This issue is a couple days in making! I haven’t come across much news that intrigued me.
- Appen acquires Figure Eight, for a total of up to $300 million. Both companies use crowdsouced labor to annotate data which is then used to in training AI and machine learning models.
- StyleGAN aims to generate images that are indistinguishable from real ones using GAN. Rather detailed technical piece that I will revisit in-depth!
- A possible future for self-driving cars sharing data in exchange for micropayments. Extensions include the entire transportation ecosystem (infrastructure) that could offer incentives for alternative routes or modes of transport.
- Silot, a Singapore-based fintech startup, closes $8m in their Series A. Silo organizes banks’ previously siloed data. It feeds the data, including policies, into a decision engine. For Krungsri Bank, Silot’s pilot test helped detect transaction fraud and money laundering, and automated onboarding and verification processes.
One way I describe it to my girls is, ironically, by taking your ego out of what you do, it will liberate you and you can ultimately perform better and more comfortably.
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