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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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Remarkable Accessibility and Assistant tech
Remarkable assisting technology is surveyed in DigitalTrends:From translating hearing aids to sign-language gloves, amazing assistive techThink that assistive technology...
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Oracle Outsources GraphPipe
Had not heard of this kind of work out of Oracle. By its description of value to improved process. Following up and will report on this.Oracle Open-Sources Graphpipe...
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RPA and Test Automation
Been intrigued by uses of RPA (Robotic Process Automation) Here from the Gartner Blog, perhaps an obvious one, Test automation. A brief post follows, but sets...
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What Microsoft is Doing About Quantum Computing
How do we train programmers to use non intuitive methods? Beyond Scifi.With Q#, Microsoft is throwing programmers the keys to quantum in DigitalTrendsComputers...
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Bixby's Intelligence
Been following the assistant Bixby for some time, its being touted for some major appliances, but have not tested it there. Some friends have it on their phones...
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Eight Hardest Startup Problems
Interesting thoughts.MIT's Mind-Blowing Solutions to the 9 Hardest Startup ProblemsDeciding how big you want the company to be and change its strategy, organization...
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Google to Deliver Assistant with a Screen
Google is bringing forward a speaker with a display capability to compete with Echo Show. Google has the advantage of having the huge content supply called Youtube...
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Democratizing Data Access
Note enough is done to link such data with your own, in particular as metadata to support, clarify and validate decisions. Why not? Often because the data's existence...
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Streaming Low Power Video on IOT
The ideahas been being talked for some time, low power will likely be important.Researchers’ low-power video streaming breakthrough could boost the IoT By Maria...
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Ethics via Science Fiction
A way to stretch thinking beyond the realm of current science and into its evolution.How to Teach Computer Ethics through Science FictionBy Emanuelle Burton, Judy...
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Scientists Favorite Algorithms
Have never thought of algorithms this way ... but we all have favorites. What we learned first, is easiest to use, is most useful, has the fewest cautions. Course...
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Wal-Mart Soars, Plus Big Online Jump
The online move is a big deal.Walmart soars with fastest sales growth in a decade, big online jump By Marianne Wilson in CSAWalmart showed its might in the second...
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Kroger Rolls out Autonomous Delivery Test
Not completely driverless, and not using the Nuro autonomous 'shelf' (at the right) But still it shows the seriousness of Kroger about the idea. Still thinkKroger...
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Alibaba Looks at Shopping Experience with VR
Have been asked to take a closer look at this. The extent to which it engages consumers,and the type of products being sold will be essential. Video at the link...
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L'Oreal and Augmented Reality
We worked on beauty applications that used aspects of augmented reality to market. Had not heard of Facebook Camera Products. Note L'Oreal's acquisition ofL...
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Question Database for Assistants
Useful to have a benchmark dataset of context and questions. New Data Could Help Siri, Alexa Know When They're Being Unhelpfulin Quartz By Dave GershgornA...
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AI Use Cases
Useful, based on a study of 400 use examples. Still speculative, since it depends on the complexity of these use cases. In what was needed to solve the problem...
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More on Kroger and Alibaba
More and expert comments on this. Also notice the assistant augmented Tmall platform, testing for US application? Large CPG's now getting private label competition...
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DefCon Reports on Whats Hackable
Wired reports on the Defcon hacker conference. As usual fairly scary, and I am not that paranoid.A weekend of security updates from the DefCon conference has confirmed...
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