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Cortana will Read Emails
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Cortana will Read Emails

Always liked the idea of Assistants reading emails.  Though it clearly has to be selectively, and the selection has to be very easy to do.   Also note I have not...

Wikipedia Adds Credibility with Digital Books
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Wikipedia Adds Credibility with Digital Books

Fascinating additional link to readily accessible knowledge.     Of course, you can ask, how accurate is the book cited?  Still like the further effort, will look...

Microsoft Wins Pentagon Contract
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Microsoft Wins Pentagon Contract

New directions of defense department for the Cloud.Microsoft Is the Surprise Winner of a $10B Pentagon ContractAmazon had long been considered the favorite forThe...

Real World Applications of Drones
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Real World Applications of Drones

Overlook of current uses and future applications.Real-World Applications for Drones    By Logan KuglerCommunications of the ACM, November 2019, Vol. 62 No. 11,10...

Free Access to a Book: Math of Deep Learning
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Free Access to a Book: Math of Deep Learning

From DSC, requires simple sign-up.  Math-Technical, with code examples.Math of Deep Learning: Free Chapter from 832-page eBookPosted by Capri Granville The title...

Elementary Intro to Kalman Filtering
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Elementary Intro to Kalman Filtering

A method we used actively, for sensor networks, here also an pointer to lots of introductions, including the ACM article.An Elementary Introduction to Kalman Filtering...

IBM Watson and Lufthansa
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IBM Watson and Lufthansa

Customer service is an increasing space for AI technologies.IBM Watson helps Lufthansa Group optimize its customer service in DSSRseourcesLufthansa and IBM collaborate...

A Look at CCPA
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A Look at CCPA

Concise look at the California Consumer Privacy Act.CCPA: Do the Penalties Fit the Crime?By David Harding  / in ReadWriteCCPA goes into effect on January 1, 2020...

Automated Testing of Deep Learning Systems
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Automated Testing of Deep Learning Systems

Interesting look at automated testing of fundamental methods of deep learning.    Which lead to some real concerns. Starts non-technically, then gets into depth...

Alexa Recordings Sought by Police
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Alexa Recordings Sought by Police

This scenario started to come out several years ago, more updates:Florida police obtain Alexa recordings in murder investigationThis time, though, officers areBy...

Customers Calling
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Customers Calling

Another example of determining the classification 'why' of behavior:Why are your customers calling you again?  in Mckinsey.Getting to the bottom of why customers...

Seeing Around the Corner for Autonomous Cars
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Seeing Around the Corner for Autonomous Cars

Have mentioned this kind of tech a number of times, a kind of sensor data enhancement idea that has been considered for some time.  Note in my 'seeing around the...

AI Tech of Youtube Marketing
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AI Tech of Youtube Marketing

Simple, intriguing example here.Why AI Technology For YouTube Marketers Is Viewed As A Godsend AI technology for YouTube marketers is often viewed as a total godsend...

Trimming the Bushes
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Trimming the Bushes

Classic messy, time consuming job, that needs some close attention.  Solved?Trimbot in a garden. Meet Edinburgh's 'Trimbot,' the Rose Pruning, Bush Trimming Auto...

Wolfram Alpha: Notebook Edition
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Wolfram Alpha: Notebook Edition

Been a while since I used this in the enterprise, but here is a new release of interest.  I would heartily recommend this as a teaching environment for math for...

China Passes Cryptography Law
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China Passes Cryptography Law

This was predicted last month.   The specifics will be interesting, especially the degree to which the public will be able to use 'absolute' cryptographic methods...

Quantum Navigation?
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Quantum Navigation?

I am skeptical that a quantum computer is necessary for this kind of shortest route navigation.  But interesting claim, and a real problem.  Will examine further...

What Makes an Image Usefully Memorable?
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What Makes an Image Usefully Memorable?

Asked this question as early as the 80s, hoping to capture the value for advertisers.  With very large Ad databases.   But with very different methods.    Not overly...

Detecting Misinformation Intent
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Detecting Misinformation Intent

This gets closer to true intelligence in a machine.   Determining likely intent with AI methods.   But how well does it do, better than humans?  How well do humans...

Agent Based Mesa Models in Python
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Agent Based Mesa Models in Python

This is new to me.    We actively used agent models for consumer interaction understanding.  See agent tag for more.Introduction to Mesa: Agent-based Modeling in...
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