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Salesforce Builds an AI Platform
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Salesforce Builds an AI Platform

Interesting example of the effort and its building ... Building a Successful Enterprise AI Platform  By Arpeet KaleIntroductionIn 2016, I started as a fresh grad...

Whats Next in AI?  From Geoffrey Hinton
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Whats Next in AI? From Geoffrey Hinton

This sounded interesting, have always read Hinton's pieces.  About to read this. Will give some thoughts about it later.  Geoffrey Hinton Has a Hunch about What's...

Record Gaming Sales
From The Eponymous Pickle

Record Gaming Sales

 Implications? Increase of spare time? Increase of game hardware sales. Less serious work being done?   Opportunities for more gamification?    Will this continue...

Omnichannel Profitable in Post Pandemic?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Omnichannel Profitable in Post Pandemic?

 Been asked similar questions in recent interactions.  What will the change be and should retailers react? Can omnichannel be as profitable for retailers as in-store...

AI Development and Policymaking
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Development and Policymaking

Obvious, and exists well beyond AI into all decision oriented computation.    Must be done as part of a process understanding model of how decisions are made and...

Lowes Supporting AI Research
From The Eponymous Pickle

Lowes Supporting AI Research

Lowes has always been doing interesting things in retail.    Now is supporting AI in                             education.Lowe's Puts $1.5 Million Into AI Research...

Measuring Consciousness
From The Eponymous Pickle

Measuring Consciousness

 More brain research addresses complexities of intelligence.Researchers Find Better Way to Measure ConsciousnessUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison News, Chris Barncard...

Farm Automation Advances
From The Eponymous Pickle

Farm Automation Advances

More picks on my agriculture and botany advances.     Some good related statistics.Automating the Farm, By Esther Shein, Commissioned by CACM Staff  Step inside...

Wal-Mart Invests in Self-Driving
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Invests in Self-Driving

Somewhat unusual, but Wal-Mart is making a considerable play here.  Cruise is only indicating a self driving Taxi for now.    Possibilities for delivery?Walmart...

Roadblocks to a Vaccine Passport
From The Eponymous Pickle

Roadblocks to a Vaccine Passport

Gave this thought after innoculation.  What serves as proof, and with what groups?What Are the Roadblocks to a 'Vaccine Passport'?    By The New York TimesThe Heliix...

Detecting Anomalies with AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Detecting Anomalies with AI

Classic aspect using AI in  smart manufacturing.  Had interacted with Fujitsu in the past.Fujitsu develops AI to detect product abnormalities during manufacturing...

Microsoft Going for Nuance
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft Going for Nuance

MS has been backing off Cortana, at least for consumer facing applications.  This would be a big major buy of the Siri developer and its patents.  Microsoft considers...

IonQ now Supports IBM Qiskit Quantum development kit
From The Eponymous Pickle

IonQ now Supports IBM Qiskit Quantum development kit

Providing a seems another and we assume better means of developing quantum applications.     Would be good to compare applications.IonQ now supports IBM’s Qiskit...

Wal-Mart and TikTok
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart and TikTok

Not a big fan of TikTok, but its still booming.  What's Wal-Mart doing with it?   Will it last?  What will be next?  The right influencers in the right context....

Bob Herbold on the Pandemic Impact
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bob Herbold on the Pandemic Impact

Former Microsoft and Procter & Gamble exec, and my colleague there, Bob Herbold, writes about the  Pandemic impact:Bob's Gutsy Leadership BlogThe Pandemic Impact...

Using Emotion and Humor to Combat Science Misinformation
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Using Emotion and Humor to Combat Science Misinformation

 Interesting thought here,  how do we do it effectively? Using Emotion and Humor to Combat Science Misinformation    By University of UtahApril 13, 2021  in CACM...

Winner Takes All Effect and Automation
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Winner Takes All Effect and Automation

Had not heard it stated that way.   But agree,  automation is less threat than we think.  As is mentioned, we will be building working relationships with our machines...

FBI to Cleanse Microsoft Exchange Servers
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FBI to Cleanse Microsoft Exchange Servers

Somewhat unusual for FBI to take an effort like this,  will see how well it can cleanse the servers.  FBI launches operation to remove backdoors from hacked Microsoft...

Google Duplex Now Available in 49 States
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Google Duplex Now Available in 49 States

Noted this, have seen Duplex demonstrated, but never used it.  Concern rightly exists about its misuse.  I am sure that Google is thinking through regulatory issues...

China Creates Own Digital Currency
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China Creates Own Digital Currency

 Interesting to see how this could  change payment, collection and monitoring activity. China Creates Its Own Digital CurrencyThe Wall Street Journal, James T.China's...
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