How artificial intelligence is changing the construction industry

Within the construction industry, artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to change the way buildings are designed, constructed and utilised after construction. Artificial intelligence is where machines exhibit their own intelligence through using algorithms to solve problems using inputted data. By harnessing robotics, construction managers can utilise intelligent machines that can perform routine tasks that were once completed by humans, such as bricklaying. Alternatively, AI systems can...

16 March 2018 | Smart Cities

Finnish researchers to use AI to automate formulation of large information systems

A team of researchers from Aalto University aims to employ AI to automate the development of large information systems besides integrating all parts of software development under a single umbrella. The team, led by research fellow Jussi Rintanen, has received grants of €678,000 from Business Finland to work towards the commercialisation of the AI-based information system technology. Majority of the information systems projects often encounter the same primary issue – huge routine...

14 March 2018 | Research

How to develop autonomous driving solutions

It’s hard not to be excited about the potential of the autonomous car. But as developers know, building a car that can learn to navigate through its environment takes more than raw processing power. Intel can help you develop for autonomous cars. With deep learning you can create an accident-free experience with cars that can sense, learn and make proper decisions. Achieving this means greater reliance on sensors, data and processing power. And that’s true whether you’re developing for...

14 March 2018 | Connected Cars

Microsoft co-founder Allen investing $125 million to ‘add common sense’ to AI

Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen has announced $125 million to support the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) in its research to add common sense to AI via Project Alexandria and fund existing projects. Project Alexandria will integrate knowledge developed in machine reading and reasoning (Project Aristo), natural language and understanding (Project Euclid), and computer vision (Project Plato) to create a fresh, unified and extensive knowledge source. Afterwards, this...

13 March 2018 | Funding

Boost.ai secures $5 million investment for global expansion

Boost.ai, a provider of chatbots and virtual assistants, has secured up to $5 million in a new round of financing from Alliance Venture. Lars Ropeid Selsås, founder and CEO of boost.ai, said: "The investment comes at a very exciting time for boost.ai and will enable us to expand internationally, at greater pace. After acquiring several major clients in recent months, we have identified several areas in which to strengthen our operations, helping us meet the demands of our rapidly growing...

9 March 2018 | Virtual Assistants

Gallup poll shows how education is key in consumer use of AI-enabled services

85% of American consumers say they currently use at least one device or service that features artificial intelligence, according to a poll from Gallup. It’s worth noting here that these arguably aren’t the most sophisticated use cases – navigation apps, cited by 84% of respondents, were the most popular, ahead of video or music streaming services (72%) and digital personal assistants (47%). The research polled almost 3,300 US consumers, with four in five (79%) saying AI had had...

9 March 2018 | Applications

Atomwise raises $45 million with dreams of transforming pharmaceutical industry through AI

Atomwise, a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for drug discovery, is moving ahead in its mission to become the preferred AI partner for the world’s leading pharmaceutical, biotech, and agrochemical companies. The company has raised $45 million (£32.1m) in a series A funding round that was led by Monsanto Growth Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), and B Capital Group. The round also comprised Atomwise’s previous investors, Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, and DFJ, along...

8 March 2018 | Healthcare

How deep learning can improve cancer diagnoses

In December, Brazilian federal auditor Luis Andre Dutra e Silva improved the accuracy of cervical cancer screening by 81 percent using the Intel® Deep Learning SDK and GoogleNet using Caffe to train a Supervised Semantics-Preserving Deep Hashing (SSDH) network. The driving factor behind the deep learning-based research that Silva and others are working on is that, as a leading cause of death, cancer affects millions of lives every year. Early detection and diagnosis can save not only billions...

28 February 2018 | Healthcare

#MWC18: Taking responsibility for AI

mwc 2018 paula boddington ai ethics

A session here at MWC 2018 titled ‘AI Everywhere: Ethics and Responsibility’ explored some of the questions we should be asking ourselves as the ethical minefield of AI development progresses. Dr Paula Boddington, a researcher and philosopher from Oxford University, wrote the book ‘Towards a Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence’ and led today’s proceedings. She claims to embrace technological progress but wants to ensure all potential impacts of developments have been...

27 February 2018 | Ethics

How industry collaboration with academia advances the field of AI

Academia has, and continues to play a fundamental role in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) development. As a Professor of Computer Science at the University of San Francisco as well as Chief Scientist at data integration software provider SnapLogic, I’ve been lucky to have worked with AI and ML in both an academic and professional capacity. I started my career as a pure academic, and only when I switched to my dual role some 10 years ago did I come to appreciate that,...

22 February 2018 | Applications