AI and Neural Networks

Quantum computers have the capability to solve complex tasks that are beyond the capabilities of conventional computers. However, like most things, there are challenges. This interesting information came to us from Phys.org in their article, “Neural networks enable learning of error correction strategies for quantum computers.” The quantum states are extremely sensitive to constant interference from…

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Uncommon Sense

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a division of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies. To put this into perspective, this 60-year-old agency proposed and prototyped the precursor to the world wide web. This interesting information came to us from Venture Beat in their article, “DARPA wants to build ‘contextual’…

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AI Then and Now

Necessity is the mother of invention. Well, maybe. This interesting topic came to us from Analytics India in their article, “Rugged Information Architecture Is Key To AI Growth In Enterprises.” Regardless of the incentive, every invention has taken time to perfect itself. The first telephone wasn’t perfect, neither were the automobile or x-ray machine. Artificial…

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Artificial Intelligence and Customer Service

Syndeo recently released their product, Arcanine, which combines Syndeo’s proprietary artificial intelligence (AI) technology with an intuitive user interface enabling businesses to create customer service interactions via social messaging apps. This obscure information came to us from Ottawa Citizen in their article, “Syndeo Unveils “Arcanine Release” Delivering Artificial Intelligence for Customer Engagement.” The company’s proprietary algorithm is…

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AI Being Utilized for New Japanese Defense Ministry Records Management Project

The Japanese Defense Ministry is planning to use artificial intelligence (AI) for the management of public records. This comes on the heels of the mishandling of daily Self-Defense Forces activity logs. The interesting information came to us from The Japan Times in their article, “Japan’s defense officials to use AI for record management.” Currently, the ministry…

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What Doesn’t Fit

Machine learning image classifiers use context clues to help understand the contents of a photo, room, or any type of space. For example, if they manage to identify a dining-room table with a high degree of confidence, that can help resolve ambiguity about other objects nearby, identifying them as chairs. Kind of a “where there…

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Image Synthesis Gets Help from AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies are reaching new levels of accomplishment each and every day, with no sign of plateauing in the near future. Venture Beat brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “DeepMind AI can generate convincing photos of burgers, dogs, and butterflies.” Now a system that can produce…

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Cloud Computing Has New Partners

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are two technology terms and concepts that have altered the computer science and data analysis arenas. DATAVERSITY brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Artificial Intelligence as a Game-Changer in the Public Cloud.” These technological approaches are at work in the business and at home. Cortana, Siri, Google’s…

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Get Smart

A technology revolution began at the turn of the century and we’re still riding it. The proliferation of the smartphone and the internet has galvanized this obsession with development and investment in technology trends. Such is the relentless pace of our pursuit of better and faster that innovations become outdated in a matter of weeks.…

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Mapping the Connections

Semantic maps can visually display a word or phrase and a set of related words or concepts. They can be an alternative to random mapping, principal components analysis, and latent semantic indexing methods. Inside Big Data brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Best of arXiv.org for AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning – August 2018.” The…

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