“More than 13,000 artificial intelligence mavens flocked to Vancouver this week for the world’s leading academic AI conference, NeurIPS. “All of the models that we have learned how to train are about passing a test or winning a game with a score, [but] so many things that intelligences do aren’t covered by that rubric at…
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India’s financial services firm Paytm raises $1B
“According to Credit Suisse, the digital payments market in India will be worth $1 trillion in the next four years, up from about $200 billion currently. According to industry estimates, more than 100 million people in India today use mobile payments services. Amazon, Google, and Samsung entered the payments market in India, leveraging an open…
Google tackles the black box problem with Explainable AI
“But at an event in London this week, Google’s cloud computing division pitched a new facility that it hopes will give it the edge on Microsoft and Amazon, which dominate the sector. Its name: Explainable AI . ‘There’s a bit of an arms race around AI… and in some ways Google could be seen to…
No, AI is not for social good
“These realities of AI seem at odds with it being a tool for social good. So, when working for “the good,” we must ask a few questions: Which good and for whom? Is it only AI that can do this good? That said, the solution is not to avoid the inherently political discussion of how…
Would you trust Google with your money? The search giant may offer checking accounts
“In a move that would give Google greater access to consumer data, the search behemoth is reportedly partnering with banks to offer checking accounts as early as 2020. Earlier this year, Apple partnered with Goldman Sachs to launch Apple Card, a branded, digital card that’s managed through the Wallet app on iPhones. Facebook has designed a cryptocurrency, Libra,…