Fly Ventures, a Berlin-based VC using machine learning to find its … – TechCrunch

TechCrunchFly Ventures, a Berlin-based VC using machine learning to find its …TechCrunchFly Ventures, a relatively new VC operating out of Berlin, has closed its first fund at $41 million, capital it will use to invest at seed-stage in startups acros…

Magid: Forum tackles fake news, artificial intelligence – The Mercury News


The Mercury News

Magid: Forum tackles fake news, artificial intelligence
The Mercury News
Although there are some technical sessions, most of the focus is on internet policy — issues that countries are struggling with as the internet becomes increasingly integrated into our lives. As usual, I’m speaking at sessions focused on child safety

Veritone Acquires Advanced Data Science and Machine Learning Firm – Business Wire (press release)

VentureBeatVeritone Acquires Advanced Data Science and Machine Learning FirmBusiness Wire (press release)The acquisition includes a cooperative distributed inferencing system — based on Hamiltonian models and other proprietary algorithms — that enabl…

Connections: Could artificial intelligence help us or destroy us? – WXXI News

Connections: Could artificial intelligence help us or destroy us?
WXXI News
In July, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said artificial intelligence, or AI, is a “fundamental existential risk for human civilization.” Musk wasn’t alone in sharing those concerns, leading many people to ask what will happen when humans develop super

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Artificial intelligence doesn’t require burdensome regulation – The Hill


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Artificial intelligence doesn’t require burdensome regulation
The Hill
One of the most important issues that Congress will face in 2018 is how and when to regulate our growing dependence on artificial intelligence (AI). During the U.S. National Governors Association summer meetings, Elon Musk urged the group to push

How Will Machine Learning Address Cyber Security Problems in 2018? – HuffPost


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How Will Machine Learning Address Cyber Security Problems in 2018?
HuffPost
My colleague, Amanda Rousseau, recently forecasted what she thought would be the security problems of 2018. I’ll cherry-pick a couple that I think ML can really help with, albeit (as in the previous paragraph) not as a do-it-all panacea. “Assume you’ll

What Areas of Artificial Intelligence Are Over-Hyped Going in to … – HuffPost

HuffPostWhat Areas of Artificial Intelligence Are Over-Hyped Going in to …HuffPostAs we enter into 2018, what are some of the topics in AI/ML that are mostly hype? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, em…Artificial i…

Machine learning and AI for social good: views from NIPS 2017 – Robohub

Machine learning and AI for social good: views from NIPS 2017
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In early December, 8000 machine learning researchers gathered in Long Beach for 2017’s Neural Information Processing Systems conference. In the margins of the conference, the Royal Society and Foreign and Commonwealth Office Science and Innovation

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Artificial Intelligence-Driven Automation – Automation World

Automation WorldArtificial Intelligence-Driven AutomationAutomation WorldTo address this evolution in technology to meet industry demands, Mellish noted that, for nearly a decade now, Universal Logic has been integrating artificial intelligence, sensin…

Artificial intelligence may not need networks at all – Network World

Network WorldArtificial intelligence may not need networks at allNetwork WorldThe advancement of edge computing, along with increasingly powerful chips, may make it possible for artificial intelligence (AI) to operate without wide-area networks (WAN). …