Samsung outlines strategy for using AI technology to make the connected device experience safer, more inclusive, and more energy-efficient

Samsung Electronics shared its vision for how artificial intelligence (AI) technology will enable people to experience their devices more intuitively and conveniently than ever before. Presenting these ideas at a press conference at CES 2024, Samsung teamed up with key partners to outline the technology behind this vision and how new products and services use AI capabilities to make life easier.

Jong-Hee (JH) Han, Vice Chairman, CEO and Head of Samsung’s Device eXperience (DX) Division, opened the press conference by describing how AI will enable connected technologies to improve people’s daily lives while always remaining nonintrusive and “in the background.” The strategy that he and others outlined focused on the role of AI in enhancing connected experiences that are both simple and useful. Throughout the press conference, Samsung presented a number of products and services that help achieve these aims.

“With the emergence of artificial intelligence, smarter, better experiences will redefine how we live,” Han said. “Samsung’s broad portfolio of powerful devices, along with the pursuit of open collaboration, will help bring AI and hyper-connectivity to all.”

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AI-Enabled Visual Display Products and Digital Appliances Bring New Experiences to the Home

During the CES press conference, Jonathan Gabrio, Head of Connected Experience Center at Samsung Electronics America, outlined the ways in which AI technology is transforming how Visual Display products and Digital Appliances are used. For example, Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN900D boasts a built-in AI Processor, NQ8 AI Gen 3, equipped with an 8 times greater AI neural network and a two times faster NPU than its predecessor. Thanks to the NQ8 AI Gen3 processor, Samsung Neo QLED 8K automatically upscales low-resolution content to provide users with up to 8K quality viewing experience and sharpens fast-moving images via AI Motion Enhancer Pro. The Samsung Neo QLED 8K also features Active Voice Amplifier Pro, which analyzes voice and background noise by AI to optimize your TV listening experience so you can enjoy various content as if you are in the front row of a stadium or movie theater. Samsung Neo QLED 8K also features Tizen OS Home, which offers the latest apps, services, personalized content, and service recommendations to upscale your entertainment experience.

As for viewers with different needs, Samsung also provides innovative accessibility features. A sign language feature in Samsung Neo QLED can be easily controlled with gestures for the hearing impaired, and an Audio Subtitle feature turns text subtitles into spoken words in real-time for those with low vision.

Furthermore, Samsung is introducing the new The Premiere 8K, a projector that features not only a 150-inch display, but also the world’s first wireless 8K transmission for a projector. With The Premiere 8K, users will be able to enjoy a full-scale viewing experience like that of the cinema in the comfort of their own homes.

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As for sound, Samsung also introduced Music Frame, a speaker with a customizable cover that integrates seamlessly into users’ homes. Via Q-Symphony, the Music Frame syncs with Samsung TVs and soundbars, bringing enriched bass and surround sound of dual built-in woofers to the home with minimal effort.

Samsung has also made major upgrades to Ballie, the rolling AI robot first introduced at CES 2020. Ballie has now evolved into your AI companion capable of interacting with other smart devices to provide customized services such as taking care of bothersome tasks or projecting images and videos on walls so that users can view key information for their daily lives such as weather or other relevant content wherever they are.

To enhance kitchen and food experiences, Samsung is unveiling the Bespoke 4-Door Flex Refrigerator with AI Family Hub+. This refrigerator boasts a 32-inch screen that features the new AI Vision Inside³, which uses an internal camera to recognize up to 33 different food items that are put into and taken out of the refrigerator and suggests recipes using those ingredients. Users can also set “use by dates” on the Bespoke 4-Door Flex™ Refrigerator with AI Family Hub screen for food items, which then allows the refrigerator to send a notification when the set date draws near. By conveniently helping to save money by reducing food waste, these AI features enable more environmentally conscious lifestyles. The Anyplace Induction range takes AI connectivity a step further, as recipes saved on Samsung Food can be shared to the cooktop’s 7-inch display so that users can easily follow along while cooking.

Samsung’s AI technology extends to appliances beyond the kitchen, as well. The new Bespoke AI Laundry Combo — an All-in-One washer and dryer — features the AI Hub⁴, which is a 7-inch LCD display that acts as an intuitive control center for managing laundry, allowing users to enjoy a simple washing and drying experience. It personalizes washing and drying by remembering users’ habits and using machine learning to suggest cycles. Meanwhile, Samsung’s upcoming vacuum and mop robot cleaner, the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo, utilizes AI technology to provide a more convenient, effective cleaning experience. With AI Object Recognition upgraded from the previous robot cleaner lineup, it will be able to distinguish more objects, as well as detect stains and spaces⁶. The Bespoke Jet Bot Combo™ also recognizes the type of floor it encounters — along with carpet length — and adjusts its settings accordingly.

Samsung Reveals Galaxy Book4 as Company’s Most AI-Ready Laptop Series Yet

Samsung has been elevating what a PC can do and has been collaborating with Microsoft to create new, seamless connected experiences. Now, these experiences are being advanced further with new connectivity features that make the Galaxy Book4 series smoother, smarter, and more adaptable, reinforcing Samsung and Microsoft’s commitment to providing the best PC experience possible.

