Artificial intelligence in the news
January, February & March 2021
The artificial intelligence headlines below each link to the AI news article, report or download associated behind them. The artificial intelligence news headlines listed were reported across January, February and March of 2021 and provide an overview primarily of Asia’s AI news headlines, but also include ‘wider world’ artificial intelligence news as additional points of reference.
The Q1 2021 artificial intelligence news round-up draws headlines from across 17 locations across South & SE Asia and Oceania, with the aim of delivering a quick reference view of developments and issues in AI. We collect artificial intelligence news for the Q1 AI news round-up with a ‘wide angle’ view, covering implementations and initiatives rather than zeroing in on developments in a single industry.
Click on any of the artificial intelligence news headlines below and you’ll go directly to the free-to-read online article behind them – no middleman service, no interstitial ads, no time wasted.
We also produce quarterly startup news collections as downloads – PDF format via MagCloud – and to order for delivery in full-colour hardcopy, also via MagCloud.
You can also get updates on Asia’s tech news, daily
via mobile app and social media
- Can VCs leverage AI to improve the investment process in coming years? e27 recently asked a number of SE Asia’s professionals
- ICYMI: World Economic Forum to launch Global AI Action Alliance initiative to accelerate adoption of ‘inclusive, transparent and trusted’ artificial intelligence
- ICYMI: UK’s Daily Telegraph newspaper boosts Facebook engagement by 205% using Echobox artificial intelligence solution, contributing to a 45% boost in digital subscriptions
- Download: Cybersecurity Challenges In The Uptake Of Artificial Intelligence In Autonomous Driving (pdf)
- Download: Artificial Intelligence And Start-ups In Low- And Middle-Income Countries – Progress, Promises and Perils, via GSMA (pdf)
- Download: Cybersecurity Challenges In The Uptake Of Artificial Intelligence In Autonomous Driving
- Artificial Intelligence: An opinion piece on GPT-3 – the good, the bad and the ugly
- ICYMI: The 2021 AI Index Report, Measuring trends in Artificial Intelligence, from Stanford University
- “The Facebook algorithm, called Seer (for SElf-supERvised), fed on more than a billion images scraped from Instagram, deciding for itself which objects look alike…”
- An interview-based overview of the AI-driven trade-focused platform developed by the UN Economic And Social Commission For Asia And The Pacific
- “At least 6 major Chinese universities with…connections to gov’t-backed hacking groups have been conducting research on the intersection of cybersecurity and machine learning.”
- A brief intro to the Akamai Startup program, and 5 of the tech startups on cohorts 1 and 2 – applications for cohort 3 are open now
- Finance and AI: “67% of people trust robots more than humans to manage finances” – Oracle Money & Machines 2021 Global Study
- Privacy and working from home: ‘…a risk-mitigation tool that monitors and tracks real time employee behaviour, and detects any violations to pre-set business rules’
- ICYMI: A look at EdgeQ, chip firm working on ‘base-station-on-a-chip’ tech that combines 5G and AI, aiming to provide a lower-cost alternative to Qualcomm, Intel and co
- Australia: Boab AI scale-up accelerator launches, with first cohort and $1.5M in investments announced from Artesian-backed $100M Boab Global AI Fund
- Australia: Recently-announced Boab AI program to grow 32 AI-focused companies over 4 years, each receiving $300K in funding and up to $5M follow-on funding
- Australia: Sonnant gains early-stage backing from Southern Cross Austereo broadcaster with AI-driven content discovery for the spoken word
- Australia: Dep’t of Defence to host Gameathon, aiming to generate ideas around use of AI in wargaming – applications open March 15th
- China: “…Guangzhou K11 Art Mall…recreated a centimeter-level 3D map of the complex to locate and monitor every area, store and counter, thanks to a set of AI cameras…”
- ICYMI: European Union Agency for Cybersecurity report highlights AI security risks for autonomous cars
- Hong Kong: viAct secures $2M with AI-driven platform helping construction sites run round-the-clock monitoring
