Source – ksusentinel.com Kennesaw State has announced a research collaboration with GE Digital to provide students in the Ph.D. Analytics and Data Science program the opportunity to explore advanced data science technologies. Jennifer Priestley, associate dean of the Graduate College and executive director of KSU’s Analytics and Data Science Institute, said the collaboration and the grant that comes with Read More
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Source – forbes.com Deep learning, a popular form of machine learning, is being applied across across a number of the latest tech products and services. But for the most part, all that computing is still taking place in the cloud. San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup Skymind is hoping to embed deep learning directly into robots. The startup is releasing a Read More
Source – northropgrumman.com In the world of science fiction, it is an old, cautionary story. An autonomous, intelligent robotic defense system goes insane — or simply misinterprets its instructions — and attacks everyone, including the civilization it was designed to defend. For defense planners today, this scenario is no longer pure science fiction. No, the Pentagon Read More
Source – techstory.in It is sometimes hard to imagine the progress that technology has taken in the past few years. Looking back over the past 30 and you are sure to be amazed. Where once artificial intelligence was a thing for sci-fi and fantasy, it is now a reality. We joke, uncomfortably at times, about the Read More
Source – smh.com.au There seems to be an app for everything these days, except for one that can make you a millionaire. Yet. Less than a decade ago, it was unimaginable that an app might be able to sort through millions of songs to create playlists of ones you’ve never heard of that you might actually Read More
Source – sciencemag.org Last week, the credit reporting agency Equifax announced that malicious hackers had leaked the personal information of 143 million people in their system. That’s reason for concern, of course, but if a hacker wants to access your online data by simply guessing your password, you’re probably toast in less than an hour. Now, there’s more bad Read More
Source – rtinsights.com As machine learning methods continue to improve, so do the possibilities of their utility throughout all industries. The worlds of healthcare and finance, for example, are particularly vulnerable to breaches in data security. Social security numbers, names, addresses and financial information are the data goldmine hackers are seeking to find and exploit. While Read More
Source – eletsonline.com Artificial Intelligence has become the nucleus of governance in India. With the Modi Government constantly making efforts to create an environment for digital growth and the rapid technological advancement that we are witnessing today particularly in the field of artificial intelligence has transformed the way of governance. The Prime Minister himself being a Read More
Source – rapidtvnews.com The company began its showcase of products at IBC 2017 with CEO Charlie Vogt assuring that contrary to some recent speculation the company was not the subject of acquisition. On the contrary, he said the firm’s investors had a golden opportunity to double down and take advantage of Imagine as began to ramp Read More
Source – yourstory.com Every single day, millions of dollars are being spent in call centres simply to answer repeated questions, thousands of times over and over again. Let us see how AI is going to affect IT service management. In this age of artificial intelligence, managers at all levels need to accept that a significant chunk Read More
Source – cio.com In an increasingly polarized country, we all share one thing in common: everyone has taken a standardized test. Whether it was the SAT, ACT, GMAT, LSAT, or some other exam, we have all sat at a desk and fretted about the impact our performance might have on our future. Well, today’s kids are Read More
Source – abovethelaw.com Elon Musk recently warned that an international artificial intelligence race is more likely to cause World War III than a 20th Century-style arms race. We lawyers have our own “end-of-the-world” concern: that AI will ultimately end most lawyers’ careers. But before we start speculating about what havoc HAL 9000, J.D. could wreak on the legal profession, Read More
Source – enterprisersproject.com Blockchain technology will be as revolutionary as the internet, or maybe even the steam engine, predicts Andreas Freund, Ph.D., a senior manager for Tata Consulting Services’ blockchain advisory. It’s a bold claim. But in the first part of our two-part interview, Freund makes a strong case that blockchain technology will, at the very least, change our Read More
Source – venturebeat.com The future of all biometrics will involve artificial intelligence. That statement might seem strange. After all, biometrics is a security issue, one that often involves complex algorithms, randomly generated passcodes, and multiple authentication steps. But in the future, data security will rely on AI and machine learning to analyze data and determine whether Read More
Source – economictimes.indiatimes.com Mumbai: Even as a debate rages over possible consequences of artificial intelligence (AI), a global survey has found managing security risk arising out of its adoption as the biggest concern for companies. “Effectively managing the security risk of AI systems is of paramount importance for the majority of industries,” the global survey undertaken by Read More
