News & Views

Coveo acquires Qubit to improve personalization tools, expand into Europe

News
10/18/2021

Over the past 10 years, Qubit raised $75m in venture capital for its recommendations, badging, and insights tools

House Dems announce ‘Justice Against Malicious Algorithms Act’ to limit tech protections under Section 230

News
10/18/2021

Squarely aimed at Facebook

Fashion startup Urbancoolab launches AI-based streetwear design platform

News
10/18/2021

Users can submit renders, logos, and symbols – which the system then reinterprets into unique designs

AI in video games: From development to design

Analysis
10/15/2021

We track the importance of artificial intelligence to the ~150bn global video games industry

Cogniteam releases cloud-based OS for autonomous robot development

News
10/14/2021

Israeli robotics startup claims Nimbus can cut the time it takes to bring robots to market by 80 percent

Omdia: Half of organizations are not equipped to measure success of their AI projects

News
10/13/2021

For those seeking to become more AI-ready, the report recommends improving data management and governance

Cambridge Quantum reveals lambeq, an open source toolkit for quantum natural language processing

News
10/13/2021

German pharma giant Merck used the software to prove QNLP can be used in binary classification tasks for sentences

IBM signs AI partnerships with Raytheon and Deloitte

News
10/13/2021

Also providing cryptography and quantum computing tech

Hypermiling, reinvented: British firms team up on AI to increase EV range efficiency

News
10/13/2021

Hoping to boost range by up to 30 per cent

Nvidia and Microsoft build ‘the world’s largest’ 530bn parameter language model

News
10/13/2021

The success of MT-NLP will make large AI models ‘cheaper and faster to train,’ the pair claims

AI is driving the next generation of video game cheats and exploits

Analysis
10/12/2021

Back in my day, the biggest issue in CoD was excessive grenade launchers – not AI

Juniper: Smart TV voice assistant transactions to reach almost $500m in 2023

News
10/11/2021

A considerable jump from $126 million expected in 2021

US planning a ‘Bill of Rights’ for AI to guard against algorithmic bias

News
10/11/2021

The US Office of Science and Technology Policy is seeking comments from academics, HR professionals, and AI specialists

ZF partners with Oxbotica to develop autonomous software for passenger shuttles

News
10/11/2021

Pair seeking to create ‘Mobility-as-a-Service’ for urban logistics

AI-based tutoring startup Riiid snaps up Japanese partner Langoo

News
10/11/2021

Korean firm to set up a local corporate body in Japan as it looks to expand into new markets

UN launches AI for Road Safety global initiative

News
10/8/2021

The agency wants to improve post-crash responses and enhance road infrastructure

Kneron CEO Albert Liu: Autonomous vehicle plans, work with QCT, and IPO intentions

Analysis
10/7/2021

Since moving into the AV market in February, the chipmaker enjoys around 20 percent of the DMS and ADAS market in Japan, CEO says

$3 million drone competition tasks innovators to develop autonomous swarms for maritime use

News
10/7/2021

The final will see the five teams conduct live demos in a specially designated marine area off the coast of Abu Dhabi

‘Data lakehouse’ firm Databricks snaps up bamboolib developers 8080 Labs

News
10/7/2021

The purchase will allow Databricks to expand its own no-code AI options

Reality bytes: AI in games held back by archaic development and curtailed visions

Analysis
10/7/2021

Despite enormous jumps in breathtaking advances graphics, the behavior of virtual adversaries within games has seen little improvement, bemoans Matthew Jack of Kythera AI

Alphabet's DeepMind secures first-ever ‘profit’ after parent company waived $1.5bn in debt

News
10/6/2021

Revenues rose by more than three times in 2020 to $1.1bn, but staff costs and expenses also soared

William Shatner beamed into conversational video from StoryFile

News
10/6/2021

AI Business tested the interactive Shatner, with humorous results – but the system failed to achieve a true sense of interactivity

Autonomous warehouse robot maker Locus finds a new home in Amsterdam

News
10/6/2021

European location will provide assembly and servicing of its growing LocusBot line

Experts in AI: Navigating data across the AI market

Video
10/6/2021

Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and David Green, consulting director for AI & IoT at Omdia, talk all things data. Green expertly navigates the skills crisis in data science and provides intriguing insights on the AI market.

Experts in AI: Growing convergence in 5G, AI, and IoT

Video
10/6/2021

Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and Joshua Builta, research director for IoT at Omdia discuss the growing convergence between 5G and other emerging technologies - with the potential for exciting new use cases in the IoT and AI markets.

