Jay van Zyl @ ecosystem.Ai

Jay van Zyl @ ecosystem.Ai

Macron Lays Out Artificial-Intelligence Push Against China, US – Bloomberg


Bloomberg

Macron Lays Out ArtificialIntelligence Push Against China, US
Bloomberg
President Emmanuel Macron is rolling out France’s strategy to close an artificialintelligence gap with the U.S. and China, saying it’ll require Europeans to get more comfortable with sharing data. After a buildup that includes naming one of the world

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Warner Music buys machine learning start-up Sodatone – Financial Times

Warner Music buys machine learning start-up Sodatone
Financial Times
Warner Music, the world’s third-largest record label, has acquired Sodatone, a machine learning start-up, in a bid to use data to spot the next Ed Sheeran. Sodatone, founded in Toronto, tracks streaming, touring and social media data to find artists

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Wow, machine learning, what a snoozefest… less so if you strap a bunch of GPUs to your storage – The Register

The RegisterWow, machine learning, what a snoozefest… less so if you strap a bunch of GPUs to your storageThe RegisterAnalysis Machine learning stresses storage because training the models means millions if not billions of files have to be fed to the…

Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications – Government Accountability Office


Government Accountability Office

Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications
Government Accountability Office
Artificial intelligence (AI) could improve human life and economic competitiveness—but it also poses new risks. The Comptroller General convened the Forum on AI to consider the policy and research implications of AI’s use in 4 areas with the potential

Non-tech businesses are beginning to use artificial intelligence at … – The Economist


The Economist

Non-tech businesses are beginning to use artificial intelligence at …
The Economist
LIE DETECTORS ARE not widely used in business, but Ping An, a Chinese insurance company, thinks it can spot dishonesty. The company lets customers apply for loans through its app.
Developing financial wellness tools with artificial intelligence (VB Live)VentureBeat
What’s on Your Mind? Bosses Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Find …Wall Street Journal
Is Winter Coming for Artificial Intelligence Stocks?Motley Fool
Customer Think –WGN Radio –The Australian
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Machine learning platform Valohai snags $1.8 mln – PE Hub (blog)

Boing BoingMachine learning platform Valohai snags $1.8 mlnPE Hub (blog)The Valohai platform automates the ML training and deployment infrastructure for companies who are looking to increase their business efficiency by leveraging machine learning. Thi…

Equifax debuts machine learning-based credit scoring system – CIO Dive

Equifax debuts machine learning-based credit scoring systemCIO DiveEquifax recently debuted a machine learning credit scoring system that uses neural network modeling to help customers assess risk more accurately. The NeuroDecision Technology overcomes…

The great potential—and challenges— of artificial intelligence for an aging population – MarketWatch

The great potential—and challenges— of artificial intelligence for an aging populationMarketWatchEliezer Yudkowsky, a leading proponent of “friendly” artificial intelligence, offers a cautionary observation about the potential of AI — solving problems …

Machine Learning At Google: The Amazing Use Case Of Becoming A Fully Sustainable Business – Forbes


Forbes

Machine Learning At Google: The Amazing Use Case Of Becoming A Fully Sustainable Business
Forbes
… to reach a point where 100% of the energy used for our operations was coming from renewables – so it’s a longstanding commitment. “We are completing our final calculations but all our indicators point to us having achieved that in 2017 – but stay