Source – insidebigdata.com Ready? Shhh … No one else can hear this. The secret of artificial intelligence is … Marketing. Yes, you read that correctly. Organizations – vendors and companies alike – are getting lots of kudos, publicity, and, perhaps most importantly, investments, because they are offering AI solutions. Scratch below the surface, though, and this Read More
Month: May 2018
Source – indiatimes.com WASHINGTON: The fast-emerging field of Artificial Intelligence, which has suddenly caught the attention of the IT industry and the governments across the world, is facing a large skills shortage, a top Microsoft official has said. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) is also facing the challenge of appropriate use of data, group programme manager of Read More
Source – dailytrust.com.ng A few weeks ago, the Kenyan minister of technology was promoting it and talking it up to his government. The U.S. government has increased the funding for it by forty percent since 2015. It is a State priority in China, where it is being used for various government processes including catching law breakers. Read More
Source – abovethelaw.com If you’re thinking about implementing artificial intelligence (AI) into your legal organization, congratulations on being a forward thinker. Although … it’s actually not as forward thinking as it may seem. AI is no longer the nebulous, otherworldly techno-universe that you many have once envisioned. It’s already here, today, giving us directions, telling us Read More
Source – cmswire.com Many marketers have taken the AI plunge. In fact, according to a survey by Salesforce, marketers expect AI will have a substantial impact on their business in the next five years in the areas of hyper-personalization of content (61 percent), dynamic landing pages and websites (61 percent) and delivering the right message, on the Read More
Source – techtarget.com Chaos engineering helps enterprises expect the unexpected and reasonably predict how microservices will perform in production. One education SaaS provider embraced the chaos for its microservices deployment, but it didn’t jump in blindly. San Francisco-based Remind, which makes a communication tool for educators, school administrators, parents and students, faced a predictability problem with Read More
Source – siliconrepublic.com If you want to be a data scientist, what do you need to know? We asked some of the top employers for advice. There is a massive data science talent gap across the world but it’s still considered an extremely exciting career to get into. Data scientist, in turn, is now being touted Read More
Source – civileats.com New England’s groundfish season is in full swing, as hundreds of dayboat fishermen from Rhode Island to Maine take to the water in search of the region’s iconic cod and haddock. But this year, several dozen of them are hauling in their catch under the watchful eye of video cameras as part of Read More
Source – forbes.com Civilization has reached a major inflection point, with the development of artificial intelligence technology triggering a massive acceleration in the pace of human innovation. For the first time in history, the innovation equation is about to change, for it is no longer solely dependent on human cerebral capacity and population growth. I first Read More
Source – indiatimes.com Google has unveiled an artificial intelligence tool capable of handling routine tasks — such as making restaurant bookings — as a way to help people disconnect from their smartphone screens. Kicking off the tech giant’s annual developers conference, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai argued that its AI-powered digital assistant had the potential to Read More
Source – datanami.com Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are transforming the global economy, and companies that are quick to adopt these technologies will take $1.2 trillion from those who don’t. Businesses that fail to take advantage of predictive analytics, or don’t have the time or resources – like highly-trained (and expensive) data scientists – will Read More
Source – techcrunch.com With Google’s I/O developer conference kicking off later today, Google is setting the scene for what it expects to be one of the big themes of the event: artificial intelligence. Today, the company rebranded the whole of its Google Research division as Google AI, with the old Google Research site now directing to a newly expanded Google AI site. Read More
Source – forbes.com Every company is in the process of understanding how artificial intelligence (AI) will affect their industry. It can be intimidating and even discomforting to consider the consequences of using machines to make decisions. But if there’s an industry that should be comfortable with this potential shift, it’s the marketing industry. Making decisions based Read More
Source – analyticsindiamag.com Artificial intelligence and machine learning are in buzz these days and more and more people are interested to learn about it. It got a major breakthrough when Google made AIhistory by creating an algorithm that mastered Go. And the technological advancement is creating more jobs as companies need high-skilled AI talents to develop and maintain Read More
Source – nextplatform.com One of the most common misconceptions about machine learning is that success is solely due to its dynamic algorithms. In reality, the learning potential of those algorithms and their models are driven by the data preparation, staging and delivery. When suitably fed, machine learning algorithms work wonders. Their success, however, is ultimately rooted Read More
Source – livescience.com A prominent researcher of machine learning and artificial intelligence is arguing that his field has strayed out of the bounds of science and engineering and into “alchemy.” And he’s offering a route back. Ali Rahimi, who works on AI for Google, said he thinks his field has made amazing progress, but suggested there’s something rotten in the Read More
Source – firstpost.com Reliance Jio Infocomm on Thursday announced the launch of JioInteract, a unique Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based brand engagement platform. “The first of many services to be launched on this platform is the Live Video Call that features India’s favourite celebrities. To kick-start, Jio has on-boarded none other than Bollywood’s biggest star, Amitabh Bachchan, who will Read More
Source – business-standard.com Have seven employees work for three days or use software robots instead? In a pilot project, St. Galler Kantonalbank AG opted for the second option. The bank is so satisfied with the test results that it wants to decide on further assignments by the end of May. “We’ve seen that’s technically feasible and now we’re exploring Read More
Source – entrepreneur.com Understanding SEO is the first rule for being able to optimize your site and its content so that would-be customers can actually find your company online. When your SEO is on point, you are more likely appear in search engine results when someone looks for the type of products or services you sell. Read More
Source – smithsonianmag.com A fashion designer working on a new collection has an idea, but wonders if it’s been done before. Another is looking for historical inspiration—1950s-style wasp waists or 80s-era padded shoulders. Soon, they might turn to Cognitive Prints for help. The suite of AI tools IBM is developing for the fashion industry can take Read More
Source – spacenews.com WASHINGTON — One of the next big things in geospatial intelligence is tiny black boxes aboard satellites that ingest massive amounts of data in space and instantly analyze it. No downloading necessary. Geospatial data manipulation and analysis in real time is the holy grail in the military intelligence business. “We are trying Read More
Source – thebulletin.org Artificial intelligence and nuclear war have been fiction clichés for decades. Today’s AI is impressive to be sure, but specialized, and remains a far cry from computers that become self-aware and turn against their creators. At the same time, popular culture does not do justice to the threats that modern AI indeed presents, such Read More
Source – forbes.com We humans generally like to pride ourselves on our ability to be unpredictable, to do things for no other reason than because we want to. The truth is, we are complicated, but with the emergence of deep learning, we may become more predictable. The theory goes something like this: In the past, people’s behavior was Read More