AI
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Gartner serves up 2018 Hype Cycle with a heavy side of AI
The Hype Cycle can serve as an early warning system for executives, and at least jumping on technologies in the two to five year range could pay big dividends down the road.
By Alex Hickey • Aug. 20, 2018
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Salesforce takes ML library behind Einstein to open-source
Data scientists and developers are in-demand in tech today. Both jobs focus on improving different aspects of business operations, but AI and ML could greatly impact that.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 17, 2018
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Amazon is breaking down Alexa's language barriers
What's in a name? Amazon researchers are working on Alexa's ability to translate nouns in complex languages.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • Aug. 10, 2018
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Google makes accessible cloud, AI capabilities for hybrid environments
Intelligent communication and productivity tools, security controls and services, and data analysis tools rounded out Google Cloud Next announcements.
By Alex Hickey • July 27, 2018
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Process improvement — not cost savings — drive AI adoption
The use of robotics and artificial intelligence is an "inevitable evolution," and businesses who ignore it will quickly fall behind the curve.
By Shefali Kapadia • July 26, 2018
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America's in a cyberwar and 'I am not convinced we're winning,' former House intel chair says
There's a machine learning arms race taking place between system defenders and hackers, and the advantage boils down to who has the most training data.
By Alex Hickey • July 23, 2018
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Accenture, Amazon partner on Alexa development
The consulting firm is expanding its collaboration with Amazon to help companies create new voice experiences for customers.
By Robert Williams • July 20, 2018
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Watermarking AI models holds protection for theft, misuse
Just like embedding a word on top of a photograph, digital watermarking works by discreetly slipping a backdoor into a model — ideally without others realizing it is there.
By Alex Hickey • July 20, 2018
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Is your company really ready for AI? Why proactive self-regulation makes sense
While transparency in AI is critical to preserving trust with consumers, "perverse" market incentives undermine the need for companies to proactively self-regulate and avoid problems down the road.
By Alex Hickey • July 19, 2018
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UPS working to consolidate data points on single platform with analytics, machine learning
The company has been developing the predictive tool for months and will use it to analyze over 1 billion data points daily, including packages' metrics and customer data.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • July 19, 2018
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Just in time for All-Star Game, MLB signs AWS as official AI provider
The cloud provider also expanded its cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence partnerships with 21st Century Fox and Epic Games.
By Alex Hickey • July 17, 2018
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Salesforce grows marketing footprint with Datorama acquisition
The marketing intelligence and analytics platform will bolster Salesforce's data integration and AI capabilities — areas set for improvement for 2018.
By Alex Hickey • July 17, 2018
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Can AI match human abstract reasoning capabilities?
Google's DeepMind unit developed an abstract reasoning test for neural networks based on human IQ tests.
By Alex Hickey • July 13, 2018
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Uncle Sam — and AI — need you
Including academia, industry and civil society in the process is important as legislators parse out what to do (or, perhaps more importantly, what not to do) for AI.
By Alex Hickey • July 12, 2018
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How to level the playing field between the haves and have nots of AI
The sectors — industry, academia and government — are displacing AI talent and creating an uneven distribution of the technology.
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • July 11, 2018
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PetSmart puts fraudsters in the dog house with AI
The company's fraud detection program saved $12 million last year, helped solve a murder and furthered a human trafficking investigation.
By Alex Hickey • July 09, 2018
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RPA is having a moment: What you need to know about the automation technology
Robotic process automation gained steam in the past few years as vendors worked to automate rote tasks, such as data entry or financial calculations.
By Naomi Eide • July 09, 2018
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Industry creating a 'robot reserve army' with influx of automation, economists say
Technology has been a contributor to "modern economic growth" since the Industrial Revolution, but it's been met with "technological anxiety."
By Samantha Ann Schwartz • July 05, 2018
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IBM's AI debater doesn't get stage fright
Without having been trained on the topics ahead of time, IBM's system took on two accomplished human debaters in a live setting — and outperformed them.
By Alex Hickey • June 20, 2018
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Zara stocks up on AI, big data, analytics partnerships and investments
The push to incorporate technology is working. Last week, the fashion retailer's parent company, Inditex, posted record Q1 sales.
By Alex Hickey • June 18, 2018
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Why the FCC, EU are convening AI experts
Chairman Ajit Pai is looking to convene a panel of experts to examine the effects of AI and ML on consumers and the communications market.
By Alex Hickey • June 15, 2018
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Deep DiveWhat's going on underneath your AI?
From hiring to customer service, artificial intelligence rules many domains that once required the delicate human touch.
By Alex Hickey • June 14, 2018
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AI, blockchain top this season's companies to watch hot list
Both domains are surrounded by more hype than meaningful application, but early innovators are setting the standards and roadmap for the technologies.
By Alex Hickey • June 14, 2018
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How viable is machine learning for cybersecurity?
Business professionals who have been riding the ML high may be in store for a "hangover" when the trough of disillusionment hits.
By Alex Hickey • June 05, 2018
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TIL how Reddit transformed its data culture and processes
Underneath the company's UX redesign was a shift in data culture and a back-end transition from legacy systems to leverage advanced technologies.
By Alex Hickey • May 23, 2018