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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Virus vs CPG
IRI report of particular interest:IRI continues to monitor COVID-19 and its impacts on the CPG retail industry.Where consumers could afford to pantry-stock, they...
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Blockchain and Public Health Solutions
How does blockchain technology link with public health data and aid in the future solution of current and future public health care problems like pandemics? ABlockchain...
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IBM Using Contract Tracing App with Employees in India
The general idea seems to be expanding, with resulting data. Systems to date are voluntary. Some details at link about use, data, privacy implications.IBM testing...
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Wal-Mart Helps Neighbors in Community
An example of a grocery retailer aiming at improved local community regarding services tailored to current emergencies.Walmart launches ‘Neighbors Helping Neighbors...
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Belgian Port Testing Virus Bracelets
Aimed at enforcing social distancing, while gathering data.Belgian Port to Test Virus Bracelets Amid Tech Tracing FearsAssociated PressMark Carlson; Lorne Cook...
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Using Data from Tracking Studies
Friend Kaiser Fung looks at some of the tracking data is being used in studies. Instructive about how data is being gathered and used. Extensive piece at the...
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Knowledge Graphs versus Property Graphs
This came in the mail, it had been asked in an interaction recently. Worth a look. We worked with TopQuadrant.New White Paper: Knowledge Graphs versus Property...
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Is Your Chatbot Engaging?
Well yes, at least as it contributes to some goal. If I want a question answered quickly and accurately it requires a certain level of engagement, for exampleThat...
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Tracking and Tracing Pineapple
More food tracking and tracing as a key application. As part of the IBM consortium. The Dole Food Company has a five-year blockchain plan for stronger food safety...
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Organizing Information in the Age of the Coronavirus
From the recent Webinar, has links to a version of the Covid Brain.Organizing Information in the Age of the CoronavirusCovid-19 Online Brains from TheBrain BigCheck...
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Robots Helping Astronauts
Heard about this a while back. Uses IBM Watson AI. But what were they helping with? Specific micro tasks. Anticipating needs. Supporting technical conversations...
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Why Remote Does not Feel the Same
Interesting thoughts, mostly about the micro aspects, useful to think about during your next remote meeting. Like the thoughts about how conversations really work...
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Following Legal Analytics: Contracts and Liabilities
Our recent looks at eDiscovery and related AI and analytics alerted us to this. Accenture's connection would seem to indicate seriousness of these efforts. It...
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Zoom Continues the Climb, with New Vulnerability
Looks to be something that can be easily patched once understood. Now that Zoom is under the microscope, this is a good thing.Zoom passes 300M daily users as...
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AI For Drug Design
See in particular how these methods are designedAI for Drug Design By Sandrine CeurstemontSome recent breakthroughs in drug discovery have come about thanksTraditional...
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Making Decision Trees Accurate and Explainable
Explaining AI, Decision TreesBerkeley Artificial Intelligence ResearchMaking Decision Trees Accurate Again: Explaining What Explainable AI Did Not By Alvin Wan...
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Otter Transcribes Zoom Meetings, It Also Needs to Augment Them
Now take it further. Who has agreed to do what? Wat input did we not get? What resources and especially data do they need? Has the meeting met pre-stated...
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John Horton Conway Simulates Life
In the most recent Quanta Magazine, a obituary of John Horton Conway, who inspired many of us to take up his 'game of life' to simulate life-like things, called...
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Mirror Arrays Make Augmented Reality More Realistic
Augmented reality, adding realism. Most AR systems today provide a 'gamelike' view of artificial objects. A solution.Mirror Arrays Make Augmented Reality More...
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