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MIT Tech Review Chain Letter on Facebook and Libra
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MIT Tech Review Chain Letter on Facebook and Libra

MIT's Blockchain newsletter takes a good look at Facebook and their activity with the Blockchain Libra.   Also a pointer to Facebook's 29-page paper on the topic...

Google Streetview AI to Inventory Infrastructure
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Google Streetview AI to Inventory Infrastructure

This came to mind once as a means to check our business locations for infrastructure regulation and compliance.   Though it was noted that we would be reliant on...

Fraud Detection with AI
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Fraud Detection with AI

And even the predictive risk of the exposure to financial crimes.How AI Can Help with the Detection of Financial CrimesPaige Dickie develops artificial intelligence...

Robots in a Store Near You
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Robots in a Store Near You

Including interesting statement from Wal-Mart, which has now emerged as the leader in brick and mortar grocery robotics ....  Talk and link to transcription:Groceries...

Planning Cities of the Future with AI
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Planning Cities of the Future with AI

Like to see much more about this.... planning is tough, and rarely done completely.    Analytic and AI methods require considerable attention to detail and process...

Real time Drone   detection of Forest Fires
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Real time Drone detection of Forest Fires

More extension of sensors, with direct connection to humans. Drones for Early Detection of Forest Fires Universidad de Carlos III de MadridJune 17, 2019Researchers...

Wal-Mart Tests Autonomous Vans for Middle-Mile
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Wal-Mart Tests Autonomous Vans for Middle-Mile

Not fully autonomous, and with fixed routes,  will this simplify the approach and make it safe enough to decrease on-road issues in the early days of on road autonomy...

Modernizing Marketing
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Modernizing Marketing

And even poorly understanding the current processes being used to utilize markets and data.Six governing considerations to modernize marketing  in McKinseyLegacy...

Driverless Services in Japan and France
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Driverless Services in Japan and France

Continuing to gather information on the use and greater implications of driverless.  My experience is mostly in the supply chain space, but the changes this will...

IKEA as a delivering Foodchain
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IKEA as a delivering Foodchain

Never thought of the nearby IKEA as a food chain.   Although have always known about the meatballs.Ikea is now the world’s 6th largest food chain, and it’s testing...

AI and Wireless Spectrum
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AI and Wireless Spectrum

Technical view of controlling spectrum.  A broad and technical look at the history and future of the use of electromagnetic spectrum to communicate and now directly...

Zero Knowledge Proofs
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Zero Knowledge Proofs

A good explanation of Zero Knowledge Proofs, starting with simple examples.  Examples of usage at the link. At the tag below there is also a Python implementation...

Towards Engaging Packaging
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Towards Engaging Packaging

Recall being pitched a similar idea for product packaging, this seems to take it further.  Now could deeper information be communicated this way?Creating 3-D images...

Smart Contracts Explained
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Smart Contracts Explained

An almost completely non-technical description of blockchains, and in particular smart contracts and their value and limitations.     Using as an example the Ethereum...

Waking up to New Risks
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Waking up to New Risks

In some ways we saw this coming,  risk was increasing, and that risk was coming from within in things we had specifically built.   Our internet of thingsDeep Insecurities...

Machines Like Me:  Novelist Ian McEwan
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Machines Like Me: Novelist Ian McEwan

More comments on the directions of AIMachines Like MeA Talk By Ian McEwan [4.16.19] in The Edge.I would like to set aside the technological constraints in order...

More on MIT Open Source AutoML ATMSeer
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More on MIT Open Source AutoML ATMSeer

More on the topic, and some additional background information and links.  Very powerful concept that that should continue to expand.  Automation is the word,   See...

Trust and Sponsoring Currencies and Contracts
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Trust and Sponsoring Currencies and Contracts

In just a few hours there has been a considerable pushback on Facebook being trusted with cryptocurrencies:Facebook’s cryptocurrency has a trust problemLibra isn...

Wal-Mart Overhauls Jet Management
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Wal-Mart Overhauls Jet Management

An indication of less attention to direct online ordering?Walmart in big overhaul of Jet.com  In ChainStoreAge    By CSA STAFFWalmart is making some big changes...

Facebook Teams to Produce Cryptocurrency
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Facebook Teams to Produce Cryptocurrency

Whats the ultimate of this?  Payment/Procurement angle?  Examining.  Note the broad number of participants.  And will also include the ability to integrate secure...
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