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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 […]

AI Researchers Have a Plan to Save Coral Reefs

Climate change has been bleaching coral reefs, decimating the local marine species that call them home, since at least the first major observations were recorded in the Caribbean in 1980. Thankfully, new A.I. cataloguing designed to identify the geographic regions where coral is still thriving hopes to reverse the trend, saving some of the world’s most dense and […]

AI in Edmonton: Home to Reinforcement Learning

Edmonton, Home to Reinforcement Learning, now a Foundation of AI, is Retaining AI Talent, Attracting Investment Including DeepMind The capital of Edmonton in the Canadian province of Alberta, like its counterparts in Toronto and Montreal, has a number of strengths in AI research that are attracting engineering talent and private investors. These include: — The […]

Montreal-Toronto AI Startups Have Wide Range of Focus

Includes Healthcare, Biomed, Text Analysis, Legal Research, Image Analysis, Drug Discovery, Education Canada has made a commitment for many years to the study of AI at universities across the county, and today robust business incubation programs supported by Canada’s state and regional governments work to transform research into viable businesses. This AI ecosystem has produced […]

With its Academics, Culture of Collaboration, Access to Capital, Concern with Social Impact, Montreal Poised to be AI Startup Hotbed

With its confluence of academics, international accessibility, culture of collaboration, many startups and access to capital, Montreal may be poised to become the next Silicon Valley. This might be especially true given the current America political climate hostile to the international cooperation on which research institutions and technology companies thrive. Montreal is benefitting today from […]

Ultrasonic Harm and AI Self-Driving Cars

By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider The law of unintended consequences is going to impact AI self-driving cars. You can bet on it. Actually, as a society, we’re likely mainly interested in the “adverse” unintended consequences side of that natural law, since there are bound to be lots of otherwise “favorable” unintended consequences – […]

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 […]

Here Are 14 Amazing Facts About Alibaba’s Co-Founder Jack Ma

Jack Ma is one of the richest people in China, and his way to the top has been a long and tough journey. A business magnate and philanthropist, Jack Ma is the cofounder of Alibaba, a conglomerate that’s focused on technology, artificial intelligence, retail, e-commerce, and the internet. If that leaves a lot to the imagination, […]