AI & Robotics

During a keynote address at its fall 2021 GPU Technology Conference (GTC), Nvidia debuted ReOpt, a software package that combines local search heuristics algorithms and “metaheuristics” to optimize vehicle route planning and distribution. According to the company, ReOpt can improve route planning, warehouse picking, fleet management, and more in logistics to control delivery costs from…

Enterprise adoption of AI technology is increasing, but there is still a substantial amount of fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) among the knowledge workforce that could hamper its deployment and perhaps the ultimate success of key initiatives. Resistance to new software and new processes is nothing new in the enterprise, of course, but it could become a crucial factor for AI, considering the…

Imagine a software app that creates peace and understanding between landlords and tenants. How much value would that have in this world of constant rental turnover and strife? This is the challenge taken on by Obligo, a New York-based fintech company that is using AI and machine learning to determine the level of risk of renters so that landlords feel safer about transactions. The company just…

How will the world of work change in the near future? “Every business process will be collaborative, powered by data and AI, and will bridge the digital and physical worlds,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said during the opening keynote of his company’s Ignite conference this week. Nadella and other Microsoft executives speaking at the event gave numerous examples of this. One implication of…