AI & Robotics

Did you miss a session at the Data Summit? Watch On-Demand Here. In my early years in tech, and later, as someone who developed recruiting software powered by artificial intelligence, I learned first-hand how AI and machine learning can create biases in hiring. In several different contexts I saw how AI in hiring often amplifies and exacerbates the very same problems one would generally start…

Did you miss a session at the Data Summit? Watch On-Demand Here. In a sign that the coffers of AI startups need little replenishing, Richard Socher, former chief scientist at Salesforce and the CEO of You.com, today announced the launch of a $50 million “AI-focused” venture fund called AIX Ventures. Speaking to VentureBeat via email, Shaun Johnson, a cofounder of AIX alongside Pieter Abbeel…

Did you miss a session at the Data Summit? Watch On-Demand Here. There is not a single industry that has been left untouched by the transformative impact of artificial intelligence technology in the last decade — financial services is no exception. The financial sector is well-known for seeking every possible edge to maximize its profits — thus, using machine learning and artificial…

Did you miss a session at the Data Summit? Watch On-Demand Here. Companies developing artificial intelligence (AI)-powered marketing tools typically claim that their solutions drive strategic decision-making better than software without an algorithmic component. But — as is often the case — the reality is more complicated. AI learns to make predictions from large amounts of high-quality…