Source – techcrunch.com he thorny issue of tracking of location data without risking individual privacy is very neatly illustrated via a Freedom of Information (FOI) request asking London’s transport regulator to release the “anonymized” data-set it generated from a four week trial last year when it tracked metro users in the UK capital via wi-fi nodes Read More
Month: October 2017
Source – gigabit.net While robots and computers will probably never completely replace doctors and nurses, machine learning, deep learning and AI are transforming the healthcare industry, improving outcomes, and changing the way doctors think about providing care. In the past decade, the medical community has taken a major step in adopting electronic health systems to make Read More
Source – techspective.net In the ever-changing environment of cybersecurity, executives are always looking for the next big trend that will set them apart from the rest of the competition. In a year where ransomware attacks have already increased by 250 percent, new technologies can give an advantage to those trying to protect you and your information online—especially Read More
Source – time.com Medicine is both art and science. While any doctor will quickly credit her rigorous medical training in the nuts and bolts of how the human body works, she will just as adamantly school you on how virtually all of the decisions she makes—about how to diagnose disease and how best to treat it—are equally the product of Read More
Source – csoonline.com October is one of my favorite months of the year in Oregon, where I live. I call it “pumpkin patch season” and the colors are magnificent, as the season changes. For many of my friends, October weekends are spent squarely rooted in front of the TV watching football. And in case it isn’t Read More
Source – jaxenter.com Computer science has a pretty high barrier to entry. Learning to code is the first and biggest obstacle; many people run straight into that hurdle. So, when Google’s A.I. Experiment announced earlier this week that they had created a new experiment to help people understand machine learning without a single line of code, I was Read More
Source – itproportal.com It’s a key question for many data scientists – especially those that are new to the field: is Python or R better for data science? For those first venturing into the world of data science, it’s important to master one language first, rather than looking to be a Jack of all trades from Read More
Source – deccanherald.com It was 1956 when attendees at the Dartmouth conferences created the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), opening the storm gates for creativity and imagination in Hollywood, and across the scientific world. Everyone wanted to know if AI would be the key to our civilisation’s future or the key to open Pandora’s box, enabling Read More
Source – thehindu.com American tech giant Oracle on Thursday announced the first batch of startups for its Startup Cloud Accelerator programme in New Delhi and Mumbai. The selected young ventures are using technologies such as artificial intelligence and Internet of Things to solve problems such as diagnosing diseases among newborn babies to providing anti-counterfeiting solutions to Read More
Source – livemint.com New Delhi: Changing customer expectations, falling customer satisfaction, and the promise of lower operating costs are among the major reasons why companies are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots for use as virtual agents or assistants. The banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector is clearly taking the lead in India. Consider the case Read More
Source – computerworlduk.com On Sunday Oracle announced the launch of its new, highly autonomous database, but the vendor didn’t leave it there. Two days on, during its massive OpenWorld conference in San Francisco, the company revealed the development of a supporting, highly-automated cyber defence service. This service has been designed to work together with the autonomous Oracle 18c Read More
Source – computerworld.com Part of a growing trend, MobileIron announced today that it is adding machine learning-based threat-detection software to its enterprise mobility management (EMM) client, which it said will help address an increase in mobile attacks. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it has partnered with Zimperium, a maker of machine learning-based behavioral analysis and threat Read More
Source – searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com NEW YORK — In the rush to capitalize on deployments of big data platforms, organizations shouldn’t neglect data quality measures that can ensure what’s used in analytics applications is clean and trustworthy, experienced IT managers said at the 2017 Strata Data Conference here last week. Several speakers pointed to data quality as Read More
Source – bwdisrupt.businessworld.in We’re in an algorithmic world. Everything we do on digital is recorded and now, being understood. By mapping a consumer’s digital footprint, marketers are able to understand their audience better and run targeted advertising. In essence, we are data. Bits and portions of us tell us a lot about who we are. And Read More
Source – information-age.com In the mass production revolution of the 20th century, machines sat side by side with humans replacing toil and sweat. Today, machines (let’s call them bots), are now doing the same, only for our brains instead of brawn. While clearly helping both businesses and employees break the shackles of mundane, time consuming and Read More