Using intelligent, intuitive AI capabilities, Microsoft Copilot connects the Galaxy Book4 series with Samsung Galaxy smartphone to make them work seamlessly together, so that it feels like just one device. Microsoft Copilot can find, read or summarize text messages from a user’s Galaxy smartphone and even automatically create and send messages on a user’s behalf directly from the PC. Without having to turn on the smartphone and open each individual app, the Galaxy Book4 series can access smartphone functions and information more quickly and intelligently.

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The Galaxy Book4 series can now turn Samsung Galaxy smartphones’ powerful camera into a PC webcam, using it for video calls on virtual conferencing apps. Users can switch freely between front and rear cameras with just a click on their PC, and it also offers a variety of features from Galaxy smartphones – including Background Blur and Auto-framing – that help focus on the speaker’s image in any environment.

Through tight, ongoing collaboration between Samsung and Microsoft, more intelligent capabilities will continue to be made possible on the Galaxy Book4 series, with the above connectivity features being available starting from March.

Plus, the Galaxy Book4 series can be paired with other Galaxy devices beyond smartphones. Tab S9 Ultra can be used as an additional PC monitor, and users can enjoy crystal-clear sound quality with reduced latency when the PC is connected with Galaxy Buds2 Pro. With all these capabilities and more, the Galaxy Book4 series is designed to deliver the best PC experience possible.

Better Connecting Users and Devices through Spatial Intelligence

Jaeyeon Jung, Executive Vice President and Head of SmartThings, highlighted the exciting new ways in which AI technology is impacting the relationship between users and their devices, including Samsung’s vision for SmartThings: The more Samsung devices a customer uses, the smarter those devices become and the better they can understand and support daily life.

Spatial AI is the key to enabling this vision, by helping devices understand the living space and routines of the user, thus enabling more a personalized home management experience. SmartThings uses LiDAR⁹ on connected devices like robot vacuums to create digital floor plans so users can easily check the status and location of all their devices.  And in March, SmartThings will roll out the upgraded 3D Map View for a more detailed experience on Samsung smartphones and TVs. Furthermore, a simple QR code will allow users to add family and friends to their SmartThings ecosystem, so that every member of the household can create their own routines.

Using smart sensors and AI, SmartThings will be able to detect unusual circumstances, such as a fall, and send alerts to designated family and caregivers.  Also, thanks to the Galaxy SmartTag2, users can track their pets’ activities and digitally store identifying information by attaching the tag to a collar or harness.

Another point EVP Jung discussed was how the Bixby voice assistant is allowing smart homes to become more dynamic with its enhanced AI capabilities. Bixby can now automatically route commands to the most appropriate devices based on an understanding of the user’s location and activities.  Key technologies like Multi Device Wakeup combined with a shared communication protocol, enable Bixby to listen to commands with all the devices in a room but then only perform the requested action on the most relevant device. So if a user is in the kitchen watching a recipe video on their Family Hub, and they can call out, “Hey, Bixby! Play music!”  At that point, music will play from the user’s smart speaker, but the recipe video will continue to play on the Family Hub, uninterrupted.

The TV, with the Samsung Daily+ service, will increasingly become a central hub for much of this smart home functionality, while also granting access to a variety of additional services. These include video calls through ConnecTime, video veterinary consultation services¹², and Workout Tracker — through which workout data can be transferred to Samsung’s smart watches. Samsung also announced the new Samsung Now+ service, which displays useful information about users’ homes, such as the weather or a live security camera feed from a home security system without the TV even being turned on.  As is the case with SmartThings features, users can also access this information via voice command.

Bringing the Home and Car Closer Together With Home-to-Car Capabilities

Samsung also announced developments in the automotive industry, starting with a partnership with Hyundai Motor Group.  Samsung and Hyundai have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), which was announced ahead of CES 2024. Under the agreement, users will have access to Home-to-Car and Car-to-Home services, courtesy of SmartThings connectivity. Haeyoung Kwon, Head of Infotainment Development Center and SDV¹³ Execution Sub-Division at Hyundai Motor Group, delivered remarks regarding the partnership.

“Using Hyundai Motor Group’s software-defined vehicle, SmartThings will now work with Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis vehicles through the app,” Kwon said. “All of us at Hyundai Motor Group appreciate our partnership with Samsung, and we’re excited about the new features we’re bringing to your vehicles through smarter connectivity.”

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Through SmartThings, users will be able to utilize voice commands to remotely perform functions in their car, such as heating it up in advance or opening and closing windows. SmartThings connectivity goes the other way, too, with users able to control home functions from their vehicle. Users will be able to automatically open and close garage doors based on the location of the car, as well as regulate home temperature. All of these actions can be carried out via voice commands.

Additionally, Samsung has further deepened the longstanding partnership with HARMAN to elevate the way users experience driving. Michelle Gattuso, Vice President of Product Management at HARMAN, discussed how the two companies are building new technologies to elevate the driving experience.

