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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  Element AI teams up with AI Singapore

  The Canadian upstart is co-developing AI applications for local industries as part of its efforts to build new research capabilities via local talent pools

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Voice set to project into workplace, predicts Gartner report

  AI-powered voice recognition is set to become part of the office environment within two years, according to Gartner

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Singapore broadens access to AI skills

  A national artificial intelligence initiative in Singapore is being extended to the general population to dispel fears that machines will take over people’s jobs

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  IBM brings AI-powered highlights tool to US Open tennis players

  IBM is bringing its AI-powered Watson platform to the US Open tennis players to provide them with insight into their past performances

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  Heineken and Oracle create chatbot helper for polo events

  Beer brand Heineken has enlisted the help of Oracle to create a chatbot to assist people attending the annual Heineken Urban Polo events ahead of expansion in 2019

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  HPE pins hopes on intelligent edge as hybrid strategy flattens

  HPE sees hybrid as the future of enterprise IT, but revenue has been affected by currency fluctuations and its intelligent edge business is growing quickly

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Amnesty International backs campaign to ban killer robots

  Human rights organisation calls for legally binding international agreement to ban the development and use of autonomous weapons that operate without humans

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Taking stock of Dell EMC’s growth in Asia

  Tech supplier Dell EMC is riding on growing demand for servers and hyper-converged infrastructure, and investing in more technical resources to support enterprises in digital transformation efforts

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Language barrier won’t hold back chatbots in the Netherlands

  The use of chatbots by Dutch organisations is on the up, with KLM's chatbot a pioneering example

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  CEOs held back by boards wanting quick digital turnarounds

  Digital transformations tend to have a long return on investment, but most CEOs are failing to convince their boards that these things take time

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Barclays appointment will step up use of AI in investment bank

  Ex-Goldman Sachs expert will focus on improving Barclays’ trading services and making internal systems more efficient

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  JP Morgan fintech strategy widens retail trading

  Bank’s digital You Invest service opens up trading opportunities to millions of customers

• August 22, 2018 22 Aug'18

  Candy Crush maker King in Hadoop cluster move to Google Cloud

  Online gaming firm is moving its massive big data analytics store off-premise and into the Google Cloud Platform

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Riverbed plots to take the network from IT blocker to IT enabler

  The move towards automation and next-gen networking will help the network deliver more value to the enterprise than ever before, argues Riverbed’s new CEO, Paul Mountford

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Government departments are exploring new tech, according to GDS report

  A GDS-commissioned report has found artificial intelligence and blockchain are the most popular among emerging technologies in government, but projects are often done in silos and departments risk “reinventing the wheel”

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  CIO interview: Celia Pronto, chief customer and digital officer, Casual Dining Group

  Casual Dining Group’s chief customer and digital officer, Celia Pronto, is overhauling technology, consolidating IT and improving collaboration across its 300 restaurants

• August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18

  Job losses caused by artificial intelligence will dwarf those of Victorian revolution

  The disruption to the jobs market caused by artificial intelligence will be far greater than that caused by industrialisation in Victorian times

• August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18

  Gartner recommends CIOs get skilled up on deep learning

  There may be some wacky predictions in Gartner's emerging trends hype cycle, but AI and even quantum computing need to be taken seriously right now

• August 20, 2018 20 Aug'18

  Why networking is the last frontier of IT automation

  Most organisations still manage networks manually, despite the cost and time needed in doing so, primarily because the impact of breaking something is much higher

• August 17, 2018 17 Aug'18

  Alan Turing Institute provides AI startups with opportunity to collaborate with researchers

  Alan Turing Institute and Digital Catapult will enable science and AI startups to work with researchers in the Data Study Groups

• August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18

  AI provides immediate diagnosis for serious eye conditions, research finds

  Artificial intelligence could diagnose eye conditions within seconds, and with the same accuracy as human experts, research finds

• August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18

  Alibaba eyes retail sector with new cloud offerings

  Chinese cloud supplier says retailers will be able to use its machine learning platform to understand consumer preferences, among a slew of services it is making available globally for the first time

• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  Driverless cars heading for Bromley and Croydon

  A 10-month data-gathering exercise will pave the way for an autonomous vehicle ride-sharing service to start operation in 2019

• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  How Unit4 punches above its weight in APAC

  The supplier of enterprise resource planning software is giving users the ability to tweak its software easily without the need for consultants, turning the traditional enterprise software business model on its head

• August 13, 2018 13 Aug'18

  ICO strengthens commitment to technology and innovation

  Information Commissioner’s Office has demonstrated its commitment to technology and innovation by appointing a new executive director to focus on this area

