How A.I. Is Changing Virtually Every Business, from Commodities to Cosmetics
Airlines are using artificial intelligence to improve punctuality. Credit card companies are relying on it to root out fraud. Consumer brands are using it to shore up their supply chain, and to ward off risk in the volatile commodities market where a single corner-the-market trade by a hedge fund or a Trump tweet could send raw materials prices spiraling.
5G wireless to connect robots on the ground to AI in the cloud
A research team at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, with the support of the National Science Foundation’s National Robotics Initiative 2.0, is building the foundations of a wireless system that takes advantage of superfast fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications to outsource a mobile robots’ artificial intelligence (AI) functions to the edge cloud—the server in the cloud closest to the robot.
Novel AI chip design platform to give the semiconductor industry a boost in productivity and quality
A*STAR researchers have developed an AI chip design platform that has the potential to transform the multibillion-dollar global integrated circuit (IC) design industry by accelerating design optimisation, reducing IC design turnaround time, and improving productivity significantly by twofold.
A Framework for Developing a National Artificial Intelligence Strategy
Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as the software engine that drives the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a technological force affecting all disciplines, economies, and industries.
AI bias: How tech determines if you land job, get a loan or end up in jail
Businesses across almost every industry deploy artificial intelligence to make jobs simpler for staff and tasks easier for consumers.
AI may be as effective as medical specialists at diagnosing disease
A new scientific review has concluded that artificial intelligence (AI) may be able to diagnose disease as successfully as human healthcare professionals, but a lack of quality studies means the real potential of the technology is unclear.
Will There Be An AI Productivity Boom?
A big pastime of economists in the 1980s and 1990s was trying to gauge how much corporate and industrial productivity would benefit from the then-novel phenomena of personal computers, workgroup servers, and computer networking.
Google steps up battle on 'deepfakes' with data release
Google said Wednesday it was stepping up efforts to battle “deepfakes” by releasing new data to help researchers detect videos manipulated by artificial intelligence.
10 Ways AI And Machine Learning Are Improving Endpoint Security
Gartner predicts $137.4B will be spent on Information Security and Risk Management in 2019, increasing to $175.5B in 2023, reaching a CAGR of 9.1%. Cloud Security, Data Security, and Infrastructure Protection are the fastest-growing areas of security spending through 2023.
Using machine learning to reconstruct deteriorated Van Gogh drawings
Researchers at TU Delft in the Netherlands have recently developed a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based model to reconstruct drawings that have deteriorated over time. In their study, published in Springer’s Machine Vision and Applications, they specifically used the model to reconstruct some of Vincent Van Gogh’s drawings that were ruined over the years due to ink fading and discoloration.
Finance jobs requiring A.I. skills increased 60% last year—here’s what they look like
Traditional financial institutions and fintech start-ups alike are looking for more candidates who specialize in artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science. According to reporting by Bloomberg reporting and data from LinkedIn, job listings requiring these skills in the financial industry increased nearly 60% in the past year.
New AI program better at detecting depressive language in social media
A new technology using artificial intelligence detects depressive language in social media posts more accurately than current systems and uses less data to do it.
AI helps reduce Amazon hydropower dams' carbon footprint
A team of scientists has developed a computational model that uses artificial intelligence to find sites for hydropower dams in order to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Skill India, IBM join hands for nationwide Train-the-Trainer programme in AI
The Directorate General of Training (DGT), under the skill development and entrepreneurship ministry, has signed an agreement with IT major IBM to carry out a nationwide Train-the-Trainer programme in basic artificial intelligence, an official statement said on Wednesday.
Uttar Pradesh planning to use AI-bots to upgrade secondary school exam system
The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to use artificial intelligence AI-bots to upgrade the examination system for secondary school education and make education free from corruption and negligence.