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Technique based on artificial intelligence permits automation of crop seed analysis Moravec‘s Paradox

Technique based on artificial intelligence permits automation of crop seed analysis

Credit: CC0 Public Domain In Brazil, researchers affiliated with the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA) and the Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture (ESALQ), both part of the University of São Paulo (USP), have developed a methodology based on artificial intelligence to automate and streamline seed quality analysis,…
bubmag
March 19, 2021
‘A game-changer in revitalising the European food and farm industry’: €8m EU project aims to push robotic farming into mainstream Moravec‘s Paradox

‘A game-changer in revitalising the European food and farm industry’: €8m EU project aims to push robotic farming into mainstream

The project – called Robs4Crops and funded with a €7.9 million budget from the European Union – promises to bring a high-tech revolution to farms and offer a tremendous potential impact on productivity, efficiency, and environmental sustainability. “This project is not about producing more fruit and vegetables,”​ the project’s coordinator…
bubmag
March 19, 2021
Quintessential wins jewel in Adelaide’s high-tech precinct Moravec‘s Paradox

Quintessential wins jewel in Adelaide’s high-tech precinct

Quintessential Equity’s executive chairman, Shane Quinn, likened the precinct to a “mini Silicon Valley”, where postgraduate education would be embedded within organisations in an effort to accelerate technological change and the skills needed for it. “We don’t know what the jobs of the future are, but we know they’re coming,”…
bubmag
March 18, 2021
ByteDance to Begin Making AI Chips Amid Tech War and Global Semiconductor Shortage Moravec‘s Paradox

ByteDance to Begin Making AI Chips Amid Tech War and Global Semiconductor Shortage

Founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming, ByteDance has surged to the forefront of the international tech scene. (photo source: AFP) ByteDance has taken initial steps toward manufacturing its own artificial intelligence (AI) chips, a significant development marking further progress in China’s drive to achieve greater autonomy in the field of…
bubmag
March 17, 2021
Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlun completes new funding, at $2 bln valuation Moravec‘s Paradox

Baidu’s AI chip unit Kunlun completes new funding, at $2 bln valuation

Author of the article: BEIJING — Chinese search giant Baidu Inc said on Monday that its artificial intelligence chip unit Kunlun recently completed a round of fundraising, which according to one source with direct knowledge of the matter values the business at about $2 billion. The fundraising, which comes as…
bubmag
March 15, 2021