- India: MFine AI-powered healthcare platform partnered by Vodafone Idea to connect patients with doctors via instant chat and video consultation
- India: Pepper Content marketplace launches AI-driven content generator, PepperTypeAI, to generate short-form content for businesses across a range of uses
- India: NASSCOM partners with Microsoft to launch AI Gamechangers programme, aiming to boost AI adoption and awareness by showcasing India’s innovators
- India: Wysa artificial-intelligence based mental health app gains backing from Google Assistant fund
- India: An intro to Dunzo Digital, motorbike errand-running and deliveries startup using AI-based supply-and-demand management, and e-commerce merchant platform
- Download: Mapping India’s Artificial Intelligence Potential, a briefing from the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (pdf)
- Japan: A look at the 9 startups showcased at the recent Startupbootcamp Scale Osaka Demo Day, working in edge AI applications, blockchain and more
- Japan: Toyota to build ‘Woven City’, 175-acre smart city and tech test bed, to be populated by 2K Toyota employees and families, retirees, retailers, and scientists
- South Korea: A brief intro to 5 of the country’s voice-focused tech startups, driven by artificial intelligence
- PlantTech Research Institute and New Zealand eScience Infrastructure partner for AI-focused research support for agriculture
- New Zealand: Trustworthy AI in Aotearoa – The AI Principles, available to download now
- Webinar: Artificial Intelligence in banking 2021 – how banks use AI, set for April 21st, delivered by the Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand
- Philippines: A brief intro to 5 AI-driven tech startups, working in logistics, HR and more
- Philippines: An intro to Expedock, using AI to speed processing of shipping documents to beat inefficiencies in freight forwarding
- Singapore: ProfilePrint gains 7-figure pre-Series A with AI-driven food ingredient analysis to detect quality, taste profile and freshness, focusing on firms across supply chains
- Singapore: An intro to Taiger, artificial-intelligence-based document processing system speeding customer onboarding for banks and financial institutions
- Singapore: 2 artificial intelligence startups selected for EY Foundry startup incubator, joining 12 other startups from 5 countries
- Singapore rolls out Intel’s free 4-hour online course, AI For Citizens, aiming to demystify artificial intelligence for the non-techie
- AI Asia Summit 2021 set for February 25-27, running online from Sri Lanka
- Singapore: PlanetSpark Innovation Centre launches hardware-focused accelerator for Artificial Intelligence of Things with 5 startups selected for inaugural programme
- Download: How New Zealand’s Dairy Industry Innovates – a report touching on AI, algorithms, big data analysis and more (pdf)
- Hong Kong: A look at Aqumon, robo-advisory startup helping users build portfolios of global assets using data science and AI
- Philippines: Uno digital-only bank partners Xebia consultancy to add AI-based features, including facial recognition, voice ID, and tailored credit
- New Zealand: Quashed raises $600K pre-seed funding with AI-driven insurance recommendations
- Available now: Future Today Institute’s 14th Annual Tech Trends Report
- Singapore’s Geniebook edtech startup expands into Vietnam, adding to Indonesia presence, with AI-driven learning based on student strengths and weaknesses
Asia’s technology news daily
The Startup News Asia Android app delivers ongoing updates on today’s tech, funding and startup news from across Asia and Oceania, direct to your device – get it on Google Play:
ASIA’S TECH NEWS – DAILY ON SOCIAL MEDIA
You can also get Startup News Asia’s tech news, all day, every day, on the world’s major social media platforms:
• Asia’s tech news daily on Twitter
• Today’s tech news from Asia on Facebook
• Startup News Asia news updates on LinkedIn
You can alternatively get a collection of Asia’s technology news headlines in a quarterly round-up for 17 locations across the region – 3 months’ worth of Asia’s daily tech news on one page for each country or jurisdiction.
And don’t forget to make a professional networking connection with Startup News Asia’s founder on LinkedIn:
