Anti-fraud startup Shape Security has tipped over the $1 billion valuation mark following its latest Series F round of $51 million. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company announced the fundraise Thursday, bringing the total amount of outside investment to $183 million since the company debuted in 2011. C5 Capital led the round, along with several other new and returning investors, including Kleiner Perkins, HPE Growth and Norwest Ventures Partners. Shape Security protects companies against automated and imitation attacks, which often employ bots to break into networks using stolen or reused credentials. Shape uses artificial intelligence to discern bots from ordinary users by comparing known information such as a user's location, and collected data, like mouse movements, to shut down attempted automated logins in real time.

AMES, Iowa - Iowa State University scientists are working toward a future in which farmers can use unmanned aircraft to spot, and even predict, disease and stress in their crops. Their vision relies on machine learning, an automated process in which technology can help farmers respond to plant stress more efficiently. Arti Singh, an adjunct assistant professor of agronomy, is leading a multi-disciplinary research team that recently received a three-year, $499,845 grant from the U.S Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop machine learning technology that could automate the ability of farmers to diagnose a range of major stresses in soybeans. The technology under development would make use of cameras attached to unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to gather birds-eye images of soybean fields. A computer application would automatically analyze the images and alert the farmer of trouble spots.

Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi joins the who's who of leaders exploring AI, regulation, the future workforce and other tech trends Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi was among several dozen Fortune 500 leaders, tech entrepreneurs and investors who recently attended Fortune Brainstorm Tech, an invitation-only conference for exploring bleeding-edge trends. At this year's event in Aspen, Colorado, July 15 – 17, topics ranged from artificial intelligence (AI), to the intersection of policy and tech, to U.S. competitiveness versus China and the rest of the world, and more. AI was a major theme this year. Discussions abounded on the ethics and moral obligations facing the industry to ensure that AI technology develops for good. In a panel titled "How to Control AI (Before It Controls Us)," Salesforce's chief scientist and IBM's SVP of cloud/cognitive software addressed the issue of what companies must do to harness the potential of AI without harming their customers.

Roses are red/Violets are blue/Sugar is sweet/And so is... artificial intelligence? Poetry enthusiasts might want to think twice about shedding tears over romantic verses, given that they can be produced by machines using algorithms. The fact that Microsoft's chatbot Xiaoice has published an anthology of poems takes many people aback. But the avatar is making strides using new AI capabilities to create patterns based on words, themes and key colors. In addition to its literary ambitions, Xiaoice is also designing images and patterns on fabrics for international fashion and garment producers.

Ever since the Industrial Age, machines have replaced jobs and people. It's only natural that workers today are uneasy about the growing influence of artificial intelligence in the workplace. But while it's certain that AI is going to replace some jobs, it won't replace ALL jobs. McKinsey says there are new jobs we haven't yet imagined, which by 2030 could amount for as much as 10% of all jobs. That doesn't magically make your employee fears evaporate, though.

We invite you to join Intel's Next Generation & Standards (NGS) Group and the 5G revolution! We are a global team of passionate engineers and technologists from diverse industry backgrounds, working together to realize a world of connected computing. Intel's NGS team is chartered with developing advanced prototypes of various technologies to deliver innovative and state of the art wireless experiences into the market within the Internet of Things, 5G Next Generation Wearable and IoT solutions and other world-class wireless connectivity technologies and products. The Next Generation and Standards Group's mission is to lead standards, ecosystem, and prototyping development efforts across Intel for advanced wireless communications IP, starting with 5G and beyond. This group brings together a panorama of competencies including standards creation, ecosystem development, use case and business development in creating advanced prototypes and technologies that propel Intel's leadership.

Artificial intelligence is coming to our homes. A growing number of people use smart devices that are developed with state-of-the-art AI technology. The market for smart homes is going to rise as new AI advances bring big changes to the industry. One survey from last year found that only 12-16% of homes in the United States are equipped with smart devices. However, this figure is going to skyrocket as AI leads to fascinating new smart devices.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Waymo is exploring deploying its self-driving technology in the trucking industry, CEO John Krafcik said on Thursday, as it works with industry partners to seize a commercial opportunity from a looming shortage of human drivers. Waymo, backed by Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google, has so far focused on so-called robotaxis but, in remarks prepared for a speech to the Frankfurt motor show, Krafcik said the self-driving technology, Waymo Driver, was also suited to steering road freight. "Ride-hailing is an important application of our Driver," Krafcik told political and industry leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at the event's official opening. "Our technology can also make trucking safer and stronger, and fill a pressing need for more drivers in many parts of the world. "We've already conducted road tests of the Waymo Driver in Class 8 trucks across the U.S., and we're working closely with the ecosystem -- shippers, truck makers, and Tier One suppliers -- to ensure a successful deployment." Industry experts and analysts forecast a severe shortage of truck drivers in aging societies, including Germany, leading mobility players including Uber (UBER.N) to develop applications that aim to boost the sector's efficiency. Ten-year-old Waymo is widely viewed as the leader of the self-driving race, but attaining the holy grail of full and safe automation remains challenging as companies in the field seek to recoup their research and development costs. "Our journey has been a long one, but there is still a long road ahead.

Chooch is rapidly becoming the new standard in AI training, labeling, hashtags, and monetization for archived and live digital assets. Developers can use Chooch's general APIs or train Chooch for a mission-critical activity involving video and image content. And Chooch inferences and interprets content and the environment based on Chooch's trained perceptions of the physical world. Chooch can be used by plugging it into a platform. And it can be trained by simply providing a concept, pointing the platform into a direction, or feeding your own data.