For more than ten years, ONERA and Thales have been working closely together on a project related to artificial intelligence. ONERA is conducting research into intelligent systems for the French military ecosystem and more specifically into the automation of mine-hunting drones. ...
Data governance has been a recurring topic since the announcement of the new AI regulation by the European Commission. At the end of May, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on AI and data in culture, education and audiovisual. During the month of July, the European Parl...
Two billion euros: this is the amount that will be devoted to health professionals and software publishers in the field as part of the digital component of the Ségur de la santé. This project is intended to be a real accelerator of the digital health roadmap to generalize the sha...
3D printing company Inkbit announced it has raised 30 million from Phoenix Venture Partners LLC, bringing the total funding to €45 million. 30 million fundraising to conquer the Asian and EMEA markets Davide Marini, CEO and co-founder of Inkbit, spoke around the technology used i...
Google Cloud introduced its adaptive protection feature called Google Armor . This new machine learning-based protection service will aim to help businesses protect their Google Cloud applications and tools against DDoS attacks up to the highest level: level 7. The tech giantR...
UiPath, a company specializing in robotic process automation, has leveraged its technology to develop several automation processes for the tourism industry. This sector is one of those that has been hit hard by the Covid-19 health crisis. Several aspects will be subject to potent...
On the one hand, Atos, a French specialist in digital transformation, which earlier this month presented its new computer vision platform, but also its ThinkAI solution to boost AI applications. On the other side, Graphcore, whose Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) microprocessor...
DeepMind, a technology company and subsidiary of Google, has announced its collaboration with the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) with the aim of providing the most complete and accurate database possible on human protein structures. NamedAlphaFold , it should allow ...
A research team of experts from the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) and University College London (UCL) has harnessed artificial intelligence to improve the ability of health workers to diagnose HIV. They used deep learning algorithms and combined them with immunochromato...
Over the past twelve years, the BPCE group has undergone a profound transformation. However, no period has acted as a revelator and accelerator of the trend than the one linked to the health crisis due to Covid-19. On 8 July, the joint body of the Banque Populaire and the Caisse ...
During the 2021 edition of the Atos Technology Days, Atos unveiled its new Atos Computer Vision Plateform.This platform is dedicated to the analysis of videos and images thanks to AI. Users of the system will be able to use computer vision to process and analyze very large amount...
Two years ago, the “Women & AI” pact of the Cercle InterElles was launched with the objective of proposing to companies to commit to a responsible and egalitarian AI. Currently, the signatories are sixteen companies from the scientific and technological world: CEA...
According to global technology market advisory firm ABI Research, funding in AI through venture capital fell by 33.9% in 2020 compared to 2019. This and many other findings come from the firm’s 2020 AI investment analysis report. Several interviews were conducted and the do...
The company Idemia, specialized in augmented identity, has announced the launch of a partnership with Bosch Building Technologies, the Bosch subsidiary focusing on the security sector. The aim is to tap into the biometric access control market: a subject that has been the subject...
In the two French parliamentary hemicycles, the National Assembly and the Senate, representatives make and break the laws of France. Two tasks, which at first glance, seem to require total concentration. Yet it is quite possible to see deputies or senators using their smartphones...
Contentsquare, a company specializing in experience analytics, has announced the acquisition of Upstride, a French deeptech that aims to improve the performance of its clients’ machine learning tools. With the arrival of this start-up, the firm hopes to accelerate the compa...
On July 7, Nvidia opened the Cambridge-1 supercomputer dedicated to AI and health research in the UK. It is located in Harlow, England, more precisely on the site of Kao Data. Several projects were announced on the occasion of its inauguration and concern several themes: genomic ...
A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has announced that it has designed a foam-like material that can be described as “intelligent foam”. It would allow robots to better perceive physical contact, and thus, to interact more easily with their...
In Buffalo, in the state of New York in the United States, sewer backups are a major problem: nearly 7.5 billion litres of wastewater overflow each year. A significant volume that worries the municipality, which has demanded a decree to improve its collection system. The city dec...
In Europe, online courses on artificial intelligence are becoming more common: Finland has launched Elements of AI to train European citizens in the basics of AI, and the Institut Montaigne offers its OpenClassrooms training program entitled Objectif AI . Now it’s Microsoft...
Artificial intelligence is increasingly used in astrophysics: recently, several Japanese researchers have exploited deep learningto better observe and understand the universe. Still in the field of cosmology, the University of Paris has taken advantage of Graphcore’s Intell...
Facebook AI Research (FAIR), Facebook’s artificial intelligence research lab, has been working on BlenderBot 2.0, a chatbot that combines long-term memory with information retrieved live from the internet. It’s a major update to the original Blender Bot, which was des...
The 2021 edition of the Viva Technology (VivaTech) trade show, which took place from 16 to 19 June 2021, saw the launch of the Artificial Intelligence Technology Collective of the Francophone Village: an initiative coordinated by Isabelle Galy. During the Pitch Session: “Th...
The fintech Younited announced that it has raised 400 million. The goal: to become the leader in credit and payment in Europe thanks to its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), its business-to-business (B2B) offers and its new business-to-consumer (B2C) offers. Younited Credit: the Fren...
The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAO) has just announced the creation of a technique that exploits AI to reveal the true picture of the universe. Using AI, researchers were able to notice specific details in these images that were previously unobservable. The metho...
The Sycamore tool, inaugurated by Google almost two years ago, was considered the most powerful quantum computer in the world and announced that it had achieved “quantum supremacy”. However, at the end of June, several researchers from the University of Science and Te...
