Source: wired.com Microsoft’s recent victory in landing a $10 billion Pentagon cloud-computing contract called JEDI could make life more complicated for one of the software giant’s partners: the independent artificial-intelligence research lab OpenAI. OpenAI was created in 2015 by Silicon Valley luminaries including Elon Musk to look to the far horizon, and save the world. The newborn nonprofit said it had Read More
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Source: forbes.com Google is testing a service that would use its search and artificial intelligence technology to analyze patient records for Ascension, the largest nonprofit health system in the U.S., according to documents about the efforts reviewed by Forbes. Called “‘Nightingale,” the Google-Ascension project indicates that Google’s push into health analysis is farther along than previously Read More
Source: techxplore.com What, it’s that easy to grasp machine learning basics? Good news from Google’s Teachable Machine crew. Previously, the Teachable Machine provided lessons on how AI works but a new 2.0 puts you to work in making your machine learning model come to life in apps, websites and more. A number of websites got Read More
Source: arabianbusiness.com Artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning will increasingly be put to use monitoring the energy performance of buildings and helping owners cut costs, according to Keith Gunaratne, the founder and managing director of technology firm EP&T. Founded in 1993, EP&T specialises in the development of energy conservation technologies in the commercial sector. Read More
Source: beebom.com Google’s AI research team has developed a new machine learning system that they call “Form2Fit” in collaboration with researchers from Stanford University and Columbia University. The project makes use of deep neural networks to teach a robot arm to recognize and assemble objects. “If robots could learn “how things fit together,” then perhaps they Read More
Source: cmo.com.au For a provider of loyalty programs across some of the biggest brands in the world, it’s pretty important Aimia gets personalisation and customer engagement right. Which is why the leader in loyalty marketing, services, technology, and data platforms recently turned to artificial intelligence (AI), to better utilise its vast amount of data. Director of insights and Read More
Source: datacenternews.us It’s fair to say that microservices are having their moment. The hype is hard to escape. In fact, according to IDC, 90% of all apps will feature microservices architectures by 2022. This is because microservices work well for many companies. When deployed wisely, they can add significant benefits in helping companies adapt at Read More
Source: cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com San Francisco, A team of researchers has used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to turn two-dimensional (2D) images into stacks of virtual three-dimensional (3D) slices showing activity inside organisms. Using deep learning techniques, the team from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) devised a technique that extends the capabilities of fluorescence microscopy, which allows scientists to precisely label parts Read More
Source: youthkiawaaz.com Like any other country in the world, India, too, has its own socio-economic and governance problems. Some issues like economic slowdown, unemployment, deteriorating health care, education quality, and communalism have been worrying India since before independence. These problems still persist and have held India tightly in their jaws. But, besides these conventional challenges Read More
Source: medcitynews.com In its Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century report, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) identifies six distinct “Aims for Improvement” addressing the divide between good health care and the health care that people actually receive. Patient-centered service is a leading focus. Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, former president and chief Read More
Source: sciencenews.org Like that emotional kid David, played by Haley Joel Osment, in the movie A.I. Or WALL•E, who obviously had feelings for EVE-uh. Robby the Robot sounded pretty emotional whenever warning Will Robinson of danger. Not to mention all those emotional train-wreck, wackadoodle robots on Westworld. But in real life robots have no more feelings than Read More
Source: retailcustomerexperience.com Artificial intelligence is touching almost every industry in the ongoing era of digital transformation. But what does it mean? Put simply, AI and machine learning — a closely related idea — are computer programs that emulate and learn human behavior to then make autonomous decisions. AI can be especially transformative in retail, helping Read More
Source: dqindia.com November 08, 2019 – Machine learning methods could accurately identify cancerous esophagus tissue on microscopy images without the time-consuming manual data input that is required for current methods, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers at Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center have developed an innovative machine learning approach that automatically learns clinically important Read More
Source: searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com In a sign of the cloud market’s maturity, vendors are partnering to offer multi-tiered service integrations. Vendor alliances, such as a Microsoft and Oracle partnership, could help enterprises with multi-cloud deployment models. If the partnership is successful, customers could glean greater power and flexibility for critical groups such as data analysts, application developers Read More
Source: hospitalitynet.org Technological progress in today’s society has reached unprecedented levels; the World Wide Web did not even exist thirty years ago, while smartphones as we know them today have barely been around for a decade. Now, an even more sophisticated tool is at the forefront of changing the way we live – Artificial Intelligence Read More
