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A Research Team Plans to Merge AI with Human Brain Cells

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A group of researchers in Australia have been awarded just over $400,000 (USD) in government funding to study the possibilities of merging AI with human brain cells, a research project likely to bring a number of AI-related ethical and existential questions to the fore.

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How PointPredictive Is Using Machine Learning To Uncover Fraud, With Tim Grace

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There's been a revolution in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the last few years, by both startups and large companies, to help in a large number of areas. Tim Grace: PointPredictive is an artificial intelligence, machine learning, and pattern recognition provider.

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Mark Cuban on Why You Need to Study Artificial Intelligence or You’ll be a Dinosaur in 3 Years

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Machine Learning / AI They discussed many topics ranging from protection of the press to what Mark looks for in an entrepreneur to investing outside of Silicon Valley and of course Trump and sports. But perhaps to most insightful was their discussion about Machine Learning / AI. Gotta love great role models.

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Narrativa Raises $1.3M

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Los Angeles-based Narrativa, a developer of artificial intelligence software aimed at helping pharmaceutical companies with FDA drug approvals, says it has raised $1.3M Source of the new funding was not announced. in a financing round.

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Interview With Jamie Montgomery, March Capital Partners On The Firm's New Fund

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Santa Monica-based venture investor March Capital Partners (www.marchcp.com) announced last week that it has raised a second fund, worth $300M. To learn about the new fund, we sat down with Jamie Montgomery , one of the fund's co-founders, to hear about March Capital's strategy and the new fund.

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Epic Sciences Gets $52M More

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San Diego-based Epic Sciences , which is developing technology around personalization of cancer treatment and management, has raised $52M more in a Series E funding, the company's lead investor said this morning. Names of other investors in the round were not announced. Murali Prahalad, Ph.D. is president and Chief Executive Officer of Epic.

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Movio wants to make your marketing videos with generative AI

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A proliferation of startups is now trying to devise applications for this new class of language model , where the machine is capable of creating new text, images and videos based on simple human input. How China’s synthetic media startup Surreal nabs funding in 3 months.