“Samsung’s leadership in consumer technology — together with HARMAN’s automotive expertise — has opened the door to game-changing experiences like HARMAN Ready Care, Ready Vision and Ready Display,” Gattuso said. “But now, the work we do with Samsung is getting even more integrated. Samsung and HARMAN are working in lockstep to bring even more impactful experiences to the entire in-cabin ecosystem.”

HARMAN’s Ready Care, which focuses on driver safety, implements deep learning neural networking techniques to monitor the driver’s movement and cognitive alertness, and can provide personalized reminders and alerts. Additionally, Ready Care can now identify whether passengers are adults or children, and adjust airbag deployment settings accordingly.

Furthermore, Ready Vision brings an intuitive display directly to windshields — courtesy of augmented reality — in drivers’ line of sight, right when they need it. For example, drivers have access to a map that updates according to routes in real time, as well as recommendations for the fastest route or where to stop for coffee. Another HARMAN product, Ready Upgrade, allows automakers to frequently update their vehicle’s hardware and software. This keeps vehicles relevant, modern and efficient for longer.

Samsung Focuses on Security and Privacy Across Devices

In this future of AI-enabled, deeply interconnected devices, Samsung recognizes that security and privacy are paramount. Shin Baik from the Mobile eXperience Security Team discussed the company’s security solutions as a foundation for the hyper-connected era.

One such solution is Samsung Knox Matrix, which now provides end-to-end encryption across many Samsung Galaxy smartphones and smart TVs. The technology will allow devices to monitor each other to identify and isolate security threats. Knox Vault, which helps keep user data safe on some of Samsung’s most popular devices, has been expanded to cover more devices connected by SmartThings, such as Samsung Neo QLED 8K TVs. Additionally, Samsung’s partnerships with major tech companies allow users to experience security and privacy in a way that is tailored to their specific needs.

Samsung Makes Strides in Responsible Materials, Energy Management, and Accessibility

Meanwhile, Inhee Chung, Vice President of the Samsung Corporate Sustainability Center, highlighted Samsung’s plans for a more circular economy. As part of these plans, Samsung increasingly incorporates recycled materials into its products — including recycled plastic sourced from discarded fishing nets in Galaxy devices¹⁴, recycled plastic in TVs, and recycled aluminum in Bespoke refrigerators¹⁵. Additionally, the company’s Certified ReNewed program — available in the U.S. and select European countries — offers affordable refurbished phones, while Galaxy Upcycling allows consumers to reuse or repurpose their old phones in creative ways. The company plans to scale up recycling and upcycling, as well.

As for the ways Samsung’s technology contributes to sustainability efforts, the company is utilizing AI to make the use of its products more energy-efficient through features like SmartThings AI Energy Mode, which automatically optimizes energy usage to help users save electricity. These features are yet another example of how AI technology will not only make lives easier, but also allow consumers to live in a way that is more environmentally and economically responsible.

Thanks to a new collaboration with Tesla, SmartThings Energy is becoming even more useful both inside and outside of the home. The collaboration has integrated SmartThings Energy with Tesla products, including electric vehicles (EVs), the Powerwall home battery, Solar Inverter and Wall Connector EV charging solution.  Another benefit is that SmartThings Energy users can take advantage of the Tesla app’s Powerwall “Storm Watch” function, which flags severe weather through SmartThings not only on the Tesla app, but also on users’ connected Samsung TVs and mobile phones. SmartThings can also help users prepare for power outages by activating AI Energy Mode to extend the usage time of backup energy stored in their Tesla Powerwalls.

Samsung is adding new features to increase device accessibility, such as digital appliances responding to hands-free gestures. Additionally, mobile devices provide auto-generated captions during calls, and TVs and displays offer a new, AI-enabled text-to-speech feature that converts subtitles into spoken audio. To further aid those with low vision, Relumino Together is a new viewing mode on Samsung TVs that enables users of all abilities to watch TV together, with or without visual adjustments. Now, everyone can enjoy home entertainment together at the same time.

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Rajant Corporation, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh wireless networks, along with Rajant Health Incorporated (RHI), a division of Rajant that is developing cutting-edge technology to provide health insights on-demand, will unveil its new edge AI platform during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Venetian Meeting Center in Room Zeno 4610 on January 9^th – 12^th. Known as the Cowbell, the edge AI platform is a distributed computing hub and platform-as-a-service to streamline and simplify the delivery and management of AI applications at the edge.

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According to Muthu Chandrasekaran, Ph.D. RHI VP of Artificial Intelligence, “There has been explosive growth in the number of connected devices in recent years, and without edge computing, the amount of data generated from these devices would severely overwhelm and adversely impact most of today’s enterprise networks. Furthermore, the inflated costs and latencies introduced by the cloud render cloud-hosted AI-based low-latency decision support systems almost impossible, not to mention that the productization of AI and its maintenance is very difficult and complex. The Cowbell platform simplifies this complex problem by providing software, hardware, and networking infrastructure necessary to bring distributed cloud native computing to the edge with what we’re calling MLOps-in-a-Box. By leveraging Rajant’s patented InstaMesh networking technology, the Cowbell platform facilitates a secure, fault-tolerant, highly available distributed computing cluster over mesh, the first of its kind. Scaling the cluster is automatic when additional Cowbells are added to the deployment.”

