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Automation, robotics and artificial intelligence news, features and analysis. Verdict covers the latest on AI, automation, robots and drones, with news and insight from some of the world’s leading experts. AI is transforming the way we work, live and play, and there is far more change ahead as technology advances further.
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9 Dec
Twitter round-up: AI trends in November 2019
Verdict lists ten of the most popular tweets on artificial intelligence (AI) in November 2019, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform.
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9 Dec
ICO AI guidelines: Ensuring transparency may be a difficult task
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened consultation on its first draft of artificial intelligence (AI) guidance, urging organisations deploying the technology to be transparent and accountable.
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2 Dec
Hospital AI network to boost UK healthcare services, research
A partnership between King’s Collect London (KCL), chipmaker NVIDIA and artificial intelligence (AI) developer Owkin will see the launch of a vast AI network across hospital sites in the UK.
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27 Nov
AI harnessed for traumatic brain injury prognosis
Artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithms are being developed by researchers to assist with the monitoring and prognosis of patients with severe traumatic brain injury.
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22 Nov
AI chip space is getting tighter for new entrants
Just as the market for AI platforms is heating up, so is competition in the AI chip space.
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21 Nov
Role of digital workers expected to increase by 50%
The role of digital workers within organisations is expected to increase by 50% over the next two years as companies wake up to their benefits.
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21 Nov
Employment algorithms: Vendors slammed for lack of transparency
The companies that make and sell employment algorithms now commonly used in hiring processes have been criticised by researchers for a lack of transparency and consistency.
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20 Nov
3D body scanning via smartphone brings rapid virtual try-on platform to retailers
A 3D body scanning solution that builds a 3D body model from just two smartphone photographs has been launched today, providing retailers with a tool to enhance customer experiences and reduce returns.
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20 Nov
AI in contact centres: It’s time to stop talking about artificial intelligence
AI has started to feel like an old conversation.
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19 Nov
Winning the fight against deepfakes
Films like Minority Report used to be firmly the stuff of an abstract sci-fi future.
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19 Nov
“There’s not an industry that we don’t touch”: How Automation Anywhere is building a digital workforce
The world of robotic process automation, or RPA, is exploding, with numerous industries finding new ways to automate repetitive or mundane aspects of their business.
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18 Nov
Appetite for robotic technology in the workplace on the rise
A survey of UK decision makers has found the interest and support for the use of robotic technology in the workplace has seen a notable increase since 2018, suggesting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in office is set to grow.
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14 Nov
Europe urged to follow Singapore on AI strategy
An exhaustive new AI strategy unveiled by the Singapore government should serve as inspiration governments in Europe, according to experts.
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12 Nov
Machines are less biased than people
We hear a lot these days about the potential dangers of “AI bias.” If a machine learning system is based upon a data set that is somehow biased by age, gender, race, ethnicity, income, education, geography, or some other factor, the system’s outputs will tend to reflect those biases.
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6 Nov
AI highlights misrepresentation of engineers, prompting major campaign
An artificial intelligence (AI) program has highlighted how unrepresentative online depictions of the engineering profession are, prompting a major campaign to change how engineers are portrayed in imagery used in online advertising, recruitment and media.
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1 Nov
ICO: “Slow down” police deployment of facial recognition
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned that police forces need to “slow down” on the deployment of facial recognition technology due to its potential for “widespread invasiveness”.
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1 Nov
The key to smoother air travel? AI and your smartphone
One thing most travellers can agree on is that the airport experience could be improved.
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31 Oct
From the Terminator to HAL 9000, should we be spooked by AI?
From The Terminator to 2001: A Space Odyssey, artificial intelligence (AI) has been a staple of the horror genre for over half a century.
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31 Oct
AI bias: Avoiding the bad, the biased and the unethical
Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly emerged as the defining technology of our society.
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29 Oct
IoT needs AI to realise enterprise potential, study finds
Companies are increasingly embracing the internet of things (IoT), but IoT initiatives on their own are falling short when compared to those that pair the technology with artificial intelligence (AI).
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24 Oct
Leading healthcare algorithm biased against black patients
A healthcare algorithm used to decide whether millions of US patients received access to a high-risk care management programme demonstrated “significant” racial bias against black patients.
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23 Oct
AI to be worth $14bn to UK construction, architecture and engineering sector
Artificial intelligence (AI) is having a transformational impact to a host of industries, and according to research released today, AI for infrastructure, covering construction architecture and engineering, is set to be particularly vital.
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21 Oct
Researchers develop new neural network for more accurate facial recognition
Researchers at the University of Surrey have developed a deep neural network that could help improve accuracy levels of facial recognition.
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18 Oct
Radio 1 listeners able to interact live with show via Alexa for first time
For the first time ever, listeners will be able to interact with a live radio broadcast through their voice assistants, the BBC announced.
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17 Oct
Winnow nets $20m funding to combat global food waste with AI
Winnow, a startup using artificial intelligence (AI) to cut waste in the food services industry, has announced that is has raised $20m funding in the last month, in part through a series B funding round.
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14 Oct
Zeynep Tufekci: Get a red team to ensure AI is ethical
In cybersecurity, red team professionals are tasked with finding vulnerabilities before they become a problem.
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14 Oct
Robots are trusted – and that makes them a powerful tool for heists
Social robots are on the rise, and with the ability to easily gain our trust, they could easily be used to perform cybercriminal activity, such as heists that involve gaining access to secure buildings, according to research published today.
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11 Oct
Travel technology: Would you let AI book your next holiday?
With paperless boarding passes, biometric self-service security and in some places robots to assist customers as they make their way around terminals, it is clear to see that technology is impacting the way we travel.
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8 Oct
The future feeling economy: “If humans want jobs, they better get good at feeling”
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) means that future in-demand skills will be decreasingly technical and increasingly emotive, creating a “feeling economy”, according to research.
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2 Oct
AI research centre gets Carl Zeiss backing to unlock “mystery” of machine learning
The Carl Zeiss Foundation is funding the establishment of a new artificial intelligence (AI) research centre in Mainz, Germany, that will focus on determining why modern machine learning methods are so effective.
