Tag: AI
Google faces rebellion over military AI projects
A number of employees have resigned from Google following the search giant's recent deal to provide artificial intelligence to the US military. Thousands of...
Gatwick Airport ploughs $15 million into IoT network
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has finished installing a new £11 million ($15 million) IT network at the UK’s second largest airport.
Gatwick Airport said...
New MIT system enables autonomous driving on poorly mapped roads
A new system from MIT, known as MapLite, enables self-driving cars to navigate using just GPS and sensors.
Self-driving systems are typically seen being tested...
White House ‘AI for American Industry’ summit hosts Amazon, Facebook, Google
Representatives from 38 major US companies, including Microsoft, Intel, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Ford, will gather at the White House today for an AI...
Google unveils Duplex: the next stage of human-AI interaction
UPDATED The nuances of human interactions and natural language have always been difficult for computers to grasp. That's why, in conversations with virtual assistants,...
Robotics firm closes $820 million investment, backed by Tencent
A humanoid robot manufacturing firm has closed one of the world's biggest robotics and artificial intelligence investment campaigns.
UBTECH Robotics, which develops a range of...
Fintech: JP Morgan Chase hires head of AI research
NEWSBYTE JP Morgan Chase is signalling a move deeper into artificial intelligence by hiring a head of AI research – a new role within...
Facebook trained AI with 3.5 billion hashtagged Instagram photos
3.5 billion Instagram photos and their corresponding hashtags were used to train Facebook's machine learning algorithms, the social network has disclosed.
The images and 17,000...
Dell and Microsoft team to offer new IoT edge platform
Dell Technologies and Microsoft have joined forces to create an integrated Internet of Things (IoT) offering to help vertical customers simplify IoT management, and...
Skills: Pupils unprepared for AI and robotics, warns Sage
The UK’s ambition to become a global leader in artificial intelligence and robotics could be derailed because youngsters don’t have the right skills or...
Rolls-Royce ignites industrial AI with new partnerships
Industrial technology and engine specialist Rolls-Royce has joined forces with the Alan Turing Institute and the Hasso Plattner Institute to further its industrial artificial...
US army develops battlefield AI for troop safety
A team of US technologists has developed an artificial intelligence tool that it says can help soldiers identify potential threats around them during combat...