Those visiting Rajant at CES will also be introduced to Q-Stat, a cutting-edge wearable device created to transform your work experience. The Q-stat’s flexible design strategy allows for all types of different packaging, intended to serve various markets, from people to animals. Packed with advanced sensors, including skin temperature, O₂, pulse rate and EKG, along with integrated Wi-Fi and BLE in a sleek, compact design, the Q-stat offers a seamless and enriching experience that caters to your safety and wellness needs.

Rajant Health EVP Giana Schena, Ph.D. shares, “RHI will offer demonstrations of Trovomics, a user-friendly platform designed to provide a fast, no-code solution for omics analysis, empowering researchers to easily and quickly turn their sequencing data into stunning, interactive visualizations. Trovomics has received outstanding feedback and results from academic researchers in biomedical science since its debut, and we are thrilled to bring the platform to CES to show individual users the power to investigate their own data.”

Robert Schena, CEO of Rajant and RHI, states, “What we have accomplished here is an ecosystem that includes the enterprise Edge (Cowbell), personal Edge (Q-Stat), and analytics (Trovomics). This ecosystem is called Angelverse because we at Rajant believe that people should own and control their own data locally, choosing where, when, and who they wish to share it with. This ecosystem fully integrates Rajant’s industry-leading Kinetic Mesh and the Reios IoT suite of solutions offered by Rajant Italia SRL.”

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Rajant EVP of Sales and Marketing Geoff Smith adds, “The Cowbell and Q-Stat unveiled at CES will be featured as fully integrated solutions with the Rajant Kinetic Mesh family of wireless networking BreadCrumb solutions and Kinetic Mesh-enabled Reios IoT platform, which provides comprehensive automated operational intelligence anywhere, which is fast and easy to deploy. Reios brings intelligent insights to all facets of an operation through various devices that support the platform’s different applications – Smart Lighting, sTrack, IoT BMS, sDesk, and Smart Picking.

More on Cowbell:

Housed in a rugged industrial-grade IP-rated enclosure, the Cowbell is a versatile platform perfect for indoor and outdoor use. It constitutes a powerful multi-core CPU and GPU with a plethora of wired (Serial, Ethernet) and wireless (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LoRa, Rajant Kinetic Mesh) connectivity interfaces and high-speed storage enabling ingestion, hardware-accelerated processing, and network-resilient transfer of multi-modal data from disparate sensors and peripherals. Applications deployed on the Cowbell can leverage the platform’s microservices-based software architecture and foundational services to serve custom machine learning models and facilitate dynamically configurable data pipelines. This state-of-the-art solution provides all the necessary data APIs to bring customers’ own (containerized or non-containerized) applications into the platform. It automates their deployment and orchestration to ensure availability. Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh ensures secure network transport and complete network isolation when needed. The Cowbell offers an integrated centralized cluster and applications management plane with a simple user interface, providing a seamless cluster provisioning, management, and application deployment experience. Secure remote access is enabled by a lightweight zero-trust VPN solution. Take advantage of the application-level logs, cluster- and node-level resource consumption metrics, and other dashboards for full observability of the health of the cluster and applications.

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• The anticipated acquisition aligns to GE HealthCare’s precision care strategy with the goal of strengthening the company’s digital solutions across care pathways

• MIM Software provides AI-enabled image analysis and workflow tools across multiple care areas, including oncology, urology, neurology, and cardiology

• Today’s agreement reinforces GE HealthCare’s commitment to integrate medical imaging products in order to deliver more precise, connected and efficient care across disease states

GE HealthCare announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire MIM Software, a global provider of medical imaging analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for the practice of radiation oncology, molecular radiotherapy, diagnostic imaging, and urology at imaging centers, hospitals, specialty clinics, and research organizations worldwide. GE HealthCare expects to leverage MIM Software’s imaging analytics and digital workflow capabilities across various care areas to accelerate innovation and differentiate its solutions for the benefit of patients and healthcare systems around the world.

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“We are excited by the prospect of joining GE HealthCare and thrilled to share this exciting news”

Recognizing the industry transformation taking place as digital innovation reshapes the experience of patients and providers, GE HealthCare – a leading global medical technology, pharmaceutical diagnostics, and digital innovator – is focused on developing smart devices, aligned to disease states and enabled by digital. These efforts are reflected in the company’s mission to make hospitals more efficient, clinicians more effective, therapies more precise, and patients healthier and happier.

MIM Software’s portfolio of innovative imaging solutions provides a variety of beneficial features, including: the integration of diagnostic images from multiple modalities into treatment plans; automation to help reduce repetitive tasks and manual interventions; quantitation and advanced processing in diagnostic imaging and nuclear medicine to help determine therapy response; and a platform to assist with Theranostics imaging and dosimetry.

GE HealthCare expects to integrate MIM Software solutions into its advanced visualization offerings to facilitate AI-based segmentation and contouring as well as dosimetry analysis for patients across their treatment journeys and in the growing fields of radiology, molecular imaging, and radiation oncology.

