Source – theatlantic.com Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are having a spat about whether or not artificial intelligence is going to kill us all. Musk, the chief of Tesla and SpaceX who has longstanding worries about the potentially apocalyptic future of AI, recently returned to that soapbox, making an appeal for proactive regulations on AI. “I keep sounding the alarm bell,” he Read More
Source – vccircle.com Have you ever thought about what the future holds for us? Self-driven cars, automatically-curated Netflix queues, and an intelligent home that auto sets the temperature are some of the things that come to mind. It is no secret, then, that artificial intelligence (AI) will impact us in myriad ways as technology progresses. A Read More
Source – iamwire.com Finally, after many long winters, spring has come in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Experts believe it’s the “new electricity”. AI influencer and Guru, Andrew Ng has said – “this time the hype around artificial intelligence is real.” Its ubiquity was evident in this year’s Consumer Electronic Show (CES 2017) where “its impact was all-pervasive and its presence could be Read More
Source – cuinsight.com The cost of fraud is rising. According to CNBC.com, fraud and identify theft cost consumers more than $16 billion in 2016 – nearly $1 billion more than in 2015. LexisNexis research cited on chargebacks911.com finds that for each dollar lost to fraud, “online merchants can ultimately expect to lose $2.40 in revenue due to the associated Read More
Source – news.virginia.edu In the mushrooming quantity of data generated by modern society, the University of Virginia sees an opportunity for accomplishing good. UVA’s Data Science Institute serves as a hub around which researchers can probe and analyze massive data sets to glean insight that could help solve thorny problems and improve the quality of life. Read More
Source – searchmicroservices.techtarget.com Containers aren’t a new concept; the first steps toward Linux containers were taken in 1979. Since then, there have been about a dozen new evolutionary steps in container deployment of applications, and we’re not done yet. Containers are also interacting with supporting technologies, like DevOps, and competing ones, like virtual machines (VMs), to create Read More
Source – forbes.com Artificial intelligence wiggled its way into the movie industry decades before it reached business viability. Blockbusters like “The Terminator,” “Star Trek,” and “Iron Man” captivated viewers with futuristic ideas about how AI would change the world. Now that AI is actually influencing the real world, though, business leaders are starting to see that Read More
Source – internetofthingsagenda.techtarget.com Artificial Intelligence is rapidly finding application in a myriad of fields, enhancing both the pace and quality of work. The tasks performed by AI are evolving at such a rapid pace that scientists already fear the rise of machines. That might be far-fetched, but AI does bring along some genuine areas of concern. This is primarily because Read More
Source – moneycontrol.com In the wake of the current tech-driven revolution, employees and employers alike need to be aware and prepared for the changes that automation will soon bring. With the exponential pace at which technology is advancing today, one can expect this shift to have an inevitable impact on the job landscape in India. Due Read More
Source – thehindubusinessline.com HYDERABAD, JULY 26: Data, particularly from countries like India and China, is going to be the raw material for the future economy of the world. Those who have access and control on the data could mint money as mining that data could give valuable inputs. And, if proposals of some member countries of Read More
Source – venturebeat.com Accenture suggests that the core of retail strategy is a 720-degree view of customers — reaching digital natives with rapid focus shift, high expectations, and growing demand for personalization and perks. Successful examples such as Amazon, Macy’s, and Walmart prove that the way to reflect and interpret this view goes through experiment and innovation. In particular, the use of AI Read More
Source – forbes.com The artificial intelligence market is predicted to triple in 2017, becoming a $100 billion industry by 2025. In order to stay competitive, companies are turning to new AI software and solutions in their business operations. For example, Google recently launched an AI-powered job search feature right on its search results page. As a small business owner who Read More
Source – forbes.com If you’re like most people, calling an insurance company isn’t among your favorite activities. That’s because the insurance industry is one of the least innovative areas for customer experience, meaning that customers typically come away from their interactions disappointed and dissatisfied. However, things are definitely changing, and artificial intelligence is playing a large Read More
Source – newelectronics.co.uk In June 2013, Sir Mark Walport and Professor Dame Nancy Rothwell, co chairs of the Council for Science and Technology, sent a letter to then Prime Minister David Cameron entitled ‘The Age of Algorithms’. The letter contained eight recommendations, the sixth of which was the establishment of a National Centre to promote advanced Read More
