DARPA Upgrades Battlefield Simulations
The demands of training soldiers and pilots, a domain that is gradually incorporating AI-enabled technologies, has heightened the U.S. military’s need for far greater computing power. Hence, the Pentagon’s ...Full Article
IBM Extends $3B Cloud Streak, Signs Santander to 5-Year Deal
IBM continued to make inroads into the big bank sector, announcing this morning at its annual Think conference in San Francisco that Banco Santander, the fifth largest bank in ...Full Article
White House Launches AI Initiative
A Trump administration AI initiative would prioritize federal R&D investments in machine intelligence as a way boosting U.S. economic and national security. The “American AI Initiative” launched via executive ...Full Article
NSF Explores Risks, Rewards of Automation
Addressing the growing unease over the prospect of AI taking jobs from humans, the National Science Foundation is soliciting proposals for how machines and workers can collaborate in ways ...Full Article
Banking Sector Embraces Multi-Cloud
The financial services sector tends to be a bellwether for early adoption of disruptive technologies. For example, financial services giant Goldman Sachs played a key role in forging an application ...Full Article
Machine Learning on 50 Million Smart Meters: Utility Powerhouse Extends C3 Platform Europe-wide
In enterprise AI, C3 (formerly C3 IoT) is amassing an impressive and seemingly unmatched record, one that the company has extended with its latest win, the expansion of a ...Full Article
U.S. Moves to Get AI House in Order
An AI advisory body established by the U.S. Congress will examine how the technology can be applied on the battlefield. The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence was established ...Full Article
The Surge in Oil & Gas Supercomputing
Supercomputing isn’t new in the world of oil and gas (O&G). It’s been a valuable tool for exploration, refining and processing for decades. But in recent years, the need ...Full Article
Intel at CES: New Inference, 5G Chips
Intel is showcasing a raft of new AI- and 5G-related products at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, staging a launch event on the eve of ...Full Article
Six Skills Separating Intelligent AI from Basic Automation
Managing the modern customer experience today means most businesses are implementing, or at least investigating, an automated, digital, workforce. Since coming to market almost a decade ago, RPA (robotic ...Full Article