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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

Tech.Co

And over the past three years, Imperson has developed conversational chatbots powered by their artificial intelligence for several Disney projects, including most recently for Walt Disney World’s Pandora – The World of Avatar , according to a press release. Meet the 11 startups for 2017: Ambidio.

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Google spinoff Cartken and REEF Technology launch Miami’s first delivery robots

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Cartken’s robots are powered by a combination of machine learning and rules-based programming to react to every situation that could occur, even if that just means safely stopping and asking for help, Christian Bersch, CEO of Cartken, told TechCrunch. Image Credits: REEF/Cartken. However, the tech is not quite there yet.

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Cybersecurity Firm Illumio’s Alan Cohen on the Tech Backlash of 2017

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One of the largest and most consequential data breaches in 2017 afflicted credit reporting agency Equifax, and it was hardly the only victim. These revelations led to Congressional investigations, and pledges by social media companies to better curate the content flowing through their platforms. Have all these.

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Claiming a landmark in fusion energy, TAE Technologies sees commercialization by 2030

TechCrunch LA

Rostoker’s legacy lives on inside TAE through the company’s technology platform, called, appropriately, “Norman” In the last 18 months that technology has demonstrated consistent performance, reaching over 50 million degrees in several hundred test cycles. The new machine was first fired up in the summer of 2017.

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Startup Spotlight: Final Exams, Santa Chatbot and Clean Up Your Email

Tech.Co

ChatbotsBuilder is an online platform for easily building complete, effective and advanced autonomous chatbots for Facebook Messenger. Booqu is looking to simplify your life and is an online concierge that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to find and book local services.

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How Snapchat Is Taking a Crack at Stopping Fake News

Tech.Co

Fears of incorrect news items, creating by bad actors hoping to profit off of their viral posts shared on the strength of tribal prejudices, haunt many people in 2017. — Simon Jared (@simondjared) November 29, 2017. Even the experts are split on whether it’s even possible to squash the phenomenon. The New Snapchat.

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India’s Haptik acqui-hires Los Angeles startup Convrg in international expansion push

TechCrunch LA

Mumbai-based Haptik, which operates a conversational AI platform , has already won several high profile clients in India. Founded in 2017, Convrg has made a name for itself by developing several popular chatbots and voice products. Its clients today include Reddit, The GRAMMYs, Aveda, Shopify, Sephora, and Proactiv.