More than 40% of U.S. federal agencies and departments have experimented with AI tools, but only 15% currently use highly sophisticated AI, according to analysis by Stanford University computer scientists published today in “Government by Algorithm,” a joint report from Stanford and New York University.
“This is concerning because agencies will find it harder to realize gains in accuracy and…
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White-box AI is getting heaps of attention, in part because it brings business value to customers and companies alike. Learn why businesses are moving away from black box systems to more explainable AI — and what it really means to be explainable —…
Google used AI and human moderation to take down over 75 million Google Maps reviews
February 19, 2020
Hundreds of millions of people contribute over 20 million reviews, ratings, and other pieces of content to Google Maps’ over 200 million points of interest daily — it’s how the platform continues to grow so rapidly. But user contributions are intrinsically fraught.
SentinelOne raises $200 million for its AI security platform at a $1 billion valuation
February 19, 2020
SentinelOne has raised $200 million in a venture capital round that pushes its valuation past $1 billion as investors continue to bet big on artificial intelligence to bolster cybersecurity.
The Mountain View-based startup has developed a platform that automates endpoint security using an AI engine. Its service focuses on detecting threats and responding to them by continually studying and…
Amazon researchers train AI to rewrite queries for better spoken language understanding
February 19, 2020
Ever heard of query rewriting? It’s a technique used to mitigate errors in spoken language understanding (SLU) pipelines like those underpinning Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, and other voice assistants. Many SLU systems are split into two components…
EU introduces AI strategy to build ‘ecosystem of trust’
February 19, 2020
The European Commission unveiled today a sweeping set of proposals that it hopes will establish the region as a leader in artificial intelligence by focusing on trust and transparency.
The proposals would lead to changes in the way data is collected and shared in an effort…
Dynamics 365, Microsoft’s line of enterprise resource planning and customer relationship management apps, is gaining enhancements intended to aid enterprises in “transforming” their operations. A Dynamics Customer 365 Insights update will bring connectors designed to enrich customer profiles and enable insights with Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft’s cloud analytics service. Both…
OnSiteIQ raises $4.5 million to improve construction safety using AI and 360-degree imagery
February 18, 2020
OnSiteIQ today announced that it has raised a $4.5 million series A round to grow its AI-powered safety analysis of 360-degree imagery from construction sites.
In addition to supplying computer vision for risk assessment reports, the company’s platform is made to stitch…
Join the innovators in enterprise AI at Transform 2020
February 18, 2020
The AI event of the year for business leaders, Transform 2020 doubles down on results-driven content that helps executives at the senior director level and above maintain their competitive edge. Expect two days of the most transformative trends in conversational AI, computer…
Building artificial intelligence into your products, services, and processes can make you smarter, faster, and better able to compete. But building smart systems using machine learning is not like buying an accounting package or an enterprise resource planning system. That’s why executives need as much training as engineers when adopting AI, said Larry Pizette, the head of Amazon’s Machine…
