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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  MWC 2019: Industry rallies around the intelligent edge

  The ability to process sensor data on intelligent edge devices, then upload to the cloud, was among the themes at this year’s Mobile World Congress

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  TechUK: Digital ethics has to hit the boardroom this year

  UK IT industry lobby organisation releases a position paper contending that digital ethics must become a boardroom matter in 2019

• February 26, 2019 26 Feb'19

  MWC 2019: Satya Nadella presents intelligent edge vision

  Microsoft has unveiled a version of the Xbox Kinect device for business called the Azure Kinect, which sees and hears its environment

• February 21, 2019 21 Feb'19

  Government and IT industry-funded AI graduate education programme to be rolled out across UK

  UK government announces the launch of a state and IT industry-funded graduate education programme in artificial intelligence, comprising masters degrees, PhDs and Alan Turing Institute fellowships

• February 21, 2019 21 Feb'19

  APAC enterprises are just getting started on AI

  Despite clear benefits of adopting the technology, only 41% of enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region have embarked on their artificial intelligence journey

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  CIO interview: Martin Draper, CIO and change director, Liberty London

  Department store’s IT leader is bringing a traditional retail business into the digital, omnichannel age

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  Huawei Cloud opens Singapore region amid growing cloud rivalry

  The Chinese tech giant is eyeing local and Chinese firms looking to expand operations in the Asia-Pacific region

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  NHS AI code launched to set rules of engagement for tech firms

  The government says its code of conduct for the use of artificial intelligence and other data technologies in the NHS sets out the data privacy rules of the game for tech firms

• February 19, 2019 19 Feb'19

  Healthcare providers should press on with digital transformation

  Healthcare providers should continue digitisation efforts with security in mind amid looming cyber threats, says a top T-Systems executive

• February 19, 2019 19 Feb'19

  IT Priorities 2019: UK investment intent for AI intensifies, SaaS applications mature beyond CRM

  AI continues to strengthen as a focus for IT systems buyers in the UK, according to this year’s Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey, while cloud applications are maturing beyond CRM

• February 15, 2019 15 Feb'19

  CISOs under increasing pressure, study shows

  Cyber security professionals are under growing pressure from workloads and budget deficits, a study has revealed

• February 15, 2019 15 Feb'19

  Lucidworks CEO talks up ‘data experiences’

  Will Hayes discusses Lucidworks’ Asian expansion plans, as well as efforts to help enterprises deliver rich data experiences for employees and customers through AI-augmented search engines

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  CIO interview: Neil Holden, IT director, Halfords Group

  Motoring and bicycles retailer is growing its use of cloud, expanding on data analytics and exploring new technologies such as artificial intelligence

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Born to be wired

  IBM is helping legendary US motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson to get its motor running with a cloud-based service for a new electric bike

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Apple Business Chat powers Npower’s smart meter switch

  Energy supplier is using Apple Business Chat to help users through the process of switching onto new smart gas and electricity meters

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Chinese AI startup claims breakthrough in pediatric diagnosis

  Yitu Healthcare claims over 90% accuracy when diagnosing a range of pediatric diseases using a natural language processing system

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  London and Helsinki digital partnership challenges big IT platforms

  CDOs of London and Helsinki meet at London’s City Hall to sign a city-to-city digital declaration around AI, open data and digital innovation

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Explainable AI: How and why did the AI say ‘true’?

  The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42, according to Deep Thought in ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ – but experts need to explain AI decisions

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  AI and robotics to form part of curriculum for future medical students

  For the NHS to capitalise on the digital future, new technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics will have to be designed into the learning process for medical students

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Build strategic artificial intelligence, but buy for lower research and development risk

  There is no shortcut to creating an AI-empowered business, but it is expected that 10% of all IT spending will be on artificial intelligence by 2025

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Businesses still figuring out digital transformation have already lost

  Accenture is calling it a post-digital era, one where businesses are already looking beyond digitisation to capitalise on new tech-driven opportunities

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Self-driving cars get updated guidelines for trial safety and transparency

  The Department for Transport has issued guidance on trial safety and transparency for self-driving cars, and is sticking by its pledge to have self-driving cars on Britain’s roads in the next two years

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Cambridge launches urban data IoT project

  The city of Cambridge will use Telensa IoT sensors and a Microsoft Azure platform to better manage its urban data assets

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Alphabet 2018 results: 23% growth, profit squeeze from investment

  Alphabet – the conglomerate that includes Google and the search giant’s cloud business – grew revenue 23% in 2018, and stoked up R&D investment

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  How TensorFlow makes Candy Crush virtual players

  Researchers have used artificial intelligence to beat humans in popular games such as Chess and Go, but King, developer of Candy Crush, has found a novel use for it

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  How Airbus handles IoT network traffic in manufacturing

