BROWSING: AI

Volvo teams up with NVIDIA to develop AI core for self-driving cars

Automotive manufacturer Volvo and chip maker NVIDIA have teamed up to bring artificial intelligence (AI) to self-driving Volvo cars. The pair will develop an AI-enabled core computer for new models from as early as 2020, bringing about advanced driver support systems, energy management technology, and...

Manifesto for a brave digital future in telecom IT and OT (Reader Forum)

The Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, robots, and drones are just a few technology topics we read about almost every day – in the mainstream press as well as in specialized industry publications. A wealth of articles has been written about emerging...

Why AI is essential to success in Industrial IoT

Networks are being significantly impacted by the commoditisation of hardware and the migration of functionality and value to software. This dramatically increases network complexity, but more importantly gives carriers an opportunity to gain a competitive advantage through disruptive new services. One lucrative new market that...

Why AI is essential to success in Industrial IoT

  Networks are being significantly impacted by the commoditisation of hardware and the migration of functionality and value to software. This dramatically increases network complexity, but more importantly gives carriers an opportunity to gain a competitive advantage through disruptive new services. One lucrative new market that...

IBM mixes AI and IoT in bespoke apps for farming, manufacturing, logistics

IBM has released a range of new Watson artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and services tailored for the agriculture, manufacturing, supply chain, building management, and automotive industries. “Tailoring general AI for specific industries and professions is a critical way to enable everyone to reach new potential...

Caterpillar and OSIsoft debut AI platform to reduce costs for shipping industry

The 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 maintenance costs and increase uptime. The resulting asset intelligence platform combines OSIsoft’s PI System, which...

AI will create 133m new jobs by 2025, but not enough people to fill them

Artificial 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 the impact of AI on the global workforce, as well as the prevailing opinion...

Train reliability can jump 30% with predictive maintenance, claim Nokia and Altran

Telecoms 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 30 per cent more reliable in terms of their availability, and 20 per cent more...

IBM releases open-source developer toolkit to identify bias in AI algorithms

IBM 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 workflows, and bias mitigators to overcome bias and produce a fairer outcome. IBM has also made...

Blockchain technology in the telecom industry: Part 3 (Reader Forum)

Editor’s note: Click here for part 1 and here for part 2 of this three-part series on blockchain technology in the telecom industry. The first six telecom applications of blockchain are covered in part 2.  Blockchain applications in the telecom industry 7. Blockchain in roaming management These telco services...

Ferry company Stena Line tests AI to reduce fuel consumption, outwit the ocean currents

Ferry 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, the digital change unit of Japanese conglomerate Hitachi, in June to make it the smartest...

Las Vegas applies AI to smart city operations to detect faults and outages

Las 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 with Las Vegas is the first implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) for IT operations...

Quectel releases revolutionary smart module based on AI chipset

SHANGHAI - Quectel Wireless Solutions, the leading global supplier of wireless modules, today proudly announced that it has launched SC66, a revolutionary Artificial Intelligence (AI) Cat 6 Smart Module. The SC66 Smart Module is equipped with Kryo Gold quad cores 2.2GHz and Kryo Silver...

Germany spurs AI with state incubator, JEDI network and BMW backing

Germany 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 from industrial giants including BMW, Daimler, Porsche, and Bosch. The German government is to create...

Huawei highlights 5G, AI with new chipset launch

7 nm Kirin 980 5G-ready with support for 1.4 Gbps As operators work with infrastructure vendors to deploy 5G with commercial activations slated to start in the U.S. later this year, chip makers are working to cement device-side support. The latest entry comes from Huawei...

Computer vision in manufacturing: definition, history and use cases

In 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 took a more experimental musical turn. It has its roots in a 1966 summer holiday...

Dell intros enterprise IoT bundles for resellers to target food, gas, manufacturing

Dell 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, billed as secure and scalable, offer storage, security, network and data management, and orchestration. They...

What is ‘algorithmic bias’, and why smart cities must act now

Data 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 social, historical and political conditions in which it was created. Artificial intelligence systems ‘learn’ based...

Using an “ABC” approach for successful digital transformation (Reality Check)

In the present era, it may be difficult to imagine communication service providers (CSPs) not moving toward digital transformation in some way. The new evolving technology ecosystem, demanding customer preferences, and competitive threats present a new playground where CSPs can play. But while CSPs...

Turing Institute to host hackathons for London-based AI start-ups

London start-ups are being technical support to develop and scale their artificial intelligence (AI) projects. The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s centre for data science and AI, will host a series of five-day ‘hackathons’ to help UK innovators, based in the capital, to nail down...

AI and IIoT: How to make products better and faster – at less cost (Reader Forum)

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a key asset in the continuing effort to derive greater value from business processes and business models in general. While much of the attention AI has garnered has centered on digital services and applications, the technology is also driving significant enhancements...

Analyst Angle: Smartphones adopting AI engines

Smartphones are getting smarter using artificial intelligence, which means smartphone-processor vendors must improve their AI platforms. To do so, the latest round of premium smartphones implement hardware-based AI accelerators, including Apple’s neural engine, Huawei’s neural-processing unit, and Qualcomm’s Artificial Intelligence Engine, which features the...

How Google plans to disrupt IoT using edge computing

The Google Cloud Next 2018 conference took place July 24-26, bringing together the tech giant's cloud leaders to talk about how the company is transforming businesses digitally. From the internet of things (IoT) through to artificial intelligence (AI), there was a lot of discussion...

Does machine learning for cybersecurity live up to the hype?

Trying to keep intruders out of your network is like trying to keep vermin out of a house in a bad neighborhood. The rodents and insects never stop trying to get in, and the best you can do is slow them down, minimize the...