AI chief Fei-Fei Li to scale back role at Google Cloud

Andrew Moore, dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, will fill Li's shoes as head of the AI and ML unit at the end of 2018.

By Alex Hickey • Sept. 11, 2018

Can AI predict candidate potential?

AI tools can find statistical correlations between applicant characteristics and all kinds of things that can happen in the workplace; theft, misconduct, injuries and absenteeism.

By Riia O'Donnell • Sept. 6, 2018

As Einstein expands its reach, Salesforce focuses on 'ethical and humane' technology

The push for accountability comes on the heels of a petition for the company to drop its contract with Customs and Border Protection.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 31, 2018

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ... coffee? IBM's drone project satisfies caffeine addictions

A coffee drone could be HR's dream or worst nightmare.

By Samantha Schwartz • Aug. 24, 2018

New York City beats out Silicon Valley for AI jobs

Postings for machine learning engineers, data scientists and computer vision engineer mentioned AI and ML the most.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 23, 2018

Google fights rising data center power costs with AI

AI pulls a snapshot from sensors in the cooling system every five minutes and sends it to a deep neural network to help minimize energy consumption.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 21, 2018

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 jumping on technologies in the two to five year range could pay big dividends down the road.

By Alex Hickey • Aug. 20, 2018

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 Schwartz • Aug. 17, 2018

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 Schwartz • Aug. 10, 2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Schwartz • July 19, 2018

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

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

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

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

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 Schwartz • July 11, 2018

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 9, 2018

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 9, 2018

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 Schwartz • July 5, 2018

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