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Insider Brief U.S. drone autonomy startup SkyfireAI has raised $11 million in seed funding. SkyfireAI develops software designed to help organizations coordinate fleets of drones without requiring a matching increase in pilots or operational staff. According to the company, the round was led by Mucker Capital, with participation from AI Fund, SaaS Ventures, Halogen, Harvard […]
Read full articleThe new real-time, AI-backed emergency call center translation tool could help residents and first responders, according to company executives. The World Cup also could play a role in growing the service.
A new study examines how large language models perform in a variety of medical contexts, including real emergency room cases — where at least one model seemed to be more accurate than human doctors.
Researchers say results mark a ‘profound change in technology that will reshape medicine’ From George Clooney in ER to Noah Wyle in The Pitt, emergency department doctors have long been popular heroes. But will it soon be time to hang up the scrubs? A groundbreaking Harvard study has found that AI systems outperformed human doctors in high-pressure emergency medicine triage, diagnosing more accurately in the potentially life and death moments when people are first rushed to hospital. Continue reading...
The challenge is no longer whether to innovate, but how to do so securely and responsibly at speed.
Singapore-based DroneDash Technologies and GEODNET have formed a joint venture to be called GEODASH Aerosystems, to build an agricultural spraying drone for large industrial farms. The companies say the near-production drone technology is designed to remove the need to map a field to be treated before each flight, and the need to rebuild flight plans […] The post Drones get smarter for large farm holdings appeared first on AI News.
In crowded environments, more robots don’t always mean faster results—in fact, too many can bring everything to a standstill. Harvard researchers discovered a surprising fix: adding a bit of randomness to how robots move can actually prevent gridlock and boost efficiency. By allowing robots to “wiggle” slightly instead of marching in straight lines, they can slip past each other and keep tasks flowing smoothly.
Danish startup Sapient Perception secured €2M from Balnord and FORWARD.one to develop 10K sensors for defense and security UAV operations.
Startup investors kept up the busy dealmaking pace this week with a number of big rounds. Top among them was a $1.75 billion Series D for Austin-based Saronic, developer of autonomous vessels.
