Artificial intelligence news
February 2021’s artificial intelligence news coverage dealt with items across a number of areas: EY Foundry’s selection of 2 Singaporean AI startups for incubation, artificial intelligence-related risks in autonomous vehicle systems, AI use in 5G technology, and Australia’s Boab AI scale-up accelerator.
Each artificial intelligence news headline listed here is linked to the article behind that AI headline; each linked article is free-to-read in full, online and at no cost. This gives Startup New Asia’s readers 2 things instantly with our monthly artificial intelligence news collections:
- a quick, at-a-glance overview of AI and machine learning news headlines for the month, February 2021; and
- one-click access to the full story on specific AI news items and developments in machine learning technologies.
Technology news: February 2021
Artificial intelligence | Blockchain | Cryptocurrency
Cybersecurity | FinTech
- ICYMI: World Economic Forum to launch Global AI Action Alliance initiative to accelerate adoption of ‘inclusive, transparent and trusted’ artificial intelligence
- ICYMI: UK’s Daily Telegraph newspaper boosts Facebook engagement by 205% using Echobox artificial intelligence solution, contributing to a 45% boost in digital subscriptions
- Download: Cybersecurity Challenges In The Uptake Of Artificial Intelligence In Autonomous Driving (pdf)
- Download: Artificial Intelligence And Start-ups In Low- And Middle-Income Countries – Progress, Promises and Perils, via GSMA (pdf)
- ICYMI: A look at EdgeQ, chip firm working on ‘base-station-on-a-chip’ tech that combines 5G and AI, aiming to provide a lower-cost alternative to Qualcomm, Intel and co
- Australia: Boab AI scale-up accelerator launches, with first cohort and $1.5M in investments announced from Artesian-backed $100M Boab Global AI Fund
- Australia: Recently-announced Boab AI program to grow 32 AI-focused companies over 4 years, each receiving $300K in funding and up to $5M follow-on funding
- ICYMI: European Union Agency for Cybersecurity report highlights AI security risks for autonomous cars
- Japan: A look at the 9 startups showcased at the recent Startupbootcamp Scale Osaka Demo Day, working in edge AI applications, blockchain and more
- Japan: Toyota to build ‘Woven City’, 175-acre smart city and tech test bed, to be populated by 2K Toyota employees and families, retirees, retailers, and scientists
- PlantTech Research Institute and New Zealand eScience Infrastructure partner for AI-focused research support for agriculture
- Philippines: An intro to Expedock, using AI to speed processing of shipping documents to beat inefficiencies in freight forwarding
- Singapore: 2 artificial intelligence startups selected for EY Foundry startup incubator, joining 12 other startups from 5 countries
- AI Asia Summit 2021 set for February 25-27, running online from Sri Lanka
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