By 2026, a national project aims to map the entire French territory in three dimensions. The National Institute of Geographic and Forestry Information (IGN) is behind this “project”, entitled “Lidar HD”, whose objective is to obtain a very precise 3D descr...
While the French Tech Tremplinprogram will receive ten million euros in additional investment, the Secretary of State for Digital Transition and Electronic Communications, Cedric O, announced the launch of French Tech Rise.In partnership with Bpifrance,this initiative aims to sup...
The non-governmental organisation (NGO) Together for Safer Roads (TSR), with the help of several partners, wishes to address the issue of truck driver safety. Artificial intelligence could be the solution to maximise the visibility and reaction time of truckers, especially in urb...
With the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital transformation dynamic of many companies has been turned upside down. Despite several steps taken in this transition, it could not be concretely realized, and companies had to review their roadmap from an efficie...
The “riality Lab”: This is the name given to the new laboratory for experimenting with AI-related uses launched by the Aix Marseille-Provence Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIAMP). Inaugurated on July 8, 2021, this tool is the result of a partnership with Aix Mars...
The startup Neobrain offers two analyses that it has carried out on IT jobs in order to answer two questions: what are the most sought-after positions? what skills are most in demand? In order to propose these results, 54 million offers have been analysed in about fifty countries...
With the aim of designing greener aircraft, the American airline Alaska Airlines is collaborating with the company Airspace Intelligence. Together, these two structures are working on a new method exploiting artificial intelligence and allowing to obtain a better management of th...
The award ceremony for the winners of the 2020-2021 Innovation Contest took place on Thursday, July 8, 2021. 120 winners were awarded in the two i-PhD and i-Lab components in the presence of Barbara Pompili, Minister of Ecological Transition, Frédérique Vidal, Minister of Higher ...
The Ministry of the Armed Forces is increasingly interested in artificial intelligence, with the ONADAP project for the fight against COVID-19 and issues related to the integration ofautonomyin lethal weapons systems. In line with the progress of the Ministry’s Artificial I...
In this 4th edition of the Synapse AI podcast, hosted by Mathieu Barreau, Vincent Perriard presents Origyn, a Swiss non-profit foundation that aims to fight against the counterfeiting of luxury goods. ORIGYNcombines decentralized technologies ORIGYN combines decentralized technol...
The VINCI Group’s innovation platform, Leonard, has announced the opening of applications for the 2022 edition of its SEED start-up acceleration programme. The new class will have to specialise in the fields of mobility, energy, construction and real estate. The start-ups w...
The European Commission’s proposed regulation on artificial intelligence is still in the news more than two and a half months after its official announcement. During the month of June, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (ED...
As part of its economic and employment policy, the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis is launching two calls for projects. The first is a call for expressions of interest for companies in the field of eco-responsible tourism or those accompanying transformations in this sector. Th...
On 6 July 2021, Frédérique Vidal, Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, presented the second plan for open science. Running until 2024, this plan will aim to develop open access to publications and -as far as possible- to data, source codes and research methods. ...
After launching the Confiance.ai collective on July 1, the 13 industrial and academic players taking part in the project have announced a call for expressions of interest. The selected start-ups will be invited to participate in one of the priority actions of the national artific...
The French Tech Tremplin program, launched in 2019, will receive ten million euros of additional investment. This was announced by Elisabeth Moreno, Minister Delegate for Equality between Women and Men, Diversity and Equal Opportunities, and Cédric O, Secretary of State for Digit...
Among 15-24 year olds and students, suicide is the second leading cause of death. Based on this observation, a research team from INSERM and the University of Bordeaux used AI to try to understand this phenomenon. Thus, these researchers have identified four indicators that accur...
On June 30th, the Facebook AI Innovation Summit, an annual event of Facebook AI Research (FAIR) in Europe, took place. It was an opportunity for Facebook’s research subsidiary to present its latest innovations around the following theme: “Building a better world throu...
ThinkAI is the name of the new secure end-to-end solution launched by Atos at the end of June. It enables companies to design, develop and deliver high-performance AI applications. The tool is aimed at companies and other institutions that want to move from high-performance compu...
In June 2021, the three-year research project SPELL (Semantische Plattform zur intelligenten Entscheidungs- und Einsatzunterstützung in Leitstellen und beim Lagemanagement, in French: Plateforme sémantique pour la prise de décision intelligente et le support opérationnel dans les...
The social network TikTok is currently used by nearly 700 million users worldwide, including 11 million French users. A very popular application whose concept lies in the viewing or making of short videos accompanied by music. In order to recommend videos to the user, ByteDance, ...
Mayday, a start-up known for its intelligent knowledge base software for customer services, has announced that it has raised €2.5 million in funding from BpiFrance’s Digital Venture fund. MAIF Avenir also contributed to this financing with the participation of Business Ange...
IP video management software (VMS) company Milestone Systems has announced the appointment of Dr. Barry Norton as Vice President of Research. This appointment aims to take the company to the next level in machine learning and more specifically in applying it to computer vision. T...
In order to accelerate its digital transition and adapt to the rapidly changing retail market, the Casino Group is joining forces with Accenture and Google Cloud. This strategic partnership will enable the company to accelerate its technological development by enriching the custo...
The ZF Group, a specialist in mobility systems, has collaborated with Cognata, a company specializing in autonomous systems and artificial intelligence. On July 1, the two companies announced the launch of ADAS.ai, a set of data and AI-based services for the validation of driver ...
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