
Congress-created commission calls for spending billions on artificial intelligence to defeat China
The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence’s final report to Congress urges the federal government to prioritize artificial intelligence innovation now and spend billions of taxpayer dollars or risk getting left behind in China’s dust. A 2018 defense bill created the commission to guide policymakers on artificial intelligence issues. The commission is chaired by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt…
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Total Lab Automation, AI : Connecting the Brain-to-Brain Loop for Lab Testing
Total Laboratory Automation (TLA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) will transform the routine laboratory testing, explains Dr Barnali Das, MD, DNB, PGDHHM, who is a Consultant – Laboratory Medicine at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. She is also Chair at American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) – India Section, and…
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Cambridge Quantum Computing
Separate experiments, each of over 100 sentences, provide a strong proof of concept that Quantum Natural Language Processing is within reachCambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) announces the publication of a research paper on the online pre-print repository arxiv (available here (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2102.12846.pdf )) that provides details of the largest ever experimental implementation of Natural…
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Standard Chartered tests AI to size up young borrowers
Standard Chartered has been developing new underwriting models using machine learning that could help it determine creditworthiness of borrowers with minimal credit histories.The ultimate goal: to increase approval rates and eliminate bias by gender, race, age and other characteristics.The international bank has been incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning into its business since…
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Using artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening
Every year, approximately 40 million women undergo breast-cancer screening in the U.S. using a procedure called mammography. For some, this can be a nerve-wracking experience; many wait days or weeks before a radiologist can review their scan and provide initial screening results. Between 10 and 15 percent of women must…
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Givaudan launches AI tools for product development
Givaudan Taste & Wellbeing has announced the launch of its Advanced Tools for Modelling (ATOM), which use artificial intelligence to optimize food and flavor formulation and facilitate co-creation and collaboration with customers. Aligned with the company’s 2025 strategy, the company said the tools open doors to creative development and are…
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AI tool developed to predict energy generation at windfarms
CeADAR and SSE Airtricity collaborated on the applied data and AI project, which has been rolled out at 21 windfarms in Ireland. Researchers in Ireland have developed a new system that uses AI to predict the amount of renewable energy that will be produced at windfarms. The AI tool, called…
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IT Cos Turn to Low-code Tech as Clients Seek Simpler Solutions
Interest in no-code technology rising in pandemic as cos rush to create easier apps for customers Indian IT services providers are seeing increased traction for low-code, no-code technology solutions, as clients look to build and customise their own applications. Low-code, no-code solutions are ones that do not require coding to…
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AI Needs Women, Women Need AI: Gender Equality And Women’s Leadership In The AI Sector
On the occasion of International Women's Day, UNESCO will address the issue ofthe persistence and severity of the gender gap in digital skills and the AI Sector. A panel will reflect on how to help women and girls develop strong AI skills, and will explore how to address the "ICT gender equality…
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Samsung HBM-PIM brings AI computing capabilities inside high-performance memory
Samsung announced that it has developed the industry’s first High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) integrated with artificial intelligence (AI) processing power — the HBM-PIM. The new processing-in-memory (PIM) architecture brings powerful AI computing capabilities inside high-performance memory, to accelerate large-scale processing in data centers, high performance computing (HPC) systems and AI-enabled mobile…
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