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Alibaba unveils AI chip, Dustphotonics raises $25m, AI may be as effective as doctors at diagnosing disease
This week Dustphotonics secures $25m in Series B funding led by Intel Capital, new research suggests AI could detect diseases from medical imaging as accurately as doctors and Smartstream’s new module uses AI for digital payments processing.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has unveiled its first chip powered by artificial intelligence on Tuesday.

The new chip is called Hanguang 800 and would be able to optimise computing tasks that would usually take an hour down to just five minutes.
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Dustphotonics secures $25m in Series B funding
High-performance computing connectivity provider DustPhotonics just announced a $25 million Series B investment led by Intel Capital.

The round was joined by WRVI Capital and included a continued investment from Israeli tech entrepreneur Avigdor Willenz.
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AI may be as effective as doctors at diagnosing disease
Artificial intelligence would be able to detect diseases from medical imaging with similar levels of accuracy as medical doctors according to new research.

The study was published in The Lancet Digital Health by researchers from the University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham.
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Smartstream now uses AI for digital payments processing
SmartStream Technologies launched a new artificial intelligence module that uses machine learning for continuous digital payments processing.

The company said the new module will enable match rates to be instantly updated, while at the same time system reconfigurations will be done automatically.
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Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot is now a gymnast

The bipedal robot handstands, rolls, jumps and spins.
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