Can Machine Learning Be Used to Predict Earthquakes?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is profoundly powerful. In the past, we’ve covered stories of how this technology is impacting enterprise applications, MedTech innovation, and the FinTech industry. But today’s topic is certainly a new one — scientists have developed machine learning to predict aftershock patterns of earthquakes. Analyzing Aftershocks “If you think about making forecasts of […]
Can Machine Learning Keep Facebook’s User Data Safe?
After Facebook’s unforgettable data scandal involving a rogue app developer, Cambridge Analytica, and the 2016 Presidential election, the social media company has allegedly been focusing on improving security, user permissions surrounding privacy, and limiting developer freedoms. Located just outside of San Francisco, Facebook recently opened up user data to researchers interested in voters and elections. The company […]
AI Is Entering the Sales Business
Artificial intelligence (AI) is divisive when it comes to interactions. Either it comes off as robotic and unhuman-like or eerily authentic to the point of discomfort. But by giving AI more of a human touch, Boston-based developer Talla just may have hit the sweet spot with its “next-generation knowledge base,” a descendant of the company’s first […]
MIT Is Developing AI to Track Sensors In Your Body
As big tech companies like Apple, Google, and Microsoft become more interested in medical technology applications, startups are undoubtedly facing some tough competition. But that’s not stopping researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A team at MIT’s Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) is using wireless radio signals and AI to interact with sensors inside the body. […]
A Small Team of Students Have Beaten Google’s Machine Learning
Fast.ai is a small company dedicated to bringing artificial intelligence (AI) education to anyone who’s interested in learning more about AI, machine learning, and deep learning. It doesn’t matter what operating system you use, the education you’ve received, or however old or new your preferred programming language may be. Making AI more accessible to those […]
Is Cybersecurity Ready for AI and Machine Learning?
At this year’s annual Black Hat cybersecurity conference, hosted in Las Vegas, developers were talking enthusiastically about machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) applications in cybersecurity. And because cybersecurity is a field that grows a bit larger every time a new software or operating system version is released, anything that cybersecurity experts can employ to […]
China Is Building AI-Powered Submarines
Who said all the hot artificial intelligence (AI) innovation is being developed in San Francisco and other U.S. tech hubs? China has built AI-powered submarines — and plans to launch them in hotly-contested surrounding seas by 2020. Many Questions, Few Answers Many of the details surrounding these submarines are shrouded in secrecy. Per the South […]
Startup That Uses Humans to Train AI Just Nabbed $18M in Investments
Do you think artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming too autonomous and independent of humans? Well, think again! Scale is a startup that utilizes a team of contractors to train AI systems by categorizing visual data. It’s making big waves in AI development — in fact, it just raised an additional $18 million in investments. Not […]
Machine Learning Can Now Show What Skills You Lack — and How You Can Get Them
Sometimes, skills and strengths can be hard to quantify. This can be especially true for companies seeking certain talents or hoping to cultivate them through additional education and training. Coursera has developed machine learning to help companies understand what skill their employees are gaining from its class offerings. Solving the Corporate Education Conundrum We’re in […]
DARPA Is Funding Research to Find out Exactly What AI Is Thinking
When you were in high school, did you have to show your work in math class to get credit? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants artificial intelligence (AI) to do the same. Recently, it announced the Artificial Intelligence Exploration (AIE) program, an initiative focused on fostering AI development that can understand and explain how it […]