K-12 schools use AI and automation to customize lessons and pivot from in-person to online classes

Edtech company Edmentum has built a virtual assistant to help teachers master new education platforms quickly.

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Google has launched a new healthcare API to combat COVID-19

Joe Corkery, Google Cloud product management director, explains how the new API will help developers scale healthcare solutions.

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Google has launched a new healthcare API to combat COVID-19

Joe Corkery, Google Cloud product management director, explains how the new API will help developers scale healthcare solutions.

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66 data-science teams worldwide participate in challenge to beat COVID-19

Winners identified location-based risks, developed apps to calculate infection risk, and delivered data-driven recommendations for Los Angeles County's reopening stages.

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Emotional support robot Robin headed to UCLA Mattel Children's hospital

In a nine-week study of interactions with hospitalized children, ages 4 to 12, joy increased 26% and stress was reduced by 34%, according to Expper Technologies.

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Sunday, June 28, 2020

Congress proposes ban on government use of facial recognition software

The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act would explicitly ban police from using the technology.

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OpenAI's commercial release of API raises serious questions about AI misuse

The organization previously aired reservations related to potential misuse of the text-generation model. Now, the company is taking the AI commercial.

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Ohio using AI to cull old laws and streamline regulations

An AI tool developed by Deloitte is helping Ohio eliminate redundant and unnecessary regulations and rules that cost businesses and taxpayers time and money.

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Inclusive AI: Are AI hiring tools hurting corporate diversity?

More companies are using AI hiring tools in the hiring process to pinpoint premium candidates. But potential biases in these technologies have raised ethical concerns.

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Machine learning platform MLflow joins the Linux Foundation

Handing the platform run by Databricks to the vendor-neutral foundation will speed growth, the organizations say.

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Amazon partners with Formula 1 for new 2020 racing performance stats

The season begins July 3 and AWS will help the league roll out six new sets of real-time data.

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IBM's new COVID notebooks offer an open-source toolkit to analyze COVID-19 data

The toolkit can help data scientists and policy makers understand COVID-19 data in real time, the company says.

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Detroit police admit to first facial recognition mistake after false arrest

Police in Detroit have admitted that they mistakenly arrested a Black man because of facial recognition software they were using.

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How digitalization is helping those who work in field service

Tracking and maintaining assets is much easier if your field service workers have the digital tools and data they need.

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Databricks' Delta Engine promises 8 times the speed of Apache Spark

Now in general availability, the new analytics tool for use with the Delta Lake schema could make unwieldy data lakes a thing of the past.

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Teaching AI to fourth-graders is a thing now

Real-world projects taught by industry leaders help fourth-graders understand AI in an innovative way, an alternative to cranking out a learn-to-code factory.

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Technology might be the key to fighting the coronavirus

Sébastien Louradour of the World Economic Forum explains how tech can help solve the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Technology might be the key to fighting the coronavirus

Sébastien Louradour of the World Economic Forum explains how tech can help solve the COVID-19 pandemic.

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AI continues to flourish in business despite the pandemic and a turbulent economy

Organizations are betting on artificial intelligence to help them stay resilient, increase efficiencies, and innovate, Appen Limited's 2020 State of AI report finds.

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Apple's Siri: A cheat sheet

Siri, Apple's personal digital assistant, uses machine learning and natural speech to answer questions, return relevant search information, perform actions, and more. Here's the lowdown on Siri.

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Visa unveils AI tool to help stop digital identity fraud

Billions of people have had their information stolen online, and Visa is hoping its new AI solution will help banks handle fraudulent accounts.

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DeepMind sets AI loose on Diplomacy board game, and collaboration is key

Artificial intelligence systems have become increasingly well-adapted to a host of basic board games. Now, DeepMind is hoping to teach agents the art of collaboration using Diplomacy.

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Windows 10 PCs: Why the new key to faster desktop applications is your GPU

Microsoft is bringing OpenCL and OpenGL support to DirectX, for both Windows and Windows Subsystem for Linux, enabling machine learning and data parallel computing in everyday business applications.

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Salesforce Research develops COVID-19 search engine

The AI-powered tool, COVID-19 Search, is designed to give scientists and researchers the most relevant research in one place.

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OpenAI's commercial release of API raises serious questions about AI misuse

The organization previously aired reservations related to potential misuse of the text-generation model. Now, the company is taking the AI commercial.

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Cybersecurity risks in a possible US manufacturing resurgence

When factories, notably in China, shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic, products the US relied on were impacted. Here's how experts see a return to "Made in America" and the incumbent risks.

