This year's CES trade show heard of Aussie Brainchip Holding's partnership with Mercedes-Benz to deploy its AI-at the edge chip to manage the voice control system in new model EQXX. The chipset is said to be 5-10x more energy efficient. The latest AI and silicon developments come off the back of recent commercialisation of their new products & research collaboration with Air Force Research Laboratory. The new neural network processor is being designed to execute machine learning models more efficiently (event driven and energy). Other use cases including cyber security (anomaly detection for IoT?) are being explored.https://brainchipinc.com/about/

Online gaming is increasingly being played by kids - but its also a means where cyberbullying and harassment can happen too.This US-based pre-seed startup is helping children enjoy online gaming while making sure that they are safe.Using AI techniques and offering parents/ educators alerts for suspected activity/ behaviour, Kidas monitors  the child's online gaming experience silently in the background.https://www.kidas.net/games-kidas-monitorsimage credit: Pixabay

Can WeaveIt help organise your life and thoughts? The Mobile App tries to organise your thoughts, tasks and anything else like a digital notetaker. It then uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology to link certain items within the note to people, places, events and other topics it knows about. Could this replace files, documents and folder structures?https://www.weavit.ai/

How do you find the code for a specific function, if you're looking at an entirely new codebase? The Github Next team have been experimenting with visualisation tools to better help devs understand the structure of code and where to look for specific snippets.Could this be a great way to understand code changes and patterns faster? https://next.github.com/projects/repo-visualizationimage credit: Github Next team

AI-startup helps build confidence in non-native english speakers by helping them master the language and accent.The startup uses short-form videos, taught by Hollywood accent coaches who traditionally help actors, to deliver content. Next - helping people with public speaking?https://www.boldvoice.com/image credit: 

US-based startup Arize AI has built a platform to test, monitor and troubleshoot AI model and data issues. As we grapple with the explainability of AI models and if the models are fair, reasonable and working as intending, the basic infrastructure needs to be in place to help troubleshoot and resolve these issues.The Arize AI founding team include Uber and TubeMogul alumni, as well as three founding women from immigrant backgrounds.www.arize.com