Tag: AI

Covariant leverages its AI-powered platform, the Covariant Brain, to make automated robotic picking quicker and easier by recognizing different package sizes, shapes and materials. Its Series C extension drew in over $222 million in funding from various investors, allowing the company to explore different applications for its technology. With this influx of resources, Covariant is sure to revolutionize existing industries in the coming years.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai turned to the company's Bard AI chatbot for help when planning his father's 80th birthday. Powered by LaMDA, the chatbot provided creative, thoughtful answers to whatever questions it was asked. While some are concerned about the implications of AI technology, Pichai remains optimistic, believing the chatbot can become even better with more powerful models. Read to find out more!

Walmart, the world's largest retailer, is leveraging OpenAI's GPT-4 to create an advanced conversational AI experience. With its new Natural Language Understanding capabilities and Text to Shop feature, customers can talk or text to add items to their cart. Vice President of Emerging Tech, Desirée Gosby, ensures customers can expect the best experience with AI in an ethical and responsible way.

Discover the AI-powered search engine of the future with Perplexity AI. Their mobile app on iOS puts the power of contextual conversations and relevant results in the hands of users. Founders Aravind Srinivas, Denis Yarats, Johnny Ho and Andy Konwinski recently secured a $26M Series A funding round, with investors such as NEA, Databricks Ventures, Nat Friedman and Yann LeCun. Creating an answer to customized queries rapidly and accurately, this is changing the nature of search.

Fetcherr, an AI-powered platform that optimizes airfare prices, recently raised $12.5 million, led by Left Lane Capital. With a total of $31 million raised, Fetcherr aims to expand market, develop business and increase its US presence. Their CEO Roy Cohen, an expert in e-commerce, is passionate about implementing the latest hospitality technologies with the goal to revolutionize air travel. Relying on deep learning, this innovative pricing system promises to save manpower and reduce price manipulation.