“We are committed to providing comprehensive, connected devices and digital solutions that enable providers to improve patient care across multiple specialties,” says Peter Arduini, President & CEO of GE HealthCare. “We expect our efforts to bring these two complementary organizations and innovative product portfolios together to strengthen our capabilities as a leading provider of integrated imaging systems, analytics, and advanced digital workflows across several care areas and pathways – including Theranostics, radiation oncology, urology, neurology and cardiology. Now and in the future, we are working to transform patient care.”

“We are excited by the prospect of joining GE HealthCare and thrilled to share this exciting news,” adds Andrew Nelson, CEO of MIM Software. “Over the past two decades, we have worked to develop innovative vendor agnostic products and deliver quality services to earn the trust of our customers – this will not change. As a part of GE HealthCare, we anticipate developing new and increasingly integrated digital solutions to meet our customers’ most complex and pressing needs, today and into the future. Together, we will build upon our shared legacies of enhancing patient care.”

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As novel therapies become more widely available, providers rely on advanced imaging, workflow and digital solutions to provide critical information and help enable faster, more effective treatment plans. With the agreement to acquire MIM Software, GE HealthCare is working towards strengthening its focus and offerings to support the broad practice of precision care across various disease states and imaging practices, including Theranostics in oncology for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer, streamlined workflow solutions in radiation oncology to help simplify complex cancer treatment plans, beta amyloid imaging in neurology for the diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer’s patients, and myocardial perfusion to diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD).

“Our anticipated acquisition of MIM Software will mark a key moment in the evolution of our technology. By integrating MIM Software’s cutting-edge imaging analytics and AI-driven solutions with GE HealthCare’s advanced medical technology, we are not just expanding our capabilities, but joining together to embrace the possibilities of precision care. This intended merger is a fusion of innovative visions, aimed at evolving the way we detect, treat, and manage disease,” shares Taha Kass-Hout, MD, MS, Chief Technology Officer of GE HealthCare. “GE HealthCare is committed to developing smart, AI-powered devices that cater to specific disease states, thereby enabling clinicians to deliver more personalized care. We expect the integration of MIM Software will also advance our efforts in connecting data across care pathways. It is a leap towards a future where healthcare is more precise, connected, and efficient, with the goal of benefitting providers and patients worldwide.”

Founded in 2003, MIM Software is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, with additional offices in China and Belgium. The consummation of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed publicly. GE HealthCare intends to fund this transaction with cash on hand. The Company expects this transaction to be neutral to Adjusted EBITⁱ in year one and accretive thereafter.

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IBM,  Terbine and the American Center for Mobility (ACM) announced the establishment of an industry-wide open-source platform to provide interoperability testing for vehicle and charger manufacturers, charging network operators and others who make up the “EV Ecosystem.” The initiative’s goal is to eliminate many of the problems plaguing the electric vehicle charging landscape.

“It’s not enough to simply switch plug formats if we want EV charging to be as seamless and dependable as pumping gas has been for decades,” said Brenda Cucci, Senior Partner for Global Sustainability with IBM. “The industry needs a means to continually test all the elements involved with the ‘electron supply chain’ as software and hardware get updated, to ensure that consumers and commercial drivers have confidence in charging infrastructure. This is about accelerating the migration to zero-emission vehicles and the global reduction of greenhouse gas emissions,” Cucci continued.

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The Interoperability Clearing House (ICH), developed by technology providers IBM and Terbine, will enable manufacturers of both vehicles and chargers to test their latest software at ACM’s main facility in Michigan as well as virtually. Leveraging state-of-the-art artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, the platform is intended to bring ongoing cross-product testing to the EV industry and will be open to participants from around the globe.

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“It’s time for the EV industry to have a platform for ensuring that everything works together all the time,” says Reuben Sarkar, ACM CEO. “We are the ideal organization to offer that service to companies and government agencies wanting a neutral and open environment for testing.”

A prevailing issue for EV drivers is synchronization errors caused by incompatibilities between the vehicles and the charging units. With Over-The-Air (OTA) software updating becoming common amongst vehicle and charger manufacturers, the problems with interoperability are increasing. The problems multiply as more EV and charging unit models come onto the market.

“Regardless of which connector the chargers and vehicles have – such as the Tesla-created North American Charging Standard, the physical plug is only one element, said David Knight, CEO of Terbine. “Most of the complexity is with how companies interpret the underlying ‘handshake’ protocols and other Realtime synchronization issues. The Interoperability Clearing House is intended to alleviate these issues that are scaring buyers away from moving to electric vehicles.”

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Palantir Technologies Inc. a leading provider of AI systems, and Option Care Health Inc. the nation’s largest independent national provider of home and alternate site infusion services, announced a multi-year commercial partnership for Palantir’s software to be leveraged across the company to help improve patient outcomes and increase efficiency.

Option Care Health expects to use Palantir’s Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) across nurse scheduling, patient onboarding, purchasing optimization, and supply chain execution, among other potential use cases.

