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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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Chatbots Falling Short of Expectations
Interesting stats. Chatbots clearly need to be better, more empathetic, more contextually focused, with better memories and links to required and up to date metadata...
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IBM Launches Blockchain Testing Service
In a further indication that major computing services companies believe in its usefulness. In particular when they can be delivered securely.Secure blockchainRelated...
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New Visual Shopping Design from Google
In the Google Blog, new ways to visually shop, with a number of impressive visual examples:Connecting you to visual shoppers with new ad formats on Google Images...
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IBM Doubles Quantum Speed, But Reveals Key Issues
Performance aspect is interesting, but the inherent noisiness of quantum is troubling. The notion that quantum switches could act at a distance, as was presented...
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Google Talks Finding, Sharing Open Data
Good talk on the issues, perhaps not enough on protecting the data, defining its ownership responsibly.Doing our part to share open data responsiblyDaphne Luong...
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Serious Games, AI and Training?
So can we train via AI in complex world environments, and can those environments be mapped into the real world to become 'Serious'? Open AI takes a look.OpenAI...
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Explaining Facts over Knowledge Graphs
Considering this. Always thinking how we can best translate to more understandable forms. Both for human understanding, machine use, the establishment of context...
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Insert Spreadsheet by Photograph
Would be a nice thing to be able to do at times, especially for test data.Import Excel data just by photographing a spreadsheetThe feature is available in the updated...
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Automation Anywhere Debuts Free RPA Version
Good opportunity for introduction! We did this without such a system years ago, looking forward to a closer look.Automation Anywhere debuts free version of its...
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Accenture Circular Supply Chain
Another example of transparency and reliance on shared data. Especially for small players. Involvement of Mastercard and Accenture would indicate some belief...
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Procurement Operating Models
A need for more bots exploring and maintaining the current and predictive possibilities? Risk analyses always attached and considered.A Next-generation Operating...
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Illusory Truth Effect
Brought back to my attention by a Wired article on Viral scares now floating about the internet, and when it makes sense to respond to them. Made me reexamine...
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Guardbot
What looks to be an impressive spherical robot, suitable for all terrain applications, including water. To me looks to be best for applications like security, tacking...
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Better to Design for Multiple Senses
Nice piece in ArsTechnica which makes the point that we should be designing interactive interfaces for multiple senses, not just for the limitations of one latest...
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Science of Productive Meetings
Ultimately an important element of efficiency, but the best way is to eliminate as many as possible.Less Fluff, More Stuff: The Science of Productive MeetingsAuthor...
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Clinical Trials Bot
A new direction I have not heard as yet. Underlying architecture would be interesting. Data being gathered to construct elements of the trial?Microsoft Built a...
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Record Numbers of Robots Ship in US
An increase of automation continues. As these creep toward new flexibly and new industries, expect more. Also as we start to include 'robotic', cognitive andU...
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Amazon v Wal-Mart
Can new kinds of tech partnering make the difference?Amazon and Walmart’s rivalry is reshaping how we’ll buy everything in the futureThe retail war is expanding...
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Amazon Stops Selling Dash Buttons
Was an early tester, and still know many people that use them. Note the indication below that they had been declared illegal, at least in parts of the EU forAmazon...
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