Robotics

Strategic Elements sees opportunities in robotics, printed electronics

Source: stockhead.com.au The entity operates as a “venture builder” backing high-risk, high-reward Australian innovation in combination with teams of leading scientists and researchers. Managing director Charles Murphy says the research sector has been “decimated” by the pandemic with reports of a funding gap in billions and thousands of job losses. “We’ve built a network across Read More

Deep Learning

New deep learning-based technique could boost drug development

Source: news-medical.net When you take a medication, you want to know precisely what it does. Pharmaceutical companies go through extensive testing to ensure that you do. With a new deep learning-based technique created at Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering, they may soon get a better handle on how drugs in development will perform in Read More

Data Science

CredR Hires Subas Hota as Head of Data Science & Technology

Source: bwpeople.businessworld.in Two-wheeler consumer brand, CredR, announced the appointment of Subas Hota as the new Head of Data Science & Technology, effective from October 2020. In this new role, Subas will be in charge of building data systems and technologies at the company. Subas will lead the engineering teams at the company and will report Read More

Machine Learning

TOP NOCODE MACHINE LEARNING PLATFORMS IN OCTOBER

Source: analyticsinsight.net Businesses today run on information and insights, which in turn, run on data. And to study this data that generally exists in an unstructured format, we need machine learning. Next, we also need AI to provide personalized services on a massive scale. However, the problem is that mastering machine learning is super hard and requires Read More

Human Intelligence

Artificial intelligence can bring opportunities, but protect it from interference in human intelligence: PM Modi

Source: thehindubusinessline.com While Artificial intelligence (AI) can bring a lot of opportunities in social transformation, inclusion and empowerment in areas like healthcare, agriculture, education and smart mobility, among other sectors, we must also protect it from interfering in human intelligence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Speaking at the Responsible AI for Social Empowerment Read More

Artificial Intelligence

With Its Data And Innovation Capabilities, India Can Become Artificial Intelligence Lab Of The World: NITI Aayog CEO

Source: swarajyamag.com With its data and innovation capabilities, India can become the Artificial Intelligence (AI) laboratory of the world, NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Saturday (3 October). Speaking at a press conference to unveil the upcoming global virtual summit on AI — ‘RAISE 2020’ — Kant noted that AI can help transform lives. Read More

Uncategorized

TensorFlow Quantum Boosts Quantum Computer Hardware Performance

Source: marktechpost.com Google recently released TensorFlow Quantum, a toolset for combining state-of-the-art machine learning techniques with quantum algorithm design. This is an essential step to build tools for developers working on quantum applications. Simultaneously, they have focused on improving quantum computing hardware performance by integrating a set of quantum firmware techniques and building a TensorFlow-based toolset Read More

AI-ONE

Why should anyone trust AI?

Source: ciodive.com The pandemic has changed the world, accelerating the pace of digital transformation and forcing businesses to find new efficiencies — not only in cost cutting but in decision making. That’s why business leaders love AI, because it can help them make better and faster decisions by providing quicker and more accurate insights. It Read More

Human Intelligence

Human Intelligence: Military Aircraft Strike Terrorists in Maima Tusuye

Source: prnigeria.com The subsidiary Operation HAIL STORM 2, currently being executed by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has again recorded appreciable success in their resolve to forestall terrorists’ activities in the North East Zone. Crews of Operation HAIL STORM 2 neutralized several Boko Haram Terrorists’ (BHTs’) and destroyed their hideouts at Maima Read More

Internet of things

Pandemic accelerated the adoption and sophistication of IoT technology

Source: techrepublic.com When it became apparent to Americans that our only recourse in dealing with COVID-19 was to isolate, as well as work and learn remotely, businesses were finding their digital capabilities tested. The response? The Internet of Things (IoT)  is vital to the success of US businesses (92%), according to a new report, 2020 IoT Spotlight from the communications company Vodafone Read More

Driverless AI

Panel debates who is liable when AI, robots cause accidents

Source: straitstimes.com Who should be held legally responsible when a self-driving car hits a pedestrian? Should the finger be pointed at the car owner, manufacturer or the developers of the artificial intelligence (AI) software that drives the car? Struggles to assign liability for accidents involving bleeding-edge technologies like AI have dominated global conversations even as Read More

PyTorch

Deep Learning Restores Time-Ravaged Photos

Source: i-programmer.info Researchers have devised a novel deep learning approach to repairing the damage suffered by old photographic prints. The project is open source and a PyTorch implementation is downloadable from GitHub. There’s also a Colab where you can try it out. We’ve encountered neural networks that can colorize old black and white shots, can Read More

Data Mining

DRIVING INNOVATION IN STARTUPS WITH DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES

Source: analyticsinsight.net Thriving and sustaining in today’s digital age requires a startup to focus on business values of both customers’ and employees’ along with their expectations. Large, successful companies already realize their core competencies and services, establishing themselves as the go-to-market place for a particular outcome. But the startup ecosystem across the world is in Read More

Uncategorized

2 outstanding ASX tech shares to buy for the long term

Source: fool.com.au Despite its recent wobbles, the tech sector has once again been one of the best places to invest your money in 2020. Since its launch in February, the S&P/ASX All Technology Index (ASX: XTX) has gained approximately 20%. As a comparison, over the same period, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has lost 15% of its value. The Read More

Reinforcement Learning

Is AI an Existential Threat?