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AIP enables organizations to bring the power of large-language models, and other cutting-edge AI, to their enterprise networks, private data, and core operations – with maximum security and trust. The platform is designed to bring in siloed and disconnected data sources, logic assets, and systems of action into a single common operating picture, enabling users to optimize their decision-making.

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The company’s use of Palantir’s software is designed to help optimize visits per day and increase patient face time with clinicians, reduce administrative burden and help ensure stockage of drugs and medical supplies while helping prevent overstocking.

“We are excited to partner with one of the innovative leaders in AI-powered software and leverage their platform and expertise to enhance our intelligent technology ecosystem focused on streamlining processes, enhancing our expertise, improving the patient experience, and optimizing clinical outcomes,” said John Rademacher, President & CEO of Option Care Health. “I believe that utilizing Palantir’s Foundry and AIP will allow us to innovate rapidly, build on best practices and help ensure our approach to AI and Machine Learning incorporates the strongest foundations and provides strong protections and integrity for our stakeholders.”

Palantir has long worked with some of the world’s most important organizations and has recently significantly grown its health care operations. Palantir’s software is also used across a number of government health organizations, including the National Institutes of Health and the U.K.’s National Health Service.

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“Option Care Health is at the leading edge of deploying artificial intelligence across the healthcare sector,” said Alex Karp, co-founder and chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies. “We are proud to support this effort, which builds on our expanding presence in and commitment to the medical sector and will expedite and improve services to patients across the country.”

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WiMi Hologram Cloud a leading global Hologram Augmented Reality (“AR”) Technology provider, announced an image-fused point cloud semantic segmentation method based on fused graph convolutional network, aiming to utilize the different information of image and point cloud to improve the accuracy and efficiency of semantic segmentation. Point cloud data is very effective in representing the geometry and structure of objects, while image data contains rich color and texture information. Fusing these two types of data can utilize their advantages simultaneously and provide more comprehensive information for semantic segmentation.

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The fused graph convolutional network (FGCN) is an effective deep learning model that can process both image and point cloud data simultaneously and efficiently deal with image features of different resolutions and scales for efficient feature extraction and image segmentation. FGCN is able to utilize multi-modal data more efficiently by extracting the semantic information of each point involved in the bimodal data of the image and point cloud. To improve the efficiency of image feature extraction, WiMi also introduces a two-channel k-nearest neighbor (KNN) module. This module allows the FGCN to utilize the spatial information in the image data to better understand the contextual information in the image by computing the semantic information of the k nearest neighbors around each point. This helps FGCN to better distinguish between more important features and remove irrelevant noise. In addition, FGCN employs a spatial attention mechanism to better focus on the more important features in the point cloud data. This mechanism allows the model to assign different weights to each point based on its geometry and the relationship of neighboring points to better understand the semantic information of the point cloud data. By fusing multi-scale features, FGCN enhances the generalization ability of the network and improves the accuracy of semantic segmentation. Multi-scale feature extraction allows the model to consider information in different spatial scales, leading to a more comprehensive understanding of the semantic content of images and point cloud data.

This image-fused point cloud semantic segmentation with fusion graph convolutional network is able to utilize the information of multi-modal data such as images and point clouds more efficiently to improve the accuracy and efficiency of semantic segmentation, which is expected to advance machine vision, artificial intelligence, photogrammetry, remote sensing, and other fields, providing new a method for future semantic segmentation research.

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This image-fused point cloud semantic segmentation with fusion graph convolutional network has a wide range of application prospects and can be applied in many fields such as autonomous driving, robotics, and medical image analysis. With the rapid development of autonomous driving, robotics, medical image analysis and other fields, there is an increasing demand for processing and semantic segmentation of image and point cloud data. For example, in the field of autonomous driving, self-driving cars need to accurately perceive and understand the surrounding environment, including semantic segmentation of objects such as roads, vehicles, and pedestrians. This image-fused point cloud semantic segmentation with fusion graph convolutional network can improve the perception and understanding of the surrounding environment and provide more accurate data support for decision making and control of self-driving cars. In the field of robotics, robots need to perceive and understand the external environment in order to accomplish various tasks. Image fusion point cloud semantic segmentation with fusion graph convolutional network can fuse image and point cloud data acquired by robots to improve the ability to perceive and understand the external environment, which helps robots to better accomplish tasks. In the medical field, medical image analysis requires accurate segmentation and recognition of medical images to better assist medical diagnosis and treatment. The image-fused point cloud semantic segmentation with fusion graph convolutional network can fuse medical images and point cloud data to improve the segmentation and recognition accuracy of medical images, thus providing more accurate data support for medical diagnosis and treatment.

In the future, WiMi research will further optimize the model structure. At the same time, the model will be combined with deep learning technology to take advantage of deep learning technology to improve the performance of the model. And further develop the multi-modal data fusion technology to fuse different types of data (e.g., image, point cloud, text, etc.) to provide more comprehensive and richer information and improve the accuracy of semantic segmentation. WiMi will continue to improve the real-time processing of the image-fused point cloud semantic segmentation with fusion graph convolutional network capability to meet the demand.

