<span class="vcard">John Desmond</span>
John Desmond

Gartner at AI World: AI Application Development Is Stuck in 1958

AI World 2017 Boston — If we compare the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the enterprise to the history of computer innovation, we’re running about 60 years behind. Tom Austin, vice president and fellow at Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner, shared that thought in his keynote address about AI realities recently at the AI World Conference, taking place at the […]

Align AI Projects to Boost Bottom Line, Advise AI World Panelists

There should be zero separation between an enterprise’s business objectives and its AI implementation, according to those with experience implementing artificial intelligence in their organizations. You have to think about the business problems first before you drive the tools in that direction,” said John Daly, senior vice president of worldwide production services at Sony Pictures […]

Flood Sensors Wade into Artificial Intelligence Across Iowa

Worried about the possibility of flooding near your home in Iowa? Soon, you can just ask Alexa. The move to merge flood sensor data with artificially intelligent chatbots marks the next generation of flood data analysis available all across Iowa. The project is being led by the Iowa Flood Center, based at the University of Iowa, […]

Compressive Sensing for AI Self-Driving Cars

By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider Years ago, I did some computer consulting work for a chemical company. It’s quite a curious story and one that went into the record books as a consulting engagement. The way it began was certainly an eye opener. An executive at a company that I had been doing […]

From 2017 AI World: Real-Time IIoT in Action at Smart Community Center; AI driving chip architecture at the edge

A smart building in Kawasaki, Japan called the Smart Community Center, has 35,000 sensor devices in it, possibly the premiere example today of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in action. Announced in later 2016, the partnership of Dell EMC and Toshiba is developing a testbed to make sense of the data from the many […]

Veritone’s AI Developer Application is Generally Available

Veritone, Inc. , a supplier of artificial intelligence (AI) insights and cognitive solutions, has announced the general availability of its Veritone Developer application. The application empowers developers of cognitive engines, applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) to bring new AI ideas to life through simple integration with the Veritone aiWARE platform. Veritone Developer is a self-service development […]

Thoughts on AI and Security from Bruce Schneier at AI World

Bruce Schneier is scary smart. The things he talks about – AI weaponization, remote hacking of commercial airliners and self-driving cars, malicious alteration of medical records – are scarier. The author of 13 books, including the cleverly titled Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World – and hundreds of articles and academic […]

AI Helping Machines to Get Better at Understanding Emotions

Two thousand seventeen certainly was an emotional year for mankind. While homo sapiens continue to yell at Alexa and Siri, the actuality of people’s willingness to pursue virtual relationships over human ones is startling. In a recent documentary by Channel 4 of the United Kingdom, it was revealed that Abyss Creations is flooded with pre-orders for its […]

Enterprise AI Still Early On: Business Leaders Are Unsure How AI will Impact Their Business

AI is seeping into different industries, slowly remolding the global competitive landscape. However, most business leaders still don’t know how machine intelligence will impact their businesses. EY recently published a brief, which focuses the current state of AI. We interviewed Nigel Duffy, EY Global Innovation AI leader who co-authored the document with Chris Mazzei, EY Global […]

Pega Helps Businesses Mitigate Risk With AI Transparency Controls

Within the  latest release of its Pega® Customer Decision Hub, Pegasystems has announced the ability for customers to deploy AI algorithms based on transparency thresholds. Called the T-Switch, the software is aimed at helping companies mitigate potential risks and maintain regulatory compliance while providing differentiated experiences to their customers. Not all  AI models are built with […]