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
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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 – td.org Artificial intelligence (AI) is the buzz phrase du jour. Both the general and business press are touting new advances while circulating horror stories. Top corporate individuals are debating the merits. Every supplier is talking about how AI is being baked into their products. However, we’ve seen such hype before. The real question Read More
Source – forbes.com Artificial intelligence is firmly embedded throughout the economy. Financial services firms use it to provide investment advice to customers, automakers are using it in vehicle autopilot systems, technology companies are using it to create virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri, and retailers are using artificial intelligence (AI) together with customers’ prior sales histories, Read More
Source – afr.com Work is a defining feature of our civilisation. We spend more time in our jobs than any other activity and the spoils of our labour provide us the means to survive. It gives identity, status and purpose. So we can be forgiven if we get nervous when our jobs are threatened. And there Read More
Source – technologyreview.com Avitas Systems, a GE subsidiary based in Boston, is now using drones and robots to automate the inspection of infrastructure such as pipelines, power lines, and transportation systems. The company is using off-the-shelf machine-learning technology from Nvidia (50 Smartest Companies 2017) to guide the checkups, and to automatically identify anomalies in the data Read More
Source – yourstory.com This autumn or post-monsoon, depending on which part of the world you live in, the movie Blade Runner will see a return after 35 years. If you remember the first movie, the artificial intelligence character, or the “replicant”, the antagonist, played by Rutger Hauer, saves the protagonist, played by Harrison Ford, from dying. After that, Read More
Source – cio.com It’s getting pretty hard to escape Artificial Intelligence (“AI”). I don’t mean the impact that AI will have on your life — I just mean the idea of AI. In the business and technology press, a single day does not pass without some reference to the impact that AI is having — or Read More
Source – cxotoday.com The farming industry is on the cusp of a so-called ‘technological revolution’. With drones, robots and intelligent monitoring systems now successfully being used in research and field trials, artificial intelligence, or machine learning, is set to revolutionise the future of farming as the next phase of Industrial Revolution in agriculture is on the horizon. According to the Read More
Source – dailyutahchronicle.com In Plato’s “Phaedrus,” Socrates tells the legend of King Thamus who is given the gift of writing from Theuth, the Egyptian god of knowledge. Writing, Theuth persuades, will act as a mass remedy for memory loss, allowing information to be more easily remembered and stored. No longer will people have to rely on Read More
Source – news18.com As Tipsy methodically unfolds an arm to select a glass, retrieve ice and mix a drink, it’s all a far cry from the flashy swagger of Tom Cruise in Cocktail. But then he doesn’t have the twinkle in his eye of a fictional Hollywood bartender — or any eyes at all, for that matter Read More
Source – forbes.com We produce 2.5 exabytes of data every day. That’s equivalent to 250,000 Libraries of Congress or the content of 5 million laptops. Every minute of every day 3.2 billion global internet users continue to feed the data banks with 9,722 pins on Pinterest, 347,222 tweets, 4.2 million Facebook likes plus ALL the other data we create by Read More
Source – digitaltrends.com Distortions in space-time sound like they’d be more of a concern on an episode of Star Trek than they would in the real world. However, that’s not necessarily true: analyzing images of gravitational waves could help enormously extend both the range and resolution of telescopes like Hubble, and allow us to see farther into the universe Read More
Source – hindustantimes.com In July 2016, Georgia Tech professor Ashok Goel hired Jill Watson, a teaching assistant for the spring semester. Jill was great at online student interactions, answering questions and was nominated as an outstanding assistant by students. The difference between Jill and other assistants? Jill is a chatbot. Her DNA is based on an Read More
Source – azcentral.com You might not be in your dream job. Most likely, you don’t make as much money as you would like. But let’s face it: Today’s employment market has improved substantially over the past several years. The nation already is nearly back to what economists call full employment, with a U.S. jobless rate easing to near 4 Read More
Source – nytimes.com The technology entrepreneur Elon Musk recently urged the nation’s governors to regulate artificial intelligence “before it’s too late.” Mr. Musk insists that artificial intelligence represents an “existential threat to humanity,” an alarmist view that confuses A.I. science with science fiction. Nevertheless, even A.I. researchers like me recognize that there are valid concerns about its impact Read More
Source – news.xinhuanet.com Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown that neural networks, a form of artificial intelligence, can analyze the complex distortions in spacetime known as gravitational lenses 10 million times faster than traditional methods. The work, by a research team at the Kavli Institute for Read More
Source – fool.com A compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40%: That’s how fast Accenture (NYSE: ACN)projects the market for artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare will expand through 2021. You’ve probably read plenty of articles talking about how AI will transform the world as we know it. It’s not just hype — and definitely not when it comes to Read More
Source – americanthinker.com When I look at Hurricane Harvey, I am amazed at how all the people who are involved should be congratulated. The first responders, military, hospital workers, power company workers, people who keep stores and gas stations open, maintenance workers, truck drivers, neighbors helping neighbors, and government workers have all responded wonderfully. Churches, Red Read More
Source – information-age.com While Machine learning has been on the technology agenda now for as long as twenty years, it is only in more recent times that its potential benefits in field service management terms have been more widely understood. Machine learning is an offset of artificial intelligence (AI), whereby AI can learn to do a Read More
Source – datacenterdynamics.com IT service security has many layers. The IT security layer; firewalls, intrusion detection and access controls. The infrastructure layer; power, network, server health and cooling. And, most important, the people layer. The right people with the right processes, tools and measures to ensure everything else is in working order. Artificial intelligence (AI) will Read More
Source – irishtimes.com With the recent explosion in artificial intelligence, there has been the understandable concern about its potential impact on human work. But economic theory suggests that AI will substantially raise the value of human judgment. People who display good judgment will become more valuable, not less. Recent advances in AI are expected to lower the Read More
Source – wired.com MICROSOFT SAID LAST week that it had achieved a new record for the accuracy of software that transcribes speech. Its system missed just one in 20 words on a standard collection of phone call recordings—matching humans given the same challenge. The result is the latest in a string of recent findings that some view Read More
Source – livemint.com British science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke famously wrote in 1962 that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” In 2017, Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be that form of “advanced technology” that is seemingly putting magic into shade. But what is this magical form of technology? Simply put, AI is based Read More