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Personalized mental health coaching based on mood identification available on CareOS operating system

Daily healthtech pioneer Baracoda unveiled BMind, the world’s first AI-powered smart mirror for mental wellness, acting as a health companion capable of identifying mood and helping manage stress. Built on a new generation smart mirror software from the CareOS platform, BMind provides personalized recommendations and experiences based on a user’s mental state, as part of a seamless, touchless experience with gesture recognition, voice command, and intent detection. BMind’s technology has recently been recognized with a 2024 Consumer Electronics (CES) Innovation Award in the smart home category.

Managing stress, soothing anxiety, and reducing insomnia all require an ally that helps people maintain a positive mindset and encourages a proactive approach to wellness. Unlike phone-based apps, BMind seamlessly fits into everyone’s bathroom, allowing users to evaluate their mental states and select recommended exercises and activities to elevate their moods. BMind gathers information without any invasive technology, and helps users incorporate mindfulness practices into their daily routines or even curb feelings of loneliness through an immersive experience using light, sound, and visuals.

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BMind is powered by Generative AI for conversation and coaching experiences as well as Natural Language Processing (NLP) for sentiment analysis. It identifies different sentiments and adapts to the user’s mood by providing light therapy sessions, and personalized, auto-generated mindfulness exercises such as guided meditation and self-affirmations. Through CareOS interface, BMind harnesses cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) and utilizes Computer Vision and Large Language Models to interpret expressions, gestures, and language.

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BMind is built upon the CareOS, an operating system that enables manufacturers to create and power smart mirrors faster than ever before, and turn any screen into a smart mirror. It also allows third-party providers to connect their applications for display within the mirror’s interface. Among 40 providers already compatible with CareOS, BMind partners with ThrivePal, an AI-powered coach that crafts bespoke programs for personalized self-improvement, and Inclusive Brains, proprietary combination of generative AI and neurophysiology to empower devices to sense and adapt to how people feel in real time. CareOS is a privacy-by-design platform that stores health and personal data locally, and never shares it with any party without the user’s explicit request and consent.

“Technology that can monitor for subtle changes in health has the potential of improving the quality of millions of lives,” said Thomas Serval, CEO of Baracoda. “Our mental state exerts a strong effect on our sense of physical well-being. Including mood in our daily wellness check-ins creates a fuller picture that represents a powerful step toward redefining preventative health.”

BMind is another example of Baracoda’s approach to daily healthtech, which Baracoda believes will increasingly center design on blending into existing objects, fashion and routines, making health technology more hassle-free and invisible. By removing the need for user intervention for software updates or data interpretation across its products, Baracoda designs more passive ways to keep tabs on health and to share data with healthcare providers and caregivers.

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BMind’s 2024 CES Innovation Award represents Baracoda’s eighth year in a row earning the accolade, and its tenth CES honor overall. CareOS partners include companies like Colgate, Wella and Pierre Fabre, among others.

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New, first-of-its-kind algorithm brings speed and precision to patient enrollment for a life-saving heart device trial

Deep 6 AI, a leading AI-powered precision research platform for healthcare organizations and life sciences companies, announced its partnership with Graticule, an on-demand, advanced real-world data and advisory services provider. The two companies are designing research algorithms and real-world data services to better identify and prioritize patients for clinical trials across many disease indications. Their first algorithm automates patient screening for a sponsored cardiovascular medical device trial. This time-saving technology, coupled with rapid implementation services, is being actively piloted at sites in the Deep 6 AI research ecosystem to accelerate trial completion.

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Key measurements indicating a patient’s eligibility for the clinical trial or qualification for standard of care treatment, such as the measure of the heart’s ejection fraction, did not exist within structured electronic medical record (EMR) data. The solution developed by Deep 6 AI and Graticule uses artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) to mine large, real-time pools of structured and unstructured electronic medical record (EMR) data, such as clinical notes, radiology reports, and catheterization lab reports, to precisely identify a cohort of eligible patients and extract key insights into each patient’s condition and history. The screening algorithm then uses these insights to qualify and prioritize eligible patients to provide a clearer picture of the patients most likely to benefit from the intervention. The extracted, relevant information is presented to the research team in useful and intuitive ways.

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“Traditionally, it takes up to two years for life sciences companies to get access to EMR data to develop novel patient matching algorithms,” said Dan Housman, Chief Technology Officer, Graticule. “Additionally, traditional methods of ‘clinical data pulling’ often burden an already overworked hospital IT staff. We partnered with Deep 6 AI to accelerate the development and deployment of screening tools that reduce site burden through access to ready to use deep EMR data from 1K+ research facilities across the Deep 6 AI ecosystem.”

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“We help clinical research teams identify targeted patient populations with great precision and speed by using AI to mine deeper data that goes beyond traditional claims and structured EMR data,” said Wout Brusselaers, founder and CEO, Deep 6 AI. “By applying Graticule’s real-world data research methods and advisory services to the real-time, real patient data within our research ecosystem, we have drastically improved the utility of the research algorithms and screening processes we offer.”