• August 09, 2018 09 Aug'18

  Rentokil robot Trevor kills off mundane processes

  Pest control firm has deployed artificial intelligence robots to take out manual processes and progress its learning organisation approach

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  IT must prepare for an IoT-enabled digital workplace

  Smart lighting, intelligent speakers and screen-mirroring are among the technologies that are moving from the home into the office – and all have an impact on IT

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  AI security hype putting businesses at risk

  The hype around artificial intelligence may be putting businesses at risk, according to a study that found most IT decision-makers believe AI is the answer to all cyber security challenges

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  A quarter of Brits expect their jobs to be replaced by tech

  A quarter of UK workers are worried their jobs will disappear because of automation and a third expect the technology to change their jobs for the worse

• August 06, 2018 06 Aug'18

  Alibaba Cloud makes deeper inroads into Malaysia

  The Chinese cloud supplier’s second availability zone and upcoming DDoS scrubbing centre in Malaysia comes on the heels of growing investments in the Southeast Asian nation

• August 05, 2018 05 Aug'18

  The rise of humanoid robotics in the Middle East

  Middle East CIOs are planning to roll out intelligent automation technologies such as artificial intelligence and humanoid robotics

• August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18

  Google to build third datacentre in Singapore

  The facility will increase Google’s datacentre investments in the city-state to $850m, and follows the launch of Southeast Asia’s first Google Cloud Platform region in 2017

• August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18

  Apple breaks Q3 records, while losing market share to Huawei

  Apple has posted a record-breaking quarter, but its smartphones are not selling as fast. Huawei is now the second largest smartphone maker

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Intelligent automation spending to hit $232bn by 2025

  Technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and machine learning could help traditional enterprises gain ground on digital-first giants

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Court RPA or get sidelined

  Robotic process automation (RPA) is helping businesses go through digital transformation. Time for IT to play catch-up

• July 30, 2018 30 Jul'18

  M&S aims to give 1,000 employees data skills

  Luxury supermarket Marks and Spencer has partnered with Decoded to create a programme aimed at teaching its employees data skills

• July 30, 2018 30 Jul'18

  Government to fund six connected vehicle simulation projects

  The government has announced the winners of an R&D contest for connected vehicle simulation and modelling capabilities

• July 30, 2018 30 Jul'18

  How F1 and others are moving beyond descriptive analytics

  Formula 1 and Merck Sharp & Dohme are using data analytics to better understand user behaviour and predict the future

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Google Cloud gaining ground in APAC

  The cloud supplier claims substantial growth in Asia-Pacific, and is upping the ante on partnerships and infrastructure investments across the region

• July 25, 2018 25 Jul'18

  Stagecoach trials full-size driverless bus

  Bus operator Stagecoach is testing out a full-size autonomous bus in its own depots, with future potential for use on passenger routes

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Nordnet drops AI assistant while SEB deepens collaboration

  One Nordic bank decides to stop using cognitive agent Amelia to focus on other AI technologies, but another widens the use of the software

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  Commerzbank creates Hadoop-based platform for business-critical insights

  German bank creates an entire new department to build and support a platform to provide business-critical insights

• July 23, 2018 23 Jul'18

  IBM results leave Watson thinking

  Artificial intelligence is at the heart of IBM's long-term strategy, yet its cognitive solutions business experienced a slight decline. Oh dear, Watson

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Cisco and UCL to open AI research unit in $100m digital economy boost

  Cisco has extended its ongoing Country Digital Acceleration programme in the UK with a further $100m investment, part of which will go towards a new AI research centre

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Cloud sales stoke Microsoft’s strong growth

  Microsoft says cloud-based Office products made a huge contribution to sales growth

• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  How Splunk is ‘splunking’ data for APAC enterprises

  Splunk’s regional vice-president talks up the company’s business strategy and how its customers are using big data analytics in security and IT operations

• July 18, 2018 18 Jul'18

  Walmart and Microsoft partner to boost digital in retail

  US retail giant Walmart has signed a five-year partnership with Microsoft, with the aim of speeding up its digital transformation

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Expect jobs equilibrium if government sticks with AI plan

  If the government keeps to its artificial intelligence sector deal, the number of new jobs created through the use of AI and automation will balance the job losses

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Rio Tinto transports iron ore with autonomous train

  The 280km journey in Western Australia was made under Rio Tinto’s autonomous train programme aimed at improving the productivity and safety of workers

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Canada raises banner of AI to boost tech industry

  Toronto has gone big for artificial intelligence, aiming to draw in international talent and boost its IT industry