Data Robot

Meet the engineer teaching robots how to get a grip

Source: createdigital.org.au Australian research into ‘active perception’ could change this – and eventually see high-tech assistants installed in our homes. The key lies in teaching robots to behave more like humans, said Doug Morrison, PhD researcher at the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision (ACRV). “You can have a robot doing the same thing over and Read More

AI-ONE

Intel drops work on one of its AI-chip lines in favor of an other

Source: networkworld.com Intel is ending work on its Nervana neural network processors (NNP) in favor of an artificial intelligence line it gained in the recent $2 billion acquisition of Habana Labs. Intel acquired Nervana in 2016 and issued its first NNP chip one year later. After the $408 million acquisition by Intel, Nervana co-founder Naveen Rao Read More

Artificial Intelligence

Adversarial artificial intelligence: winning the cyber security battle

Source: information-age.com Cybercriminals are utilising artificial intelligence to launch more effective attacks and it’s time to fight fire with fire, according to Martin Mackay, SVP, EMEA at Proofpoint Artificial intelligence (AI) has come a long way since its humble beginnings. Once thought to be a technology that would struggle to find its place in the Read More

Human Intelligence

NextGen NBFCs: Survival of the fittest and fastest

Source: eletsonline.com NBFC sector is at the forefront in driving new credit disbursals for the country’s underserved retail and MSME market playing a key role in India’s march towards financial inclusion. The NBFC sector in India has gone through a significant turmoil and transformation over the past few years. NBFCs play a key role in Read More

Big Data

Supercharge Your Big Data Career Through DASCA’s Framework

Source: techiexpert.com The big data space is in constant growth. Data creation continues to expand its role as decision making and business operations excel. With innovation and technology on the rise, it becomes a challenge for companies to choose the right framework resulting to gain benefit using big data. The idea behind creating a framework Read More

Machine Learning

Where Can Machine Learning Drive Efficiencies in Drug Development?

Source: governmentciomedia.com The Government Accountability Office identified to lawmakers potential use cases for machine learning in drug development to help drive efficiencies and cost savings. The Food and Drug Administration has been tracking the use of artificial intelligence in drug development. Although the FDA does not currently have a regulatory policy around machine learning in drug development, GAO Read More

Deep Learning

Facebook launches 3D deep learning library for PyTorch

Source: venturebeat.com Facebook AI Research (FAIR) today unveiled PyTorch3D, a library that enables researchers and developers to combine deep learning and 3D objects. As part of the release, Facebook is also open-sourcing Mesh R-CNN, a model introduced last year capable of rendering 3D objects from 2D shapes in images of interior spaces. PyTorch3D was inspired by Mesh Read More

Google AI

Google Meena, a New AI Chatbot, Wants to be a Natural at Making Small Talk

Source: news18.com With technology prevailing in nearly every single area of life, we often end up making conversations with artificially intelligent algorithms through our day. Think of when you asked Siri to identify a song for you, or Alexa to translate a particularly difficult Hindi word, or even the Google Assistant to read out a Read More

Data Robot

The growing robot workforce means we’ll need a robot HR department, too

Source: zdnet.com Retailers are increasingly adopting artificial intelligence and robotics, both in brick-and-mortar shops and in warehouses, and with a new robot workforce comes the need for new management methods. That’s right: in the near future, HR departments won’t focus only on human employees, but also include a robot resources department to look after non-human Read More

Human Intelligence

Forget AI; Intelligent Automation is the New Breakthrough

Source: forbesindia.com Humans have misconceived robots. They are often observed as employment thieves, undermining labourers with redundancy. Artificial intelligence just aggravates their apparent danger. Machine intelligence can supplement human intelligence. We, humans, are innovative, creative, vital and strategic. Robots are more qualified for tasks that people dislike and find difficult. The assessment of tremendous amounts Read More

Deep Learning

Promising Technologies Predicted by Deep Learning-based Model

Source: businesskorea.co.kr The Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) and the Data Science Lab of Myongji University have selected the 10 most promising technological fields by using big data and artificial intelligence. The fields expected to show a very rapid growth until the mid-2020s include autonomous driving, energy, machine vision, biotechnology and robotics. Read More

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

Oracle Cloud update: Literally doubling down

Source: zdnet.com A year ago, we spoke of Oracle’s positioning of its cloud as a second generation, both literally and figuratively. It’s no coincidence that Oracle’s cloud unit is based in Seattle and counts many AWS and Azure alumni among its team. A year later, Oracle has an agreement to link up to Microsoft Azure Read More

Data Science

A fresh new name for UC Berkeley’s data science division

Source: news.berkeley.edu UC Berkeley’s new interdisciplinary division, launched in November 2018 under the provisional title of Division of Data Science and Information, now has a permanent name: the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS). The moniker, announced today (Feb. 5) after input and nominations from across campus, was chosen to reflect the broad span of Read More

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence ‘sees’ quantum advantages

Source: spacedaily.com Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Valiev Institute of Physics and Technology, and ITMO University have created a neural network that learned to predict the behavior of a quantum system by “looking” at its network structure. The neural network autonomously finds solutions that are well-adapted toward quantum advantage demonstrations. Read More

Data Mining

Telstra commits to faster payment times days after big data-mining claims

Source: mybusiness.com.au Company chief executive Andrew Penn announced on Tuesday that having recognised the importance of cash flow to business, Telstra will pay invoices from 85 per cent of its suppliers within 20 days before the end of this year. “This will mean small and medium businesses across the country will have cash in their Read More