Source: phys.org A UCLA research team has devised a technique that extends the capabilities of fluorescence microscopy, which allows scientists to precisely label parts of living cells and tissue with dyes that glow under special lighting. The researchers use artificial intelligence to turn two-dimensional images into stacks of virtual three-dimensional slices showing activity inside organisms. Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net Successful advancements of technology often raise the question about the future of work and how the next generation and existing workforce will be trained to compete with such fast-growing machines. But most experts believe that such technologies will expand the scope for technical jobs and also make them much more accessible for people Read More
Source: waste-management-world.com At this week’s Ecomondo event in Rimini, Italy, TOMRA Sorting Recycling unveiled GAIN, a deep learning-based sorting technology for advanced accuracy of complex sorting tasks at high throughput rates. Officially launched at the Ecomondo exposition, TOMRA said that the new technology is part of its efforts to achieve a truly circular economy by Read More
Source: entrepreneur.com Only ten years ago, most people thought of artificial intelligence as a technology made for the futuristic world— of flying cars and having robots as friends a la The Jetsons. But in 2019, AI is really no longer an intimidating technology. Most don’t realize that some of the apps and services they regularly use Read More
Source: bwcio.businessworld.in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast gaining ground as the next big disruptor in the Media & Entertainment (M&E) industry. Over the last year, content creators across the globe have actively begun to adopt AI tools in order to enhance efficiencies, unlock revenue opportunities and deliver interactive viewing experiences. The uptake has already started Read More
Source: techxplore.com A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has put Singapore on the global map of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data analytics. Their open-source project, called Apache SINGA, “graduated” from the Apache Incubator on 16 October 2019 and is now Southeast Asia’s first Top-Level Project (TLP) under the Apache Read More
Source: aithority.com Duality Technologies, a leading provider of Privacy-Enhancing Data Science Solutions based on Homomorphic Encryption, announced it has raised $16 million in a Series A funding round. The strategic funding was led by Intel Capital with the participation of Hearst Ventures and continued support from existing investor Team8. The Duality SecurePlus™ platform is the first market-ready solution addressing today’s most pressing Read More
Source: vox.com I spend a disproportionate amount of time reading and talking to two somewhat niche groups of people in American politics: democratic socialists of the Sen. Bernie Sanders variety (or maybe a bit to the left of that), and left-libertarians from the Bay Area who are interested in effective altruism. These are both small groups, Read More
Source: fleeteurope.com During the 2019 Geotab Mobility Connect even in Estoril, compelling evidence from two major fleets has revealed how telematics hold the key to unlocking significant fleet efficiency and dramatically improving customer service. The fleets operate in very different industries – fresh food delivery and waste collection – but there are strong parallels in Read More
Source: rcpmag.com Microsoft launched a private preview of “Project Cortex,” touted as a knowledge network for Microsoft 365 users, as part of this week’s Ignite conference in Orlando, Fla. Project Cortex largely has its roots in SharePoint technology, as described by SharePoint team members in a podcast. An allusion to SharePoint’s role also was made by Read More
Source: analyticsinsight.net The news nowadays is brimming with anecdotes about AI. Recently, we’re perceiving how deep fake strategies make changed and persuading videos, photographs or audio of individuals and how deep learning and neural networks succeed at the exceptionally complex strategy board game Go. Notwithstanding these sorts of applications, organizations keep on the struggle to Read More
Source: The US government funding in artificial intelligence has fallen short and the country needs to invest in research, train an AI-ready workforce and apply the technology to national security missions, a government-commissioned panel led by Google’s former CEO said in an interim report on Monday. The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI), created Read More
Source: defenseone.com The importance of artificial intelligence to national security is a rare area of consensus between America’s political right and left, and between Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley. But disagreement is emerging around the issue of tech talent and the large number of Chinese students studying in the United States and getting jobs in the tech industry. That Read More
Source: .crn.in Cyber-security is slowly, but steadily entering the books of enterprises, big and small. Its competitive advantage is being increasingly realised and business leaders aggressive about data security more than ever. K Purushothaman, CEO, K7 Computing, a veteran in the domain, talks more about cyber-security and how it’s trending today. What are the current Read More
Source: cio.economictimes.indiatimes.com Artificial Intelligence (AI) is possibly the most widely discussed technology trend. There are strong views about the applications and benefits of AI, while some feel that it will bring in the apocalyptic day of machine controlling human beings; a few others believe that AI will be extremely beneficial for humans. In the near term, Read More