One of the highest rated McKinsey articles of the year is titled, “An executive’s guide to AI.” It’s a quick overview including key elements and terminology. Artificial Intelligence AI is typically defined as the ability of a machine to perform cognitive functions we associate with human minds, such as perceiving, reasoning, learning, and problem solving….
Month: January 2019
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Delivers Opening Keynote at CES 2019 on What’s Next in Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Quantum Computing
“IBM Chairman, President and CEO Ginni Rometty will deliver the opening keynote at CES 2019 on Tuesday, Jan. 8. CES is the largest and one of the most influential technology events in the world. Rometty will show how technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain and cloud are reshaping the world of business, and, in turn, our…
CES 2019: Friendly robots, oddball cars and a lot of artificial intelligence
“(CNN) The show floor doesn’t technically open until Tuesday, but the announcements start trickling out Sunday evening from different events and press conferences. Expect a mix of products from major technology companies and small startups ranging from the practical, like televisions, to the more unusual, like self-driving vegetable stores. CNN Business will be there, scouring…
Microsoft, Google Use Artificial Intelligence to Fight Hackers
“Machine learning is a very powerful technique for security—it’s dynamic, while rules-based systems are very rigid,” says Dawn Song, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley’s Artificial Intelligence Research Lab. “It’s a very manual intensive process to change them, whereas machine learning is automated, dynamic and you can retrain it easily.” “We will…
A New York City lawmaker is taking on companies that mine your face -FastCompany
[Photo: Randallbritten/Wikimedia Commons] “Amazon has lately courted controversy with its Rekognition service, a facial scanning software used by law enforcement agencies like ICE, as well as many of its other cloud customers. Facebook is well known for its facial recognition algorithm, allowing the company to identify users and target ads at them accordingly. Last month, Microsoft’s…