Source – sdxcentral.com Big data service provider Cloudwick today launched a security analytics product at Black Hat USA that the company claims can ingest more than 100 million events per second of telemetry data. This includes network packets, netflow, logs, and alerts. Cloudwick calls the new platform CDL, which stands for cyber data lake. It’s a converged system comprised of Read More
Source – eyefortravel.com/mobile-and-technology As head of data science at Trainline, Fergus Weldon, who will be speaking at EyeforTravel’s Smart Travel Data Summit 2017, is at the coalface of innovation. In an exclusive interview he shares ten things he knows about data science today. 1. Being a data scientist is being the voice of the customer In the past Read More
Source – techcrunch.com Yet these victories, as mind-blowing as they seemed to be, were more about training algorithms and using brute-force computational strength than any real intelligence. Former MIT robotics professor Rodney Brooks, who was one of the founders of iRobot and later Rethink Robotics, reminded us at the TechCrunch Robotics Session at MIT last week that training Read More
Source – forbes.com When it comes to the possibilities and possible perils of artificial intelligence (AI), learning and reasoning by machines without the intervention of humans, there are lots of opinions out there. Only time will tell which one of these quotes will be the closest to our future reality. Until we get there, it’s interesting Read More
Source – macobserver.com This article I found showcases one current debate about the potential for AI doing evil. “Elon Musk fires back at Mark Zuckerberg in debate about the future: ‘His understanding of the subject is limited’.” What they’re debating is the future potential for AIs that can, for all practical purposes, duplicate and then go Read More
Source – seekingalpha.com Summary In the next 10 years, the artificial intelligence market will be increasing by an average of 50% each year. Over the past 6 years, Alphabet acquired more artificial intelligence startups than Facebook and Microsoft combined. The first practical results of Alphabet in the field of artificial intelligence are qualitatively better than those Read More
Source – theregister.co.uk The Raspberry Pi is one of the most exciting developments in hobbyist computing today. Across the world, people are using it to automate beer making, open up the world of robotics and revolutionise STEM education in a world overrun by film students. These are all laudable pursuits. Meanwhile, what is Microsoft doing with Read More
Source – tomshardware.com Microsoft announced that the second generation of the HoloLens’ Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) will contain a deep learning accelerator. Holographic Processing Unit When Microsoft first unveiled the HoloLens, it said that it comes with a special kind of processor, called an HPU, that can accelerate the kind of “holographic” content displayed by the HMD. The Read More
Source – ciodive.com Dive Brief: Artificial intelligence can only reach its full potential with the help of human traits, says Demis Hassabis, founder of DeepMind, and coauthors in a paper published Friday in Neuron, according to Technology Review. The authors say improving AI will require better understanding of how the brain works. AI startup Deep Mind was purchased Read More
Source – nanalyze.com The Chinese are pretty much on a tear lately, having announced a few days ago that they plan to achieve global dominance in AI by 2030. The Chinese have traditionally been “not so very good” when it comes to translating English, but have recently committed to changing that, perhaps, because they know it is an important Read More
Source – psfk.com The state of your health shouldn’t be a mystery, nor should patients or doctors have to wait long to find answers to pressing medical concerns. In PSFK’s Future of Health Report, we dig deep into the latest in AI, big data algorithms and IoT tools that are enabling a new, more comprehensive overview of Read More
Source – kashmirmonitor.in In an application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office, Facebook is exploring the development of a `modular electromechanical device` (read smartphone) which will allow users to add different components onto a device. The modular device can incorporate a speaker, microphone, touch display, GPS and function as a phone, Business Insider reported Read More
Source – martechadvisor.com If you search “Marketing and AI”, Google returns almost four million results. Recent headlines range from the strategic – AI Will Make Marketing Less Manual (well, duh) – to the tactical, like 4 ways AI can improve email marketing. The hype machine is in full swing. But here’s the rub: the vast majority of the conversations Read More
Source – digitaljournal.com Washington – A new artificial intelligence tool can create realistic videos from audio files alone. This technology, developed at the University of Washington, has been tested on speeches made by former President Obama. The technology is based on newly prepared algorithms, which are designed to overcome a limitation with ‘computer vision’. This is with Read More
Source – itproportal.com What exactly does artificial intelligence (AI) mean in practice? To most, there is a fear associated with it. It spells catastrophe for the human race. First, it will take over our jobs and before we know it, we will have no place in this world. However, AI has the ability to improve how Read More