From my point of view as an angel investor and former entrepreneur, here are five essential factors I look for when considering my next investment.
倫理的な質問にも回答できるAI、その実力と限界
AIに人間の倫理などの価値観を教えるプロジェクトが進められている。こうしたなか開発されたAI「Delphi」は、倫理的な質問に対する回答が人間と9割以上が一致するなど精度を高めた。一方で、学習に用いた文章の統計的パターンに従っているだけでAIが善悪について真に理解しているわけではないことから、その限界も浮かび上がってくる。
…
Stop creating self-fulfilling prophecies: How to apply AI to small data problems
To avoid the trap of creating self-fulfilling prophecies, here’s the process you should follow for applying AI to small data problems.
Global stakeholders should use AI to mitigate impact of heat islands in cities
Interventions involving public health officials, enterprises, governments, communities, nonprofits and tech partners are the way to democratize technology and rectify urban heat island devastation.
Avoma puts new capital to use making meetings work smarter
Avoma aims to set it apart from competitors by bringing meeting management, AI assistant and conversation intelligence into one tool.
Ocurate raises $3.5M to show customer lifetime value for B2C companies
Ocurate believes lifetime value is a better prediction of how much profit a customer will bring to the company.
Calibrate Ventures raises $97M for second fund targeting AI, automation
With capital flowing freely lately, managing partners Jason Schoettler and Kevin Dunlap shared some insights on what it takes to win deals these days.
Could Supernova be an ‘ethical alternative’ to the social media giants?
Supernova is a new app that has now gone live on the Apple and Android app stores billing itself as a new “ethical alternative” to Instagram and Facebook, where most of the ad revenues go to charities. Does it have a chance? It would be fair to say that after many years of either watching […]
Rooftops for rent: Property owners should partner with 5G carriers
The solution to the 5G race is to adopt a rooftop deployment strategy.
Nonprofits have the answers to improve social media: Big Tech has the resources to make it happen
There is potential for social media giants to team up with other organizations and nonprofits to make social media a safer place for all people.