Machine Learning

dotData Achieves AWS Machine Learning Competency Status

Source: aithority.com dotData, focused on delivering full-cycle data science automation and operationalization for the enterprise, announced that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Machine Learning (ML) Competency status. dotData achieved AWS ML Competency status only eight months after joining the AWS Partner Network (APN). The certification recognizes dotData as an APN Partner that accelerates Read More

Reinforcement Learning

Using Rotation, Translation, and Cropping to Boost Generalization in Deep Reinforcement Learning Models

Source: syncedreview.com “Generalization” is an AI buzzword these days for good reason: most scientists would love to see the models they’re training in simulations and video game environments evolve and expand to take on meaningful real-world challenges — for example in safety, conservation, medicine, etc. One concerned research area is deep reinforcement learning (DRL), which Read More

Google AI

Google’s ML-fairness-gym lets researchers study the long-term effects of AI’s decisions

Source: venturebeat.com Determining whether an AI system is maintaining fairness in its predictions requires an understanding of models’ short- and long-term effects, which might be informed by disparities in error metrics on a number of static data sets. In some cases, it’s necessary to consider the context in which the AI system operates in addition Read More

Data Mining

Data Mining Cancers Helps Track Outcomes, Costs

Source: pharmacytechnologyreport.com To better study the outcomes and costs of caring for cancer patients and emphasize value, oncologists at Hackensack Meridian Health’s John Theurer Cancer Center, in New Jersey, teamed with data scientists and engineers eight years ago to create their own analytics program to mine patients’ electronic health records for real-world data. Since then, Read More

Microservices

Consumer Preferences Are Shifting. Here’s How to Keep Up.

Source: paymentsjournal.com The world of payments is in a state of transition and rapid innovation. Global companies need to satisfy a customer base spread out across the world, with different areas using different payment methods and currencies. Further complicating the landscape is that consumer demands are swiftly shifting. Consumers have more power and choice than Read More

Big Data

Army develops big data approach to neuroscience

Source: army.mil ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — A big data approach to neuroscience promises to significantly improve our understanding of the relationship between brain activity and performance. To date, there have been relatively few attempts to use a big-data approach within the emerging field of neurotechnology. In this field, the few attempts at meta-analysis (analysis Read More

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

Two major flaws detected in Microsoft Azure Cloud by cybersecurity firm Check Point

Source: indulgexpress.com As Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella emphasized on keeping Azure Cloud secure with integrated end-to-endidentity, security and compliance solutions, cybersecurity firm Check Point revealed that it identified twomajor security flaws in Microsoft Azure last year which have now been fixed. The researchers at Israel-based Check Point discovered that a user on the Azure network Read More

Deep Learning

Google Open-Sources Reformer Efficient Deep-Learning Model

Source: infoq.com Researchers from Google AI recently open-sourced the Reformer, a more efficient version of the Transformer deep-learning model. Using a hashing trick for attention calculation and reversible residual layers, the Reformer can handle text sequences up to 1 million words while consuming only 16GB of memory on a single GPU accelerator. In a paper accepted for oral presentation Read More

Machine Learning

Accenture is buying British machine learning startup Mudano

Source: aibusiness.com Accenture is acquiring Mudano, a data consultancy with customers primarily in the financial services industry, headquartered in London. The company develops and implements a platform that captures project data – such as daily tasks, meeting notes, resource information and progress reports – and uses machine learning to predict the path of a project. Read More

Reinforcement Learning

LLNL computer scientists explore deep learning to improve efficiency of ride-hailing and autonomous electric vehicles

Source: newswise.com Newswise — The future of commuter traffic probably looks something like this: ride-hailing companies operating fleets of autonomous electric vehicles alongside an increasing number of semi-autonomous EVs co-piloted by humans, all supported by a large infrastructure of charging stations. This scenario is particularly likely in California, which has committed to reducing carbon emissions Read More

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Is Critical In Today’s Workflow Solutions

Source: benzinga.com For companies operating in the transportation marketplace, speed and accuracy are paramount. Carriers and shippers alike are continually on the lookout for ways to be faster, less expensive and more efficient — to the point where standard delivery seems to mirror expedited shipping. As the industry moves faster and faster, the documents and Read More

Google AI

Google’s AI testing how to pick, print and send photos to users

Source: freemalaysiatoday.com MOUNTAIN VIEW: Google is reportedly trialing a new subscription plan for Photos that would require Google’s AI to select 10 images from your collection to print and send to you via postal mail. Late last week, 9to5Google indicated that Google has begun trialing a new monthly service to which Photos users can subscribe Read More

Human Intelligence

Why AI Is More Human Than You Might Believe

Source: itnonline.com It is not that smart algorithms will one day become too smart, as some fear; not that smart machines will one day overshadow human intellect. Rather the danger is that artificial intelligence (AI) machines are viewed by people as more impartial than they are; that their decisions are more objective than those of people. They Read More

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning

Petrofac partners with Microsoft for IoT platform

Source: oilandgasmiddleeast.com Petrofac has chosen Microsoft Azure’s Internet of Things for its Connected Construction platform designed to accelerate digital transformation at its project worksites. “Microsoft’s mission is to empower every individual and organisation on the planet to achieve more,” said Sayed Hashish, general manager, Microsoft UAE. “Petrofac serves some of the largest oil, gas and Read More