Cisco wants to put AI and machine learning deeper into the network with updates
Cisco has unveiled a series of software enhancements designed to bring artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning deeper into the network. These include new network automation and analytics tools, which give IT teams more insight and visibility into network data.
The new machine learning feat... Read more
Thales acquires AI company Psibernetix for development Certifiable AI
Thales has announced that it has taken over Psibernetix. Psibernetix is working on artificial intelligence (AI). The acquisition should make it possible to develop so-called Certifiable AI.
Psibernetix became known for its aerial combat application ALPHA, which consistently defeated the world's bes... Read more
Microsoft withdraws large facial recognition database from the Internet
Microsoft quietly removed a facial recognition database from the Internet this week, reports Silicon Angle. The database, MS Celeb, at some point contained 10 million images of about 100,000 people. That would make it the largest facial recognition database.
The intention was that the database sho... Read more
Amazon makes Alexa more talkative with new approach to deep learning
Amazon has developed a new approach to deep learning, which has already produced new opportunities for speech and image recognition. The approach should help developers to more easily develop more natural speech experiences.
In addition, the approach, Alexa Conversations, should require a third less... Read more
Robert Downey Jr. wants to clean the environment with robots, nanotech and AI
Actor and producer Robert Downey Jr. launched a group during the re:MARS conference of Amazon in Las Vegas, which will use advanced technology to clean up the environment "significantly, whether totally or not" in about ten years time.
Downey Jr. said that specifically robots, nanotechnology and ar... Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics go hand in hand at SAS
SAS has had extensive analytical software for many years,
but to what extent is the software changing as a result of emerging influential
technology such as artificial intelligence (AI)? AI makes it easier to draw
conclusions during data analysis. We discussed AI's influence on analytics with
Mark ... Read more
SAP fully focuses on the Intelligent Enterprise, where data is key
Since its SAPPHIRE conference in mid-2018, SAP has been
working hard to give more shape to the Intelligent Enterprise message. This
Intelligent Enterprise combines human intelligence as well as possible with
smart technology, i.e. applying newer technologies to business processes. Data
plays a cruc... Read more
ABBYY brings simplicity to where simplicity belongs
ABBYY is a company that demonstrates that it can be
relevant in both the business and consumer markets. This is done by providing
all kinds of different recognition software. Artificial intelligence (AI) plays
an important role in this, as this technology greatly improves the ability to
recognize o... Read more
AWS makes solution to extract text from documents widely available
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made Textract widely available. Textract is a fully managed service that uses machine learning to automatically extract text and data from documents, including tables and forms.
Textract does use machine learning, but does not require expertise in machine learning to u... Read more
Container transport companies join IBM TradeLens blockchain project
Container transport companies CMA, CGM and MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company have joined TradeLens. The blockchain-based shipping tool is an initiative of IBM and the Danish shipping conglomerate Maersk.
TradeLens ensures that by using blockchain the participants can easily track shipments througho... Read more