A new expert report on AI sentiment among the public finds that the industry has a lot of work to do to explain the technology’s benefits – not with marketing hype, but with real-world examples and proof. Chris Middleton reports. Consumers lack understanding about artificial intelligence (AI) and are looking to businesses, government, and academia…
It’s one thing to run machine learning models in the cloud, where you have plenty of resources. On mobile devices, you’re dealing with very finite compute resources, so if you want to run your models directly on the devices, they have to be highly optimized. Add to that that Apple and Google are taking somewhat…
There are two engineering challenges – one electrical, one social – facing power companies if they want the public to change their energy consumption habits. The latter might be the harder business nut to crack, reports Nick Booth, but two IoT startups are here to help. In the near future, Britain’s businesses will face a…
Over 160 AI companies and organisations from 36 nations have signed a pledge to “neither participate in, nor support, the development, manufacture, trade, or use of lethal autonomous weapons”. The pledge, which has also been signed by 2,400 interested individuals from 90 countries, begins with the statement: “Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to play an…
Internet of Business says IBM has revealed a stronger than predicted performance in its Q2 financials, which have been presented as a return to form after a slow start to the year, poor growth, and declining operating profit. Overall, IBM reported growth of two percent in constant currency, with revenues up four percent year on…
Microsoft’s transformation into an enterprise cloud services company was underscored by full-year financial results that revealed total revenues of over $110 billion. In Q4, the number of new Azure contracts worth more than $10 million doubled, and the cloud division showed an 89 percent year-on-year surge in revenues – twelve percent more than consensus analyst…
Smart cities demand strong, flexible, and reliable data platforms, and top-tier tech companies are jostling to develop and support such initiatives. Cisco is a key player in this area, and the platform it has implemented as part of Manchester’s CityVerve smart city and IoT demonstrator focuses on the ability to build smart cities “from the…
The latest annual report from the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) Oversight Board has warned the UK’s national security advisor that it can offer “only limited assurance” that the widespread use of Huawei broadband and mobile infrastructure hardware poses no natural security risks. China’s Huawei is the world’s largest producer of telecoms equipment –…
Meet Wilson, a new iPhone app that plans to change the way you discover and listen to podcasts. The company describes the app as a podcast magazine. It has the same vibe as Longreads, the curated selection of longform articles. With its minimalistic design and opinionated typography, Wilson looks like no other podcasting app. On…
Cisco and Grab are the latest technology companies to open AI research labs, reports Malek Murison, as the former invests in London, while the latter partners with Singapore. What do industry giants Samsung, Microsoft, Cisco, Google, and Facebook have in common with several academic institutions around the world? Over the past year, all have poured…
