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
Category: Machine Learning
Machine Learning
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 – 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 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 – 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
Source – techtarget.com In some regards, the term big data management can be viewed as an oxymoron. In fact, oxymorons abound in this industry and society — virtual reality, artificial intelligence, science fiction and awfully good, the latter of which can apply to the challenges encountered in managing the onslaught of big data from multiple sources. There are countless tools, techniques and practices Read More
Source – knowstartup.com Artificial Intelligence is radically changing the way we think of technology. It is progressing rapidly, with key advancements ranging from virtual assistants (such as Apple’s Siri and Microsoft Cortana) to fraud detection. This emerging tech now plays a part in everyday life. Another study performed by Forrester Research predicted an increase of 300% in investment Read More
Source – techcrunch.com From hedge funds to venture capital firms, everyone in finance has some idea about how data and quantitative analysis will reshape their industry. Firms likeSignal Fire track engineers as they move from company to company to draw attention to growing startups. And funds like Numerai and Quantopian are putting faith in quants to determine optimal trading strategies. Bridgewater Read More
Source – lightreading.com Data science techniques have been around for many years and successfully applied in several areas like fraud detection, personalized recommendations, etc. Most recently, these techniques are being leveraged in service provider and telco network operations. The combination of SDN/NFV and data science is becoming a powerful new approach for making networks more reliable Read More
Source – techcrunch.com Microsoft, just like many of its competitors, has gone all in on machine learning. That emphasis is on full display at the company’s Ignite conference this where, where the company today announced a number of new tools for developers who want to build new A.I. models and users who simply want to make use of these Read More
Source – forbes.com The Splunk platform is well-used by some of the biggest names in the industry when it comes to machine analytics. Today it announced that it is adding AI into the mix in its new release – Splunk IT Service Intelligence 3.0. The company already claims a 31.2% share of the IT operations analytics Read More
Source – theurbandeveloper.com Runway’s algorithms determine what key property attributes best match customer profile attributes from purchasers. The algorithms then make two predictions: Which prospects are more likely than others to purchase a new home, lot, house and land package or apartment? What property types (with specific property attributes) are these prospects most inclined to purchase? Read More
Source – campdenfb.com The county of Wiltshire in the United Kingdom might seem like an unlikely setting for one of the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) laboratories. It is best-known for its Neolithic monuments and iconic stone circles, most famously Stonehenge, but beneath its prehistoric landscape the future is unfolding. At family-run technology design firm Read More
Source – governmentcomputing.com Data Science Accelerator programme offers chance to experiment with different data science techniques and open source software A key data science joint initiative between the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Government Digital Service (GDS) and the Government Office for Science and Civil Service analytical professions is approaching a closing date for applicants. The Data Read More
Source – fin24.com Johannesburg – Medicine will look and be practised differently in the future. Already, digital health and, in particular, artificial intelligence are changing doctors’ jobs. In the not-too-distant future, patients will be at the centre of the healthcare system, with care and management delivered on a “platform”, rather than face to face. Digitisation in Read More
Source – formtek.com Deep Learning is quickly becoming a key component in the tool bag for Data Scientists. Deep Learning is a kind of Machine Learning that is being applied to applications like fraud detection, prodcut demand prediction, quality assurance, and predictive and prescriptive maintenance. Alexander Linden, research vice president at Gartner, said that “deep learning is Read More
Source – scientificamerican.com Every day we read of some new area where artificial intelligence has matched or exceeded the proficiency of human experts on some well-defined task. Beyond the well-publicized successes of go- and poker-playing AI agents, machines have shown superiority in complex real-world tasks like interpreting x-ray images and assessing the cancer risk of dermatological lesions. Read More
Source – venturebeat.com There is an old saying that speaks to the current state of AI: “To someone holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” As companies, governments, and organizations scramble to be in the vanguard of this new generation of artificial intelligence, they are trying their best to persuade everyone that all of our human shortcomings Read More
Source – huffingtonpost.com Artificial intelligence (AI) may seem like the newest and hottest trend coming out of Silicon Valley, but this type of technology has actually been around for quite a while. The first work done in this area dates back to the 1950s. The early work done on AI focused on translation. Throughout the cold Read More
Source – arstechnica.com Machine learning (ML) based data analytics is rewriting the rules for how enterprises handle data. Research into machine learning and analytics is already yielding success in turning vast amounts of data—shaped with the help of data scientists—into analytical rules that can spot things that would escape human analysis in the past—whether it be Read More
Source – forbes.com It’s happened. Arrests have been made thanks to the evidence collected from connected digital devices such as the Amazon dot and a Fitbit. This is just the tip of the transformation that law enforcement will experience because of the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence and robots. There are certainly benefits to applying this new Read More
Source – engineering.com Talk of automation in manufacturing tends to focus on industrial robots, for obvious reasons. The robotics market is growing at an unprecedented pace and vague worries about job loss due to automation—however misguided—often take shape in visions of robots replacing individual workers on production lines. However, there’s a much less tangible form of automation that’s poised Read More
Source – fastcodesign.com Remember how just five years ago it seemed like 3D printing was going to take over the world? How it seemed like we’d have 3D-printed cars that we’d be parking in our 3D-printed houses? Things didn’t seem to work outso much. But even while the hype died, companies have been steadily working on Read More
Source – shift.newco.co No stranger to controversy, a Tony Stark reincarnate — Elon Musk — came out with an ominous prediction recently. “Forget North Korea, AI will start World War III” read the CNN headline. Elon Musk is not alone in fearing unintended consequences of the race to develop algorithms that we may or may not be able to control. Once a new Read More
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 – 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