Caterpillar and OSIsoft debut AI platform to reduce costs for shipping industry
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailThe marine division of US machinery and equipment maker Caterpillar has integrated OSIsoft’s data management system into its industrial artificial intelligence (AI) platform to help shipping companies reduce fuel and …
AI will create 133m new jobs by 2025, but not enough people to fill them
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailArtificial intelligence (AI) will create more jobs than its takes away, as well as bringing new efficiencies and profit making to enterprises. This is the conclusion of new research into …
Train reliability can jump 30% with predictive maintenance, claim Nokia and Altran
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailTelecoms vendor Nokia and engineering firm Altran have announced a predictive maintenance solution to streamline the upkeep of trains from all manufacturers. Nokia said it will make trains up to …
IBM releases open-source developer toolkit to identify bias in AI algorithms
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailIBM has launched an open-source toolkit to discern bias in artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. The project, in Python, presents developers with fairness metrics to check for bias in machine learning …
Ferry company Stena Line tests AI to reduce fuel consumption, outwit the ocean currents
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailFerry company Stena Line has started using artificial intelligence (AI) to lower the fuel consumption of its ships by 2.5 per cent. The company signed a deal with Hitachi Vantara, …
Las Vegas applies AI to smart city operations to detect faults and outages
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailLas Vegas, in Nevada, is using artificial intelligence to detect and fix issues within its IT systems, including those underpinning its various smart city projects. California-based FixStream said its deal …
Germany spurs AI with state incubator, JEDI network and BMW backing
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailGermany has made its move in the international AI arms race with state support for tech start-ups, a ‘JEDI’ innovation network with France, and backing for its ‘Cyber Valley’ set-up …
Computer vision in manufacturing: definition, history and use cases
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailIn terms of digital technology, computer vision is as old as the hills. In popular terms, its theory of expanded machine consciousness emerged just as Bob Dylan and The Beatles …
Dell intros enterprise IoT bundles for resellers to target food, gas, manufacturing
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailDell Technologies will release a number of pre-integrated and pre-tested computer-vision and machine-intelligence bundles for its resellers to more easily cater to certain edge-computing and internet-of-things use cases. The bundles, …
What is ‘algorithmic bias’, and why smart cities must act now
FacebookGoogle+TwitterLinkedinemailData does not always tell the truth; machines lie. Algorithmic bias means fairness and equality, the ultimate promises made by technology to re-write the rulebook, remain relative. “Data reflects the …