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IBM's new Watson Works products use AI to help companies plan when to safely send employees back to the workplace

Space allocation and facilities management issues are included in new AI products designed to assist with return-to-workplace challenges post COVID-19 lockdowns.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

COVID-19: Digital transformation plans are being put on fast-forward

Post-pandemic plans for digital transformation should include omnichannel communications, automation, and agent-assisted AI models.

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COVID-19: Digital transformation plans are being put on fast-forward

Post-pandemic plans for digital transformation should include omnichannel communications, automation, and agent-assisted AI models.

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Cybercriminals unleash diverse wave of attacks on COVID-19 vaccine researchers

As multiple companies inch closer to a potentially life-saving vaccine for the coronavirus, cybercriminals with varying motives have increased attacks.

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This project is using fitness trackers and AI to monitor workers' lockdown stress

Times are tough and employee wellbeing is more important than ever. PwC is harnessing AI and fitness-tracking wearables to gain a deeper understanding of how work and external stressors are impacting employees' state of mind.

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Monday, June 15, 2020

Big data graphs are playing an important role in the coronavirus pandemic

Researchers from many outlets are turning to graphs in an effort to connect pieces of data related to COVID-19 and find a treatment.

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Big data graphs are playing an important role in the coronavirus pandemic

Researchers from various outlets are turning to visualization in an effort to connect pieces of data related to COVID-19.

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'We need to gather as much data as we can': How AI could change everything about education

COVID-19 has been a trial by fire for technology in education, but the sector needs to gather what it has learnt quickly if it wishes to edge forward with digital transformation.

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How AI can help find a coronavirus vaccine

Murat Sonmez, managing director of the World Economic Forum, explains how big data and machine learning can help find a vaccine for COVID-19.

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How AI can help find a coronavirus vaccine

Murat Sonmez, managing director of the World Economic Forum, explains how big data and machine learning can help find a vaccine for COVID-19.

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Report: Most companies unaware of third-party IOT security measures

Only 37% of "high performer" organizations monitor the risk of IoT devices used by third parties, and current IoT risk-management programs can't keep pace, study said.

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AI and 5G among the top 10 emerging technologies for 2020

CompTIA's new list of the top 10 emerging technologies for the year includes AI, 5G and IoT.

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Siemens and SparkCognition unveil AI-driven cybersecurity solution for ICS endpoints

DeepArmor Industrial, fortified by Siemens, increases operational visibility, improves malware detection, and provides protection across a company's fleet of industrial control systems and end points.

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Amazon puts one-year moratorium on police use of facial recognition software

The Rekognition software has faced criticism for being particularly bad at identifying people with darker skin.

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Alexa Skills: Cheat sheet

Alexa apps, called Alexa Skills, are what makes the digital assistant shine. Here's what developers, business professionals, and home users need to know about using Alexa Skills.

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COVID-19: How AI is helping to streamline SBA payroll loans to small businesses

Fintech companies like Kabbage were deputized by the SBA to help process a deluge of loan applications the agency couldn't handle on its own.

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Top 10 emerging technologies of 2020: Winners and losers

Artificial intelligence and 5G will drive the technology revolution, according to CompTIA.

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Microsoft and Udacity partner in new $4 million machine-learning scholarship program for Microsoft Azure

Applications are now open for the nanodegree program, which will help Udacity train developers on the Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure.

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Turns out artificial brains need "sleep" too, but do they dream?

Humans require ample sleep to function optimally. New research suggests neural networks may also benefit from extended rest.

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How to tackle data discovery

Just because it's a big, ominous task doesn't mean you can ignore it. Get control of your data so you can learn from it.

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How to get free AI training and tools

Even if you don't have a large training budget, you can still democratize your AI. Here are ways to get the AI training and resources your staff needs.

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Purdue University receives $10M for Anvil supercomputer

The powerful device will be able to conduct a large range of computational and data-intensive research, from high-performance computing to artificial intelligence applications.

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Chief AI Officer: Executives discuss the role, pitfalls, and business philosophy

As artificial intelligence becomes commonplace across industries, more companies are looking to add a dedicated leader to the C-suite. But what does that look like?

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How robots are reinventing food service

Will robots take over kitchens in the future? Not likely. But one company is making food service easier, faster, and safer.

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Fighting fire with AI: Using deep-learning to help predict wildfires in the US

Predicting wildfires is a tricky business. A new artificial intelligence model could help fire agencies allocate resources to mitigate wildfire risks across the West.

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Why the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the global supply chain to digitize

IoT sensors are changing the way goods are shipped and tracked.

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Why the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the global supply chain to digitize

IoT sensors are changing the way goods are shipped and tracked.

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