  The internet of things is set to power the fourth industrial revolution, providing data to optimise manufacturing. Airbus is starting to put sensors in aircraft assembly

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Microsoft cloud powers earnings boost

  CEO Satya Nadella claims Azure compute services are the starting point for digitisation, as businesses add higher value services like AI

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Government launches data trust programme

  Digital secretary Jeremy Wright sets out plans for scheme using data sharing to tackle global challenges such as illegal wildlife trade and food waste

• January 30, 2019 30 Jan'19

  AXA recruits AI assistants in back office

  Insurance giant is deploying software robots to take over repetitive tasks and free up humans to do more analytical work

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  IT leaders grapple with workforce skills gap as they deploy AI and digital technology

  Organisations will have to find new ways of reskilling their workforce as they get to grips with artificial intelligence and other digital technologies. CIOs also need to keep their skills updated if they are to succeed

• January 29, 2019 29 Jan'19

  SAP FY 2018: Cloud revenue nears €5bn, 10,500 customers for S/4 Hana

  SAP’s full-year 2018 results show cloud revenue at 20% of the total, which was €24.7bn, while the fourth quarter saw 1,000 customers added to its flagship S/4 Hana

• January 24, 2019 24 Jan'19

  NATS trials AI at Heathrow to cut delays

  NATS is trialling an artificial intelligence system from Searidge Technologies at Heathrow to discover if it can improve the airport’s landing capacity in low-visibility conditions

• January 23, 2019 23 Jan'19

  Singapore releases Asia’s first AI governance framework

  The model framework will help businesses in Singapore tackle the ethical and governance challenges of AI implementations

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  XL Axiata teams up with Tibco in data science initiative

  The Indonesia telco’s data scientists will be provided with data science tools from Tibco to uncover customer insights and improve network planning, among other goals

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Marks & Spencer introduces photo search for online shopping

  British retail brand Marks and Spencer has introduced a photo searching capability to its mobile site to help people find products they like using other images

• January 22, 2019 22 Jan'19

  Davos 2019: Why data sharing is key to AI in Industry 4.0

  Machines can learn from humans, but no one does the same job in the same way, so it makes sense to identify best practices

• January 21, 2019 21 Jan'19

  Amazon shareholders demand halt in sales of image recognition tech to US government

  Amazon shareholders want its board of directors to halt sales of its image recognition service to US law enforcers unless it can independently verify it's not being misused

• January 21, 2019 21 Jan'19

  Thailand pushes for Industry 4.0 in ASEAN

  Nearly half of the kingdom’s deliverables as chair of ASEAN will be focused on spurring Industry 4.0 developments across the region

• January 17, 2019 17 Jan'19

  Vodafone and IBM prep user clouds for future network tech

  Companies expand existing collaboration to enable enterprise customers to prepare for the impact of advanced networking technologies

• January 16, 2019 16 Jan'19

  Davos: World leaders need to grasp future technological risks

  Technological advancement is both a benefit and risk to society, but often the risks are not identified until they are exploited

• January 15, 2019 15 Jan'19

  O2 powers customer-centric network with Nokia AI

  Mobile operator O2 claims Nokia’s AI-driven Service Operation Center platform will help it anticipate its customers’ problems before they know they have problems

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  AI application overlooked in cyber security research

  Despite the proliferation of cyber security products and services claiming to be driven by artificial intelligence, the application of the technology is being overlooked by research, a study shows

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Artificial intelligence qualification helps law firm implement AI-powered business systems

  International law firm Taylor Wessing wants to train staff in artificial intelligence so they can develop AI-powered business systems

• January 11, 2019 11 Jan'19

  Microsoft takes community approach to artificial intelligence in Sweden

  Microsoft is making increasing use of artificial intelligence in Sweden as it shares experiences with the development community

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  Enterprises are increasing the human workforce while deploying AI

  Artificial intelligence is creating more jobs than it replaces, according to a study of businesses using the technology

• January 09, 2019 09 Jan'19

  Mercedes-Benz collaborates with Nvidia on in-car supercomputer

  Partners plan to work on an in-car computer for autonomous driving, and to replace existing in-car systems

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  Smart speakers set to own the consumer ecosystem

  Consumers prefer to buy gadgets that are compatible with the digital voice assistants they already have in their homes

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  Intel readies 10nm chips for AI, 5G and a new PC platform

  During CES, Intel revealed how it would address the market opportunity in 5G and support AI inference

• January 08, 2019 08 Jan'19

  CES 2019: Here plugs Alexa into in-car navigation service

  Here, the former Nokia mapping unit now owned by a consortium of German carmakers, is to integrate Amazon Alexa with its navigation and location services

• January 07, 2019 07 Jan'19

  NHS Long-Term Plan to bring health service into the digital age

  The long-term plan to transform the NHS by using Theresa May’s £20.5bn-a-year birthday present promises use of artificial intelligence, genomic testing and digital GP appointments for all