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Lettuce-picking robot could plug agriculture labour gaps
New Vegebot could help plug agriculture labour gaps, claim researchers Engineers have developed a vegetable-picking robot to complete the challenging task of harvesting lettuces. The prototype Vegebot, developed by a... Read More
Over a third of people ‘would prefer fast response from chatbot about finances’
Some 35 percent of financial services customers would prefer a fast response from a chatbot to waiting for a human, Pinsent Masons and Innovate Finance said More than a third... Read More
Google launches containers for machine learning applications, three months after AWS did the same
AWS released containers for machine learning applications in March Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has launched Deep Learning Containers, portable and consistent environments for developing, testing and deploying machine learning applications.... Read More
Boeing to work on flying taxis with US firm Kitty Hawk
Kitty Hawk is backed by Google co-founder Larry Page Aerospace firm Boeing has announced plans to work on self-flying taxis with an American start-up backed by Google co-founder Larry Page.... Read More
Training AI models comes at ‘substantial cost’ to environment
Training AI is one of the most energy-intensive workloads, and it is still largely executed on-premise Researchers at the University of Amherst have claimed that AI model training can produce... Read More
Cisco laces network with more AI and machine learning
Analytics and automation to help IT teams understand network behaviour and pre-emptively prevent issues Cisco has released a series of software updates that will see AI and machine learning capabilities... Read More
New conversion degree courses ‘will help boost diversity in AI tech roles’
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said more than £18 million will be invested in new degree courses and online training tools New conversion degree courses in artificial... Read More
Nvidia launches EGX platform for AI processing at the edge
Early adopters of EGX include BMW group and Foxconn Nvidia has announced a new accelerated computing platform for deploying AI at the edge of the network. AI has grown into... Read More
Driverless car fleet can reduce traffic by at least 35 percent, research suggests
Cambridge University students used scale model robotic cars to carry out their study A fleet of driverless cars working together to keep traffic moving smoothly can improve overall vehicle flow... Read More
Huawei launches machine learning database GaussDB
Huawei takes on Oracle, IBM and Microsoft with new cloud-based database management system powered by AI Chinese technology giant Huawei, known for its smartphones and telecommunications equipment, is making further... Read More
Mustafa Suleyman and Kriti Sharma among experts joining UK’s new AI Council
More than 20 experts across industry, academia and the public sector will look at how to boost AI’s positive impact on the economy The Government has confirmed the line-up of... Read More
San Francisco bans police use of facial recognition technology
The Californian city is the first in the US to outlaw the technology San Francisco officials have voted to ban the use of facial recognition software by police and other... Read More