<span class="vcard">Eliot Weinman</span>
Eliot Weinman

AI and the Org Chart: As Business Deploys AI, “Work Architecture” Need a Redesign

As editor of AI Trends, I am researching the impact of AI on how companies are organized to do work. I am interested in new job descriptions around data science, big data, machine learning, digital knowledge, AI interaction, natural language processing and others not mentioned here but that you might be involved in. I would […]

AI Customer Targeting Levels – From Customer Segmentation to Recommendation Systems

This is the first of a four part series on machine learning and deep learning written for AI Trends by Piotr Migdal, Ph.D., deepsense.ai. Every time you watch a film Netflix has suggested or buy a “similar product” on Amazon, it is a personalized recommendation. Can you make such recommendations work for your business as […]

High Quality Data Key to Eliminating Bias in AI

Biases are an incurable symptom of the human decision-making process. We make assumptions, judgements and decisions on imperfect information as our brains are wired to take the path of least resistance and draw quick conclusions which affect us socially as well as financially. The inherent human “negative bias” is a byproduct of our evolution. For […]

Cambridge Innovation Institute Announces the Acquisition of the AI World Conference & Expo and AI Trends

CAMBRIDGE INNOVATION INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF THE AI WORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO AND AI TRENDS The Leading Artificial Intelligence Conference and Publication to Join Cambridge Innovation Institute’s Extensive Portfolio NEEDHAM, MA— (April 18, 2018) – Cambridge Innovation Institute (CII), announces the acquisition of Westborough, Massachusetts based Trends Equity, Inc., which includes the properties of […]

Nvidia to Suspend Self-driving Tests Globally

Nvidia is temporarily stopping testing of its autonomous vehicle platform in response to last week’s fatal collision of a self-driving Uber car with a pedestrian. TechCrunch confirmed this with the company, which offered the following statement: Ultimately [autonomous vehicles] will be far safer than human drivers, so this important work needs to continue. We are […]

Executive Interview: Amir Banifatemim, Prize Lead, IBM Watson AI XPRIZE

“The question that everyone needs to ask themselves is, while we are building new innovative approaches with AI, how could we also think about bringing value to society?” – Amir Banifatemi Amir Banifatemi is the Prize Lead of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE. Amir has more than 25 years of experience in development and growth […]

Global Tech Firm Expands into New Markets with Enhanced Speech System

You might not be surprised to learn that most speech recognition systems are designed with adult speakers in mind. To date, the nuances and idiosyncrasies of children’s speech have rarely been built into speech-driven applications for children’s use, rendering them unable to successfully process interactions with a younger audience. For one leading multinational technology company, […]

Human-Aided Training of Deep Reinforcement Learning for AI Self-Driving Cars

When my daughter first started to drive a car, I was excited for her due to the aspect that she’d have a new found sense of independence and would be able to go places without having to constantly find someone to give her a lift. I knew she was a very responsible teenager and had […]

The Promises and Challenges of AI for CSPs

The increasing capability of computer processing power and recent advancements in cloud storage have made the once sci-fi concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) an enticing reality. Many industries are currently exploring how to best leverage AI, and the telecommunications industry is no exception. In fact I wrote about the promise of better Wi-Fi in particular in […]