Source – rollingstone.com Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology are developing an AI that can recreate a game engine simply by watching gameplay. This technology, as detailed in a press release, is being created in an effort to aid video game developers to “speed up game development and experiment with different styles of play.” During their Read More
Source – theserverside.com There’s not much new in the world of malicious hackers raiding online software. Most attacks follow the same basic approach, and software developers are leaving their applications open to being blindsided in the most benign and boring of ways. Developing applications with microservices and containers may be a modern approach to software design, Read More
Source – enterprisersproject.com You can operate microservices without containers. However, microservices and containers are a dynamic duo, the IT equivalent of milk and cookies. “Microservices – single-function services built by small teams, independent from other functions, and communicating only through public interfaces – simply make a great match for containers,” as Red Hat technology evangelist Gordon Haff recently noted. “Microservices plus containers represent a shift Read More
Source – iol.co.za CAPE TOWN – The demand for highly qualified big data analysts is outstripping supply to the point where it can take many months to fill vacancies, according to Georgina Barrick, divisional managing director of Insource ict – a division of Advtech Resourcing. Barrick said there was a dire shortage of all specialised ICT Read More
Source – forbes.com One of the most significant advances for sales in this decade is the growing sophistication and accuracy of predictive analytics—the science of knowing how and why and when people buy, and the best ways to approach them in sales. Predictive analytics is, in my opinion, one of the most compelling uses of Artificial Read More
Source – sciencemag.org You may know the art of the deal, but there’s a science to it, too. And artificial intelligence is beginning to learn it. Computers that could negotiate for us could automate and optimize everything from traffic intersections to global treaties. Last month, at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) in Melbourne, Australia, a group Read More
Source – forbes.com In retail, supply chain efficiency is essential. Inventory management, picking, packing and shipping are all time and resource-intensive processes which can have a dramatic impact on a business’s bottom line. The problem is these are complex processes, particularly when it comes to large scale operations covering multiple outlets and territories. The fact they Read More
Source – cio.com Machine learning (ML) is fast becoming a litmus test for forward-thinking CIOs. Companies that fail to adopt machine learning for product development or business operations risk falling behind more nimble competitors in the coming decade. That’s according to Dan Olley, who as the CTO of Elsevier, the scientific and health information unit of RELX Group, has ratcheted Read More
Source – gizmodo.com Last year, two data scientists from security firm ZeroFOX conducted an experiment to see who was better at getting Twitter users to click on malicious links, humans or an artificial intelligence. The researchers taught an AI to study the behavior of social network users, and then design and implement its own phishing bait. In tests, Read More
Source – automationworld.com Finding cracks and corrosion on an oil pipeline or refinery flare stack is no game, and yet it might make sense to turn for help to a graphics processor company that made its name in PC gaming. With artificial intelligence (AI) advances from GPU maker Nvidia, Avitas Systems can make industrial inspections at power plants and Read More
Source – forbes.com Moshe Yanai has been re-thinking the box for more than 40 years, inventing new configurations of the large containers in which we keep the data generated by our constantly expanding digital lives. Data is eating the world and Yanai has been staying on top of its exponential growth by applying smart algorithms (what Read More
Source – forbes.com These and many other fascinating insights are from the Boston Consulting Group and MIT Sloan Management Review study published this week, Reshaping Business With Artificial Intelligence. An online summary of the report is available, and a PDF of the report is accessible here (22 pp., PDF, free, no opt-in). The survey is based on interviews with more Read More
Source – forbes.com From Siri to Alexa, customers are becoming accustomed to AI-powered solutions and soon they will expect the same for their local businesses. Sure, an AI roll-out can be daunting, but by adopting a strategic approach and adding smart software, small businesses will not only be able to differentiate themselves from competitors, but compete Read More
Source – cmo.com.au More psychologists are now coming the tech space because they’re trying to teach machines to become more social and sociable, according to BT’s head of customer insight and futures, Dr Nicola Millard. “I’m not a technologist, I’m a psychologist – and it makes a lot of sense having me on-board because innovation in Read More
Source – laboratorytalk.com The device, called c-Air, is intended to give more people around the world the ability to accurately detect dangerous airborne particulate matter, the researchers said. It works by detecting pollutants and determining their concentration and size using a mobile microscope connected to a smartphone and a machine-learning algorithm that automatically analyses the Read More