Artificial Intelligence
The AI Foundation Raises $17 Million To Create Digital AI-powered Personas
The AI Foundation, which ambitiously hopes to develop “ethical” AI agents that can be trained to complete tasks, today closed a $17 million funding round. A spokesperson said the funds will be used to scale the company’s platform, which allows people to create a digital persona that mirrors their own. As the pandemic makes virtual meetups …
Expecting The Unexpected From AI
When we think of artificial intelligence (AI) going rogue, prime examples from the movies include HAL 9000 from 2001: Space Odyssey and Skynet from The Terminator, which were mainframe computers that reacted to the real-world problems in unexpected ways. From industrial manufacturing to autonomous vehicles, machine learning models are becoming increasingly embedded in our lives. …
AI Systems That Work With Doctors And Know When To Step In
In recent years, entire industries have popped up that rely on the delicate interplay between human workers and automated software. Companies like Facebook work to keep hateful and violent content off their platforms using a combination of automated filtering and human moderators. In the medical field, researchers at MIT and elsewhere have used machine learning to help …
IBM And Influential Launch AI-enabled Social Targeting Solution To Help Brands Identify Suitable Influencers
IBM announced the launch of Watson Advertising Social Targeting with Influential, a new solution that harnesses artificial intelligence (AI) to help brands identify influencers that best align with their brand values. The new solution within the Watson Advertising suite of targeting products marks an expanded collaboration with Influential, a leader in advanced social media technology. As brands …
Rewriting History To Show The Danger Of Deepfakes
Can you recognize a digitally manipulated video when you see one? It’s harder than most people realize. As the technology to produce realistic “deepfakes” becomes more easily available, distinguishing fact from fiction will only get more challenging. A new digital storytelling project from CSAIL researcher D. Fox Harrell aims to educate the public about the world …
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 …
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 …
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 …