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How to filter marketing fluff from startups’ AI promises

Oct13
by on October 13, 2018 at 12:30 pm
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It seems like there are two words on the tongue of every tech entrepreneur, VC, or industry observer: artificial intelligence. This is without a doubt the hottest topic in tech at the moment and this technological transformation is touching nearly every industry from automotive, to marketing, and even health. Now, I’m not afraid of technology nor am I skeptical about the potential of AI, far from it. I’ve had the opportunity to work with multiple AI startups in my professional life and I believe this technology is going to change the world. However, like any other emerging and potentially disruptive…

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3D printing coral reefs can create new habitats — but it doesn’t tackle human destruction

Oct13
by on October 13, 2018 at 9:18 am
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Coral reefs are vanishing from the world’s oceans. At least three quarters of these tropical marine habitats are severely threatened globally and in 2016 alone, the Great Barrier Reef lost up to 30 percent of its coral cover. But could modern technology simply create more reef? It may sound fantastical, but scientists are working on 3D printing new reef habitats to replace those lost from climate change, overfishing, and pollution. Coral reefs are important ecosystems for people in tropical countries as the sea life which lives on them is a major source of food and income. They also protect shorelines…

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This study wants to help you spot ‘fake news’

Oct13
by on October 13, 2018 at 8:59 am
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“Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading is not what’s happening,” Donald Trump, the president of the United States, once said at a rally. There is no doubt that we have entered a new age of bewilderment in which it is harder than ever before to decide where the truth lies. Before the explosion of social media, the world seemed an altogether simpler place, with information reaching us via a relatively small number of seemingly trustworthy sources. The rise of social media has generated a cacophony of contradictory information, mixed in with fake news on an…

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How an employee screw-up made my company better at employee retention

Oct13
by on October 13, 2018 at 8:30 am
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Inspiration for improvement can come from anywhere. Imagine getting a call from your security service during the weekend. Now, as a CEO of an early stage start-up, 10 times out of 10, if you get a call like that, you will have to deal with it. The service said there was an intrusion into the office. So I had to put down whatever it was I was doing and go check it out. When I arrived at the office, I found that one of our employees had a hobby drone he had designed and built and I noticed the employee…

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