Topic: artificial-intelligence

Samsung unit debuts AI-powered 'artificial human'

Samsung unit debuts AI-powered 'artificial human'

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 04:04 PM

The announcement at the opening of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas touted a new kind of artificial intelligence called NEON, produced by the independent Samsung unit Star Labs.   Read more »

Robot-loving Japan struggles to automate human work

Robot-loving Japan struggles to automate human work

Motoko Rich, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 01 11:16 AM

Japan, the world’s third largest economy, hopes that robots and other types of automation will help solve its demographic problems and impending labor shortage. That priority is reflected in a government blueprint, dubbed Society 5.0 and repeatedly emphasized by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Read more »

AI raises success rate of spouse-hunting in Japan

AI raises success rate of spouse-hunting in Japan

Kyodo News
Updated as of Dec 29 06:27 PM

AI devices are being employed to give people a picture of their potential mates along with everything about them -- their hobbies, whether or not they smoke, or if they have walked down the aisle before, among other things. Read more »

China's SenseTime expects $750-M revenue despite US ban -sources

China's SenseTime expects $750-M revenue despite US ban -sources

Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh, Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 10:26 AM

Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up SenseTime, which Washington put on a trade blacklist in October, expects its 2019 revenue to increase by more than 200 percent year-on-year to around $750 million, 2 sources familiar with the matter said.  Read more »

Internet companies prepare to fight the 'deepfake' future

Internet companies prepare to fight the 'deepfake' future

Cade Metz, The New York Times
Posted at Nov 25 05:41 AM

For internet companies like Google, finding the tools to spot deepfakes has gained urgency. If someone wants to spread a fake video far and wide, Google’s YouTube or Facebook’s social media platforms would be great places to do it. Read more »

Huawei eyes computer market as US squeezes telecom business

Huawei eyes computer market as US squeezes telecom business

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 04:22 PM

Deputy chairman Ken Hu said the strategy is based on expectations that "incredible computing power" is going to be needed as the world turns to complicated and resource-hogging future technologies such as artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles. Read more »

BPOs poised for more growth despite AI risk: property firm

BPOs poised for more growth despite AI risk: property firm

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 16 04:05 PM

Artificial intelligence and automation may soon replace repetitive and low-skilled tasks but it could take 10 years before technology could have “meaningful negative impact” in jobs, Leechiu Property Consultants co-founder and CEO David Leechiu told reporters. Read more »

'Sense of urgency' as top tech players seek AI ethical rules

'Sense of urgency' as top tech players seek AI ethical rules

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 03 09:12 AM

Some two dozen high-ranking representatives of the global and Swiss economies, as well as scientists and academics, met in Geneva for the first Swiss Global Digital Summit aimed at seeking agreement on ethical guidelines to steer technological development. Read more »

China adds Huawei, Hikvision to ‘national team’ on AI efforts

China adds Huawei, Hikvision to ‘national team’ on AI efforts

Sarah Dai, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Aug 30 02:23 PM

Shenzhen-based Huawei, the world's largest telecommunications equipment supplier, will take the lead in the research on AI infrastructure and software. Surveillance systems giant Hikvision will cover initiatives related to video perception. Read more »

Facebook listened to users' conversations: report

Facebook listened to users' conversations: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 14 08:33 AM

Facebook acknowledged the transcriptions, which were first reported by Bloomberg, telling the news agency in a statement that they were made with users' permission, but that the practice has nonetheless been stopped. Read more »

Google Glass lives on as learning aid for autistic children

Google Glass lives on as learning aid for autistic children

Cade Metz, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 18 08:11 AM

The clinical trial, conducted over two years with 71 children, is one of the first of its kind. It spanned everything from severe forms of autism, including children with speech impairments and tactile sensitivities, to much milder forms. Read more »

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