Beyond Digital Transformation: Why the Customer Will Truly Be the Focus of 2019 There’s no denying that the motivating imperative driving every boardroom conversation is digital transformation. After all, we know from daily evidence that the promised digital disruption coming to every industry is already here, and it is accelerating faster than ever. It’s Simple:…
Google’s Sundar Pichai on artificial intelligence: Threat to humans real; there’s a need for regulation Sundar Pichai said that AI is the main tool behind new-age innovation and discoveries like driverless cars or disease detecting algorithm. However, the companies need to make sure that the technology can’t be illegally exploited or abused. Pichai said that AI is…
How Fast Is Artificial Intelligence Growing? One can intuitively surmise artificial intelligence (AI) has gained significant traction in businesses, academia, and government in recent years. Now, there is data that documents growth across many indicators, including startups, venture capital, job openings, and academic programs. Read more… Source: Forbes
US intelligence community says quantum computing and AI pose an ’emerging threat’ to national security Agnostic technologies like encryption, autonomous and unmanned systems, AI and quantum computing rank at the top of the agencies’ “worry list” for fears that they could be used to cause harm, rather than advance society. While all can be used…
How Huawei is betting big on Artificial Intelligence Chinese tech giant Huawei, which unveiled two new chips aimed at powering artificial intelligence (AI) applications in internet-oriented devices and data centres, on Thursday said the company is incorporating AI with more and more of its products and solutions, especially in enterprise business segment. Read more… Source:…
The Future of SEO & Content Before we dig deeper into why human writers will remain valuable long past natural language generation (NLG) technology, let’s first examine some of the tech that’s already producing millions and billions of pieces of content. Ready to meet the robot writers? Let’s start there (and don’t be worried: read…
Facebook is making AI that can identify offensive memes Facebook’s moderators can’t possibly look through every single image that gets posted on the enormous platform, so Facebook is building AI to help them out. In a blog post today, Facebook describes a system it’s built called Rosetta that uses machine learning to identify text in images and…
Google is working on virtual assistants to replace call center workers When a call is placed, a Virtual Assistant greets the caller and answers questions. Google says that it has several mechanisms which help users take actions over the phone. Further, when the caller needs to speak with a human representative, for issues that the…
New RBI unit to track blockchain and Artificial Intelligence The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has formed a new unit within the central bank to beef up its own intellectual capital in the face of emerging technologies like cryptocurrency, blockchain and artificial intelligence. Read more… Source: Economic Times
Sony to launch AI-powered Aibo robot dog in US Aibo robot personalities develop based on interactions with people, giving each a unique character depending on its human companions, Sony said. “This is truly a one-of-a-kind product designed to connect with its owners on an emotional level,” Sony Electronics North America president Mike Fasulo said in…