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Govee, an innovator in the smart lighting and smart home industries, debuts two new lighting products, the Govee AI Sync Box Kit 2 and Neon Rope Light 2, at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Redesigned for enhancing the gaming experience with new smart features, these products will be displayed at Govee’s CES experience at Venetian Expo booth #53632. In addition, GoveeLife will showcase two new smart appliances aimed at improving safety and accessibility in daily life.

Next-Generation Matter-Compatible Lighting for Enhanced Gaming: Govee AI Sync Box Kit 2 & Neon Rope Light 2

Following the success of the AI Gaming Sync Box Kit at CES 2023, Govee is redefining the gaming landscape with the release of the Govee AI Sync Box Kit 2. This cutting-edge system supports resolutions up to 8K and delivers seamless 4K at 120 Hz gameplay with dynamic lighting synchronization. Govee’s CogniGlow™ AI recognition technology is fueling this innovation, which automatically activates tailored lighting effects based on in-game content and offers a personalized experience for any gaming moment. The system supports integration with Govee Home, Alexa, and Google Assistant, ensuring broad compatibility and easy control, with a Matter-compatible update via OTA later this year.

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Govee is also releasing a new take on a fan-favorite with the Neon Rope Light 2. In addition to improved and smoother RGBIC lighting effects, the Neon Rope Light 2 features upgraded bend clips and a more flexible material to easily shape the light to the desired design. Govee also incorporated a new way to customize lighting effects through the Govee Home app, where the camera uses shape recognition to apply a variety of DIY lighting effects throughout the different lighting segments. The Neon Rope Light 2 is now available in black and white to fit any space’s aesthetic and is Matter-compatible for seamless smart control.

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Upgraded AI Algorithm Accuracy and Debut AIGC Lighting Bot

Govee strives to continue the development of AI-powered lighting solutions using its proprietary AI algorithm, CogniGlow. It provides users with a more intelligent and immersive experience that’s recently been improved even further following massive model training. CogniGlow has now reached 99% accuracy and can apply multi-tasking AI with parallel processing for more accurate lighting effects and better feedback.

Govee believes that AI technology will continue to empower smart lighting and smart home products in the coming years, which is the driving force behind the creation of AI Lighting Bot, an Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC). The Lighting Bot will be included in the brand’s lighting solutions to bring a new level of fun and interactivity. This technology adapts and responds to different scenarios, providing dynamic and responsive lighting effects. Whether for home entertainment, public venues, or special events, Govee AIGC-enhanced lighting ensures a unique and engaging atmosphere.

Next-Level Gaming Lighting Collaboration

Govee is joining forces with Corsair to take the gaming experience to new heights. By integrating Govee’s smart lighting into Corsair’s iCUE software ecosystem, users will be able to control and synchronize the lighting effects of both Corsair RGB peripherals and Govee light bulbs and light strips. This strategic partnership empowers gamers to create dynamic lighting patterns that extend beyond their PC setup and into the entire room. Gamers will be able to enhance their setups through custom lighting effects that sync to in-game cues, CPU temperatures, and notifications later in Q1.

GoveeLife

Operated as an independent brand, GoveeLife will focus on smart home appliances. The GoveeLife product line features an extensive range of affordable smart home appliances to meet consumers at all stages of their smart home journey and is expanding its offering with two new products at CES. The GoveeLife Presence Sensor is ideal for people looking to secure their homes thanks to its precise detection that covers a range of 120 degrees horizontally and vertically. It’s easy to install, offers cross-platform interconnection, and can be controlled via the Govee Home app. GoveeLife is also announcing the Matter-Certified Smart Plug Pro that allows users to achieve cross-platform control for any smart home device.

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CES Showcase and Product Availability

CES attendees will be the first to experience the latest Govee and GoveeLife products to explore the next era of immersive gaming and more at the brand’s booth (#53632).

The Govee Govee AI Sync Box Kit 2, Neon Rope Light 2, GoveeLife Presence Sensor and Matter-Certified Smart Plug Pro will be available in the first half of 2024.

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Knownwell, a pioneering AIaaS (Artificial Intelligence as a Service) platform company, is proud to announce the successful closure of a $2 million pre-seed round. This funding marks a significant milestone in Knownwell’s goal to revolutionize the professional services sector with its cutting-edge Intelligent Enterprise Operating System.

The investment will fuel the development of Knownwell’s technology platform and the first product in its Intelligent Enterprise Operating Platform. This innovative system promises to transform how mid-market services companies operate by leveraging artificial intelligence to provide continuous, proactive intelligence. It will analyze a myriad of data points and natural information within businesses, enabling the C-Suite to make high-leverage decisions and orchestrate effective strategies with unprecedented precision and insight.

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“With this new funding, Knownwell is set to redefine the landscape of professional services,” said David DeWolf, CEO of Knownwell. “Our Intelligent Enterprise Operating System will empower organizations to look beyond their managed data and into the natural communication and information flows in order to draw high-leverage conclusions that drive more effective execution. This is not just an evolution; it’s a revolution in how professional services companies in marketing, finance/accounting, public relations, technology, and beyond will operate and compete.”

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The funding round was led by several industry investors who recognize the transformative potential of Knownwell’s technology. This investment underscores the growing importance of AI in enhancing business operations and decision-making processes across various industries.

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