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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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23 Jan
Could artificial intelligence help tackle the coronavirus outbreak?
The outbreak of novel coronavirus in China is growing in severity with over 500 confirmed cases across six countries.
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22 Jan
Sundar Pichai: “AI is more profound than fire or electricity”
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai today reaffirmed the need to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) in a discussion at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
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14 Jan
Is an “AI winter” approaching or is our relationship with the technology changing?
According to Tech Nation, investment in Artificial Intelligence reached record levels in the UK in 2019, making it the third biggest AI investor in the world.
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10 Jan
Facebook has banned deepfakes, but is it avoiding the real issue?
In 2018, a video in which the face of actor Nicolas Cage was imposed onto video footage of President Donald Trump went viral online.
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9 Jan
“We have a volume of data that we’ve never experienced”: How big data is being utilised in public health
Over the past few years, the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare and medicine has generated much excitement in both the public and private sector.
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8 Jan
Artificial intelligence is an important tool in tackling child abuse online
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most important technologies in combatting child sexual abuse online, according to police officers.
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6 Jan
LG Electronics partners with Element AI to create enterprise artificial intelligence roadmap
LG Electronics has announced a strategic partnership with Element AI in order to advance artificial intelligence (AI) tools for the enterprise space.
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6 Jan
Smart mirror company named as CES 2020 Innovation Awards honoree
With the biggest technology show kicking off in Las Vegas, Nevada tomorrow, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020 promises to offer a glimpse into the technology trends that will be big in the year to come.
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27 Dec
How AI and automation will change the way we use technology in 2020
Predicting the future is no easy task, and even experts can focus on the wrong trends—but the future is already here; it’s just unevenly distributed.
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20 Dec
How AIOps is restructuring the data stack
With core business processes increasingly seeing migration to the cloud, there has been an increasing need for new technologies to keep pace with cloud expansion.
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20 Dec
Artificial intelligence predictions for 2020: 16 experts have their say
2019 has seen artificial intelligence and machine learning take centre stage for many industries, with companies increasingly looking to harness the benefits of the technology for a wide range of use cases.
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17 Dec
Two thirds of NHS trusts do not have access to data needed for AI deployments
With significant potential in diagnostics, drug development and patient care, artificial intelligence (AI) has huge potential in healthcare, and is an area that the UK National Health Service (NHS) has made significant progress in over the past few years.
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13 Dec
AI Now: Affect recognition should be banned from “important decisions”
Emotion detecting AI should not be allowed to make important decisions, AI research institute AI Now has warned.
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13 Dec
Sentiment analysis and the general election: Why we have a long way to go
Last night, as the general election results poured in and Britain learnt its fate for the next five years, I took to Twitter armed with a sentiment analysis tool to gauge how the country was reacting to the unfolding news of a Conservative win.
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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”.
