The Role of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) has acquired immense popularity in the past few years. More and more applications today have incorporated AI and projections indicate more are on the horizon. If this is the new era of the industrial revolution, AI is surely in the driver’s seat. This interesting topic came to us from Analytics India in their article,…

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Emerging Technologies Today and Tomorrow

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now a reality in nearly every industry. With each passing year, more possibilities are realized for AI in businesses, homes and cities. This information came to us from Interesting Engineering in their article, “A Look at the Most Used Terminology Around Artificial Intelligence.“ AI is a broad field encompassing much more than…

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Webinar Focuses on Artificial Intelligence

The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP) is hosting a new educational webinar series in 2019 titled, “What is Hype and What Has Value? Technological buzzword or industry innovation?” This second webinar in the series is all about artificial intelligence (AI). AI, blockchain and open source are terms frequently used, especially in headlines. Are they merely buzzwords or…

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In and Out of Context

Cognitive neuroscientists are using artificial intelligence (AI) networks to enhance the understanding of the human brain. This interesting information came to us from Xinhua Net in their article, “AI models can help unravel mystery of human brain.” Aude Oliva of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and her colleagues shared how they are learning about the role…

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Data Extraction with AI

Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire eBrevia, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-based data extraction and contract analytics software solutions. This interesting news came to us from DFIN in their release, “DFIN Elevates Artificial Intelligence Platform with Acquisition of eBrevia.” We find this news interesting because…

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AI in the Military

The Department of Defense (DoD) is working to build a 21st century military staffed with resident data scientists, engineers and artificial intelligence (AI) professionals. This interesting news came to us from C4ISR Net in their article, “Rise of the machines: The Pentagon’s AI workforce plan.” Apparently the department’s philosophy is they’re going to need to build…

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Leadershift in the World of AI

China has been viewed as an innovation leader in the tech space more and more lately. Now they are growing in importance as a global figurehead in artificial intelligence (AI) research. Information Age brought this to our attention in their article, “China on verge of becoming global leader in AI research.” According to new a study…

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AI in the Workplace

Dan Weld, an endowed professor at the University of Washington, has accepted a position as a senior researcher working on the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence’s (AI2) academic search engine, Semantic Scholar. AI2 is one of the world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) research organizations. This latest acquisition is the latest in a series of high-profile…

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Predictive Analytics from Historical Data

Data is necessary to feed algorithms and to produce analytics, but avoid falling into the trap of simply collecting and storing more data. You need to be able to transform any data you collect into useful information, otherwise it is more likely to just waste resources and add even more complexity. IT Web brought this topic…

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