WEF and INTERPOL draw up best practices for using facial recognition in law enforcement

News
10/5/2021

Such systems ‘should never be used without cause and need’

US Navy’s AI Task Force to focus on trust in unmanned systems before mission deployment

News
10/5/2021

Task Force 59’s head, Captain Michael Brasseur, previously aided in setting up NATO’s Maritime Unmanned Systems Initiative

As Covid-19 causes worker shortages, Italian vineyards turn to robots

News
10/5/2021

Potentially disrupting decades of migrant worker flow patterns

Blue Prism confirms its pending sale to Vista Equity Partners, eyes synergies with TIBCO

Analysis
10/5/2021

Bringing these portfolios together, the two vendors have the unique opportunity to extend the reach and capabilities of what data management plus intelligent automation can do within the enterprise

Experts in AI: Tackling AI at the Bank of England

Video
10/5/2021

Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and Sholthana Begum, head of RegTech at the Bank of England, discuss the role of AI in finance - touching upon regulation, new types of risk, and the solutions to the skills crisis in data science

Experts in AI: Scaling up quantum and VisionAIres

Video
10/5/2021

Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and Tamas Szuts, pillar product manager, AI and IoT at Informa Tech discuss their highlights from the show floor - and react to the first in-person VisionAIres meet-up following its launch this year.

AI-powered drug discovery startup Exscientia raises $305m upon Nasdaq float

News
10/4/2021

Plus $160m in private placements secured by Softbank Vision Fund 2 and the Gates Foundation

AI and video games: Using AI and data to understand why players play

Analysis
10/4/2021

Game Analytics co-author Dr. Alessandro Canossa outlines why it’s vital to keep players engaged and using AI to work out how

Experts in AI: Semiconductors, edge, and cloud - the next generation

Video
10/4/2021

At the recent AI Summit London, Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and Mark Watson, research VP, government and manufacturing at Omdia discussed the rise of new players in the semiconductor, edge, and cloud markets.

Experts in AI: Understanding human-centric AI

Video
10/4/2021

From the show floor of the 2021 AI Summit London, Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and Tim Ensor, head of capabilities at Cambridge Consultants discuss human-centric AI.

Challenge begins to create ‘virtual dogs’ for use in drug testing

News
10/1/2021

Last year, over 2,700 dogs were tested on in a total of 4,340 procedures – something NC3R hopes to change with machine learning

You’re fired: the new EU law that threatens to hinder automating recruitment

Analysis
10/1/2021

AI Business’s Ben Wodecki outlines how the EU's new ‘AI Act’ will impact AI hiring technologies

Experts in AI: 5G and media - challenges and opportunities

Video
10/1/2021

Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and Maria Rua Aguete, senior research director, TV, video and advertising at Omdia talk how companies in the media space can benefit from 5G.

AI in tabletop games: The ultimate dungeon master

Analysis
10/1/2021

What happens when you combine cutting edge AI with a text based adventure formula?

Experts in AI: Accelerating AI and data analytics at Informa

Video
10/1/2021

Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and Rajat Kotra, group director of data analytics at Informa discuss how the company is working hard to accelerate the company's AI and data analytics abilities.

Experts in AI: The growing battles between cloud and telecoms providers

Video
10/1/2021

Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and Andreas Olah, senior analyst, digital enterprise services at Omdia, discuss the growing battles between cloud and telecoms providers.

Experts in AI: The exponential rise of discreet AI

Video
9/30/2021

At the AI Summit London 2021, Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and Daniel Sutton, principal analyst in the media and entertainment group at Omdia, discuss the distinctions between user-facing and invisible AI

AI Summit London 2021: What the industry talked about

Analysis
9/30/2021

Diversity in AI and quantum were among the biggest talking points at the first post-COVID AI Summit

UK Met Office and DeepMind collaborate on AI for predictions of rainfall patterns

News
9/30/2021

Not aiming to replace meteorologists, but to improve the work of human experts

BT flies autonomous drones over Port of Southampton to analyze vehicle inventory

News
9/30/2021

Seeking to understand potential use cases for “drone-in-a-box” systems

Experts in AI: Making smart homes a reality with Plume

Video
9/30/2021

Discussing networking trends and the changing role of communications service providers with Tyson Marian, Chief Commercial Officer at Plume Design - a company specializing in smart home experience management

Experts in AI: The emergence of MLOps

Video
9/30/2021

At the AI Summit London 2021, Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and Alejandro Saucedo, engineering director at Seldon, discuss the practical challenges in deploying MLOps

Experts in AI: Using AI to redefine customer experiences

Video
9/30/2021

At the AI Summit London 2021, Max Smolaks, editor at AI Business, and John Trembley, VP of marketing at Evolv AI, discuss how AI can help brands adapt to constantly changing circumstances