AI & Robotics

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. It’s now a given that countries worldwide are battling for AI supremacy. To date, most of the public discussion surrounding this competition has focused on commercial gains flowing from the technology. But the AI arms race for military applications is racing ahead as well, and concerned scientists, academics, and AI…

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) hiring Stephen Clark as head of AI last week could be a sign the company is boosting research into ways quantum computing could be used for natural language processing. Quantum computing is still in its infancy but promises such significant results that dozens of companies are pursuing…

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Organizations are investing more in data analytics during the pandemic, a paper from West Monroe shows. A recent survey by KPMG agrees; the polling of C-suite executives found that data and analytics platforms are the most common new technology to be adopted, with 21% of respondents reporting the piloting of AI and…

The safest drivers are those with the most experience. Studies show it can take years of practice for automobile drivers to become careful and competent road users. Similarly, the more experience a truck driver has the less likely it is that they will cause a serious crash. What holds true for human drivers holds true for autonomous driving systems — up to a point. The safest self-driving…