Source – digitalistmag.com Long gone are the days when customer service meant investing in a telephone system, hiring a team of contact center agents, and sitting by the phone waiting for the customer to call. The motto used to be, “If the customer is unhappy, they will call us.” Now it’s “What can we do today Read More
Source – emarketer.com The marketing technology landscape is busy, but there isn’t a solution out there for everything. Multitouch attribution solutions that help marketers map their customers’ path to purchase, for example, are still scarce. Julie Lyle, chief revenue officer at acquisition marketing platform DemandJump, spoke with eMarketer’s Maria Minsker about how artificial intelligence (AI) could Read More
Source – news18.com For the majority of CIOs, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI) will significantly change how they do their jobs in the near future, a new survey said on Tuesday. Cybersecurity continues to threaten the global landscape in 2018 and 95 percent of CIOs surveyed said they expect cyber threats to increase and impact their Read More
Source – motherboard.vice.com I could tell you some things about my own career as a an experimental creative writer, about what a relentless diet of JG Ballard can do to the brain of a 20-year-old white male and about how a story about pilots boning during a plane crash might lead to the mass confiscation of Read More
Source – cointelegraph.com As digital lending continues to grow in size, companies are looking for ways to make their services more efficient and profitable to both lenders and borrowers. And they believe artificial intelligence and big data hold the key to the future of loans. Lenders traditionally make decisions based on a loan applicant’s credit score, a three-digit number obtained Read More
Source – phys.org A team of researchers at Queen Mary University in the U.K. has found that bumblebees with more “synaptic complexes” in their brains are able to learn new things more quickly and also have better memories than those with fewer of them. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B the group describes Read More
Source – imperial.ac.uk Machine Learning has huge potential and Imperial can be at the forefront of it, say experts as a new initiative launches today. Dr Marc Deisenroth, from the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, and colleagues from across the College are launching the Machine Learning Initiative today. Colin Smith caught up with Dr Deisenroth to discover what Read More
Source – forbes.com The use of artificial intelligence (AI) is growing, and according to a report by Accenture, it is expected to double economic growth by 2035 with its integration. From simple AI pieces to more complex problem-solving uses, the technology has multiple benefits that can help make employees more productive, efficient and error-free. Using AI as an Read More
Source – forbes.com It’s tempting to believe that artificial intelligence can do just about anything. Currently, AI and machine learning power self-driving cars, complex adtech audience optimizations and a host of intelligent agents like Alexa, Cortana and Siri. At the same time, leading AI experts, business owners and analysts are cautioning against an overly rosy view of Read More
Source – venturebeat.com Oracle added machine learning to its cloud management product to help better secure businesses against threats. The renamed Management and Security Cloud will take in data from on-premises and cloud infrastructure, then analyze them to help determine what might be a threat to a company’s data. When the system determines that something fishy is going Read More
Source – iotbusinessnews.com Oracle is taking the Internet of Things to a new level with the announcement that its IoT cloud service will now incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide clients with better business data insights than ever. Oracle’s upgrade will include digital twin and digital thread capability, providing companies with an integrated analytical perspective on Read More
Source – commstrader.com As the wave of digital transformation and deep learning technologies continues to wash over the world of business, we are seeing significant changes in how companies are communicating with their customers. With a recent report claiming that the AI software market will grow from $1.38 billion in 2016 to $59.75 billion by 2025, it’s clear Read More
Source – forbes.com Very few subjects in science and technology are causing as much excitement right now as artificial intelligence (AI). In a lot of cases this is good reason, as some of the world’s brightest minds have said that it’s potential to revolutionize all aspects of our lives is unprecedented. On the other hand, as Read More
Source – techtarget.com On a recent commute to TechTarget’s Newton, Mass., office, I passed by an Apple Maps vehicle — a white SUV topped with cameras and spinning light detection and ranging equipment that collects vast amounts of data about streets all over the world. I have a terrible sense of direction and rely on map Read More
Source – networkworld.com Nvidia and server makers Dell EMC, HPE, IBM and Supermicro announced enterprise servers featuring Nvidia’s Tesla V100 GPU. The question is, can servers designed for machine learning stem the erosion of enterprise server purchases as companies shift to PaaS, IaaS, and cloud services? The recent introduction of hardened industrial servers for IoT may indicate Read More