Source: unite.ai When discussing Artificial Intelligence (AI), a common debate is whether AI is an existential threat. The answer requires understanding the technology behind Machine Learning (ML), and recognizing that humans have the tendency to anthropomorphize.  We will explore two different types of AI,  Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) which is available now and is cause for concern, Read More

Google AI

Cloud computing is betting on outer space

Source: livemint.com Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the preview of Azure Orbital at Microsoft Ignite 2020 in New Orleans. According to Microsoft, Orbital is ‘Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS)’, which is aimed at helping its customers to communicate with, and analyse data from, their satellites or spacecrafts on a subscription basis. The Redmond headquartered Read More

Big Data

How Big data Analytics helps to discover market trends and customer preferences

Source: techiexpert.com Every business around us in the market is successful because of the analysis they make. When they make the analysis, the review is on large volumes of data. The study made should be in-depth enough. When a large amount of data is provided to analyze, the analysis that is being made should be Read More

Deep Learning

AI Chipmaker ‘Hailo’ Accelerates Deep Learning At The Edge With The Launch of 2 New AI Acceleration Modules

Source: marktechpost.com Artificial intelligence chip company Hailo Technologies Ltd. is going to launch two new acceleration modules with the aim of boosting the processing capabilities of edge devices that run on major hardware. Earlier, in 2019, Hailo-8 was introduced, a customized processor for running deep learning workloads at the edge of the network. The Hailo-8 processor is Read More

Data Science

IIT Roorkee Offers Online Certificate Course in Data Science to Students and Professionals: Check Details

Source: dqindia.com IIT Roorkee is currently offering an online course in data science to anybody who is interested in learning the foundations of Python scripting and its principles and boost their career prospects in the subject. The course will offer over forty hours of instructor-led live classes. Lectures will be delivered from IIT Roorkee faculty, Read More

Machine Learning

AI predicts patients at highest risk for severe pain, increased opioid use post-surgery

Source: devdiscourse.com Artificial intelligence (AI) used in machine learning models can predict which patients are at highest risk for severe pain after surgery, and help determine who would most benefit from personalised pain management plans that use non-opioid alternatives, suggests new research. The research was presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2020 annual meeting. Some patients experience Read More

Microservices

Why Do the World Need Blockchain For Digital Identity?

Source: crypto-economy.com Blockchain technologies continue to disrupt industries across the board. With the rise of internet usage, everyday functions of life have gone online. Almost every important daily life work, from education to shopping, banking services to medical consultation, is now digitally available. With this, the digital aspect of identity has also gained importance. These online services Read More

Robotics

ABI Research forecasts ‘strong growth’ in drone industry post-COVID-19

Source: backendnews.net The small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) market continues to develop at an impressive pace and is unmarred by the challenges of COVID-19. Global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research, predicts strong growth of the industry worth $92 billion by 2030. While the pandemic has dented consumer shipments and hindered commercial rollout, this has Read More

Human Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Must Be More Responsible Than Humans

Source: businessworld.in Since the dawn of Bronze age civilizations more than 5000 years ago, humans have been creating norms of societal governance. The process continues with many imperfections. Off late, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasing its influence in decision making processes in the lives of humans and expectations are whether AI will follow similar or Read More

Internet of things

The ‘Internet of Things’ helping to provide key evidence in criminal trials

Source: cps.gov.uk Digital devices like smart doorbells, dashcam footage, car GPS systems and even Amazon Alexas are providing increasingly more evidence in criminal trials, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said in a speech today. Addressing the Westminster Policy Forum this morning on the challenges of prosecuting crime in 2020, Max Hill QC spoke about Read More

Machine Learning

Oracle Adds Machine Learning Capabilities To Its CDP

Source: adexchanger.com Oracle is sprucing up its customer data platform, CX Unity, with a little machine learning. The platform will now support real-time behavioral data collection and personalization capabilities through Infinity, Oracle’s digital streaming technology. Infinity captures web event, app and point-of-sale data to help brands build realistic representations of the customer journey. That previously Read More

AI-ONEHuman Intelligence

Government legislation protects national security capability to fight serious crime

Source: fsmatters.com Undercover operatives and agents play a crucial role in preventing and safeguarding victims from the most serious crimes, including terrorism. In order to gain the trust of those under investigation, there are occasions where they need to participate in criminality themselves. This is a long-standing capability which remains critical for national security. The Read More

Robotics

Application of AI in robotics boosts enterprise potential

Source: searchenterpriseai.techtarget.com Physical robots have been around for almost a hundred years, but not without their limitations. In the 1990s the idea of the collaborative robot, or cobot, emerged to help find ways to put robots in closer proximity to humans, but it is only through the inclusion of AI that robotics can continue to Read More

Reinforcement Learning

Artificial intelligence to regulate the level of consciousness?

Source: genethique.org Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Massachusetts General Hospital recently conducted a study on the possibility of using deep learning techniques ” to monitor the level of unconsciousness in patients who require anesthesia for medical procedure ”. Their document[1] , to be published in the proceedings of the 2020 international Read More

Microservices

Application Security in Today’s Multi-Cloud World

Source : securityboulevard.com Managing applications in heterogeneous cloud environments introduces new challenges for IT, DevOps and application owners. One of these challenges of is that each environment offers different capabilities, resulting in inconsistent management and deployment of application delivery and security services, policies and configurations. As applications migrate to the cloud, gaining actionable visibility into Read More

Big Data

ENTERPRISE ANALYTICS: MANAGING AND MAKING THE MOST OUT OF BIG DATA

Source: analyticsinsight.ne Why enterprise analytics is a business imperative and how it benefits businesses? Leveraging data and excerpting insights from it has become indispensable for businesses. As the corporate world is increasingly dealing with the ever-growing information age, utilizing data can be a growth factor for them. This means they require the ability to manage Read More