Jay van Zyl @ ecosystem.Ai

Jay van Zyl @ ecosystem.Ai

Proving Grounds for AI Self-Driving Cars

When I was in my teens, a good friend of mine offered to teach me how to ride a motorcycle. We started out by riding in his backyard, which offered seclusion and allowed me to make mistakes without anyone else knowing. His backyard was relatively small and so it precluded being able to do any […]

These 4 Data Analytics Trends Will Dominate 2018

Together with AI, social, mobile and cloud, analytics and associated data technologies have emerged as core business disruptors in the digital age. As companies began the shift from being data-generating to data-powered organizations in 2017, data and analytics became the center of gravity for many enterprises. In 2018, these technologies need to start delivering value. […]

The 6 Biggest Hurdles Slowing the Pace of AI Innovation

At first glance, the artificial intelligence industry seems to be on fire, with tons of consumer demand and ample investor interest. In fact, VC investment in AI startups rose from $3.2 billion in 2014 to more than $9.5 billion in the first five months of 2017. There are countless exciting prospects for AI development, including applications for […]

Cybersecurity Suppliers Innovating to Bring AI-based Products to Market

If you want to understand what’s happening with artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, look no further than this week’s news. On Monday, Palo Alto Networks introduced Magnifier, a behavioral analytics solution that uses structured and unstructured machine learning to model network behavior and improve threat detection. Additionally, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, announced Chronicle, a cybersecurity […]

Startup Paige.AI Closes $25M Deal and Signs Deal with Memorial Sloan Kettering

Artificial intelligence has become one of the key weapons in the fight against cancer and the many forms and mutations that it takes, and today a startup is coming out of stealth and announcing funding and a significant data deal as it seeks to build an AI system specifically to help understand one aspect of […]

Meet the TrashBot: CleanRobotics is using machine learning to keep recycling from going to waste – GeekWire


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Meet the TrashBot: CleanRobotics is using machine learning to keep recycling from going to waste
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CleanRobotics is an alumnus of AlphaLab, an influential accelerator in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood that helps early-stage startups get off the ground with a four-month mentorship program. Pittsburgh has become a hub for robotics and machine

Paige.AI nabs $25M, inks IP deal with Sloan Kettering to bring machine learning to cancer pathology – TechCrunch

TechCrunchPaige.AI nabs $25M, inks IP deal with Sloan Kettering to bring machine learning to cancer pathologyTechCrunchArtificial intelligence has become one of the key weapons in the fight against cancer and the many forms and mutations that it takes,…

The Investor Using Venture Capital and Machine Learning to Cure Cancer – Bloomberg


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The Investor Using Venture Capital and Machine Learning to Cure Cancer
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Andreessen Horowitz’s Vijay Pande is betting that money plus computing power will equal medical breakthroughs. By. Sarah McBride. @mcbridesg More stories by Sarah McBride. February 5, 2018, 9:00 AM PST. Illustration: Sam Kerr for Bloomberg Businessweek

With artificial intelligence in the courtroom, algorithms are ruling on jail time – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWith artificial intelligence in the courtroom, algorithms are ruling on jail timePittsburgh Post-GazetteCLEVELAND — The centuries-old process of releasing defendants on bail, long the province of judicial discretion, is getting a…