A Facebook-scale Simulator To Detect Harmful Behaviors
For large-scale social networks, testing a proposed code update or new feature is a complex and challenging task. In person and also online, people act and interact with one another in ways that are sometimes difficult for traditional algorithms to model or replicate. People’s behavior evolves and adapts over time and is different from one …
Improved Customer Feedback Management With Google Cloud AutoML
When it comes to customer satisfaction, the customer service experience can often be more important than the actual product. According to Forbes, companies lost about $75 billion in 2018 due to poor customer service, and 39% of customers who experienced poor customer service will not do business with the offending company again. An important part of …
UC Berkeley To Lead $25 Million Quantum Computing Center
As part of the federal government’s effort to speed the development of quantum computers, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the University of California, Berkeley, $25 million over five years to establish a multi-university institute focused on advancing quantum science and engineering and training a future workforce to build and use quantum computers. The …
Stanford Scientists Anticipate The Mars 2020 Rover Launch
Despite a global pandemic and some technical delays, NASA’s 2020 Mars Rover – the aptly named Perseverance – is scheduled to launch this summer (currently slated for July 30) on a groundbreaking endeavor. Traveling from Earth to Mars is best done when the planets orbit nearest one another, providing only a narrow window of opportunity …
Cloud, AI, And 5G Are Already Reshaping The Oil And Gas Industry — Huawei Drives The Intelligent Transformation Of The Sector
The Huawei Oil & Gas Virtual Summit 2020 — exploring ‘Data to Barrel’ — was successfully hosted online. The summit gathered together global customers, industry partners, and thought leaders — including representatives from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Schlumberger SIS, and the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) of French giant TOTAL — to …
Singapore Researchers Look To Intel Neuromorphic Computing To Help Enable Robots That ‘Feel’
Two researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS), who are members of the Intel Neuromorphic Research Community (INRC), presented new findings demonstrating the promise of event-based vision and touch sensing in combination with Intel’s neuromorphic processing for robotics. The work highlights how bringing a sense of touch to robotics can significantly improve capabilities and …
Mobileye Starts Testing Self-Driving Vehicles In Germany
What’s New: Mobileye, an Intel company, received an automated vehicle (AV) testing permit recommendation from the independent technical service provider TÜV SÜD. As one of the leading experts in the field of safe and secure automated driving, TÜV SÜD enabled Mobileye to obtain approval from German authorities by validating the vehicle and functional safety concepts of …
Tencent Unveils Plans For Artificial Intelligence, Integration With Industries
Tencent unveiled a comprehensive blueprint for the development of its Artificial Intelligence technologies at the 2020 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai. Tencent introduced a white paper, “Tencent AI: Ambient Intelligence”, and announced the launch of the Light 2.0 Program and four new platforms including an AI pan-entertainment platform, an AI console for broadcasting …
Tools For Language Access During COVID-19
Translation services make it easier to communicate with someone who doesn’t speak the same language, whether you’re traveling abroad or living in a new country. But in the context of a global pandemic, government and health officials urgently need to deliver vital information to their communities, and every member of the community needs access to …
IBM To Acquire WDG Automation To Advance AI-Infused Automation Capabilities For Enterprises
IBM announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Brazilian software provider of robotic process automation (RPA) WDG Soluções Em Sistemas E Automação De Processos LTDA (referred to as “WDG Automation” throughout). The acquisition further advances IBM’s comprehensive AI-infused automation capabilities, spanning business processes to IT operations. Financial terms were not disclosed. In today’s …