert in neural-based processing technology, as executive director of its new Contextual Robotics Institute. in 2012, Hylton led a team that developed BrainOS, software technology designed to enable robotic systems to adapt to their environments and learn from humans.

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