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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Australia needs to invest more in R&D to move forward

  Innovation and Science Australia has made 30 recommendations for the government to consider if the nation is not to become a global backwater

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Digital Catapult begins accelerator programme to help AI startups overcome major hurdles

  A business accelerator programme from Digital Catapult aims to help artificial intelligence-focused startups by giving them access to expertise and computational resources

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Swedish banks embrace rapidly evolving chatbots

  Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important business role for Sweden’s banks – and chatbots are the starting point for many

• January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18

  Dutch port readies itself for autonomous ships

  The Port of Rotterdam is using IoT and AI technology from IBM to improve efficiency and become the model for ports of the future

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  SAP 2017 results: Cloud revenue nears €3.8bn, 7,900 S/4 Hana customers

  SAP has declared full year 2017 revenue of €23.5bn, of which nearly €2.8bn was cloud, alongside acquisition of Callidus, a cloud-based “lead to money” service

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  For Cisco, intent-based networking heralds future tech demands

  At Cisco Live Europe in Barcelona, Cisco has recommitted to its vision for intent-based networking, announcing new features as it builds a network it believes will be the enterprise platform of choice in years to come

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Davos: Cyber risks grow as countries turn towards protectionism

  The cost of natural disasters is now at record levels, but the cost of cyber crime is far higher. The World Economic Forum hopes to persuade governments to work together on the problem, but with isolationist politics back in fashion, can it succeed?

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Alibaba Cloud to tackle Malaysia’s traffic woes with AI

  Chinese cloud service provider Alibaba will use its City Brain artificial intelligence platform to analyse data from camera feeds and traffic junctions in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Government bulks up on AI personnel

  The UK government is starting to put bodies behind its artificial intelligence commentary as two departments announce job roles

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  NVidia aims to tackle UK’s AI skills gap by educating year nine students

  Computