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Lockheed Martin Invests In AI Company Fiddler Labs

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

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Lockheed Martin Invests In AI Company Fiddler Labs

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Fiddler Labs on Wednesday said it has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] ventures unit that also includes an investment to help the company further develop, test and scale its capabilities in allowing users to understand and trust applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the aerospace and defense industries. The value of the investment by Lockheed Martin Ventures was not disclosed. Fiddler, which is based in California, specializes in Explainable AI, which essentially allows users to…

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