Prowler.io aspires to build AI which makes human-like decisions

Cambridge-based AI startup Prowler has raised £10 million to help it build an AI which can make human-like decisions. Based on the comments made by Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin in our article yesterday, you’d be forgiven if this raises some concerns. AI like Prowler, however, could be what saves us from destruction. If you missed it, Musk voiced his concern about Putin’s comment that the nation which leads in AI “will become the ruler of the world.” Some are concerned about an...

5 September 2017 | Deep Learning

Virtual personal assistants to evolve quickly over next few years, says Gartner research VP

In an interview, Annette Zimmermann, research vice president at Gartner, has shared her thoughts on what she expects for the AI sector from the ongoing IFA 2017 event. While the market is being inundated with new AI-powered devices or services coming every month, Zimmermann advises to investigate beyond the AI label to understand the underlying machine learning methods because the type of data used for training machines has a direct impact on the quality of AI products. Zimmermann...

4 September 2017 | Virtual Assistants

Musk warns ‘it begins’ as Putin claims the AI-leading nation rules the world

Elon Musk has issued a warning as Russian president Vladimir Putin claims the nation which leads in AI “will become the ruler of the world.” Musk, co-chairman of OpenAI, has long warned of dire consequences for mishandling AI development. OpenAI itself is a non-profit research company that aims to champion promoting and developing friendly AI in a way to benefit humanity. As with any major technology advancement, however, there will undoubtedly be those which aim to weaponise it and...

4 September 2017 | Regulation

Goldman Sachs: China is catching up to the U.S. in AI

The pace of AI innovation in China is putting it on track to catch up to the US, according to a report from Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs, a leading global investment firm, highlights China’s resources and ambitious plans for an intelligent economy based on AI. The report is titled "China's Rise in Artificial Intelligence” and says both companies and the Chinese government are putting their weight behind AI. In fact, back in July, the Chinese government announced it will increase...

1 September 2017 | Research

Health AIs should be a strategic priority

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A UK government-commissioned industrial strategy review of the life sciences sector has identified health-based AI as a growth opportunity.

The UK is a leader in artificial intelligence while also benefiting from a wealth of patient data as part of its National Health Service. Both of these factors make the UK a potential hotbed for the development of health-focused AI. “AI is likely to be used widely in healthcare and it should be the...

31 August 2017 | Healthcare

AI can predict conditions such as Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia

The potential for AI to diagnose and even predict the onset of serious medical conditions is being demonstrated in pioneering research. More reliable predictions Starting with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, a new algorithm is able to predict its onset with 84 percent accuracy. The author of the research, Sulantha Sanjeewa, a computer scientist at McGill University in Canada, believes it could help to slow or one day even stop the onset of debilitating symptoms which...

30 August 2017 | Healthcare

Qualcomm fortifies AI research with acquisition of Scyfer, outlines future vision

Qualcomm has announced the acquisition of Scyfer, a University of Amsterdam-affiliated company focusing on machine learning research, and outlined its vision for artificial intelligence in the process. Matt Grob, executive vice president, technology, Qualcomm Incorporated, said: “We started fundamental research a decade ago, and our current products now support many AI use cases from computer vision and natural language processing to malware detection on a variety of devices — such as...

23 August 2017 | Machine Learning

Natural language processing market to break $22bn by 2025

The market for natural language processing (NLP) is set to top $22 billion (£17.3bn) by 2025, according to a report from industry analyst firm Tractica. The rise can be attributed to a wider variety of applications for the technology. While NLP is seen by many as a user interface technology today, Tractica argues, there is enormous potential around it for extracting insights and analysis from unstructured data, such as video and audio files, emails, and scanned documents. “Natural...

21 August 2017 | Deep Learning

Facebook’s AI-driven M assistant chatbot reaches the UK

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Facebook’s AI-driven M assistant chatbot has safely made it across the Atlantic and is now helping Messenger users in the UK. The chatbot will butt into your conversations if it feels it can be of assistance. For example, when discussing making plans it could find you nearby places, create a poll about where to go, and find time in participants’ diaries. When you arrive you could follow up with a question like “Where are you?” and the chatbot will prompt the other person to send...

16 August 2017 | Bots

A look at some of the machine learning projects hosted on AWS infrastructure

Stanford University, Wolfram Alpha, and Pinterest are among the companies aiming to take advantage of advances in machine learning technology – all enabled by Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure. Dr. Matt Wood, general manager for artificial intelligence at AWS, told attendees at the company’s New York summit yesterday about how machine learning usually undergoes a renaissance every several years. This time, through the technological capabilities of cloud computing, it seems to have...

15 August 2017 | Machine Learning