Day: May 21, 2020

Machine-learning tool could help develop tougher materials – MIT News

For engineers developing new materials or protective coatings, there are billions of different possibilities to sort through. Lab tests or even detailed computer simulations to determine their exact properties, such as toughness, can take hours, days, or more for each variation. Now, a new artificial intelligence-based approach developed at MIT could reduce that to a…

Now hiring AI futurists: It’s time for artificial intelligence to take a seat in the C-Suite – ZDNet

special feature AI and the Future of Business Machine learning, task automation and robotics are already widely used in business. These and other AI technologies are about to multiply, and we look at how organizations can best take advantage of them. Read More COVID-19 disruption has left enterprises with no choice but to reassess digital…

Deep Dive: How AI, ML Can Harness Dynamic Rules To Improve QSR Fraud Detection And Reduce False Positives

Posted on May 19, 2020 Mobile ordering fraud is a constant struggle for QSRs, with bad actors leveraging account takeovers (ATOs) and social engineering to steal money or hijack customers’ personal data. Consumers are also concerned about security, with a 2019 survey finding that 62 percent of QSR customers feared that using mobile ordering apps…

Doctors enlist artificial intelligence to help them defeat the coronavirus

Dr. Albert Hsiao and his colleagues at the UC San Diego health system had been working for 18 months on an artificial intelligence program designed to help doctors identify pneumonia on a chest X-ray. When the coronavirus hit the United States, they decided to see what it could do. The researchers quickly deployed their program,…

Fireflies helps companies get more out of meetings

Many decisions are made and details sorted out in a productive business meeting. But in order for that meeting to translate into results, participants have to remember all those details, understand their assignments, and follow through on commitments. The startup Fireflies.ai is helping people get the most out of their meetings with a note-taking, information-organizing…

Watch Out For Those Looming AI Oligopolies, Including For Self-Driving Cars

AI oligopolies are coming, perhaps we ought to be on our watch. Getty Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly being deployed into all facets of our existence. Via the advent of Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL), many of these AI applications are intended to adjust on-the-fly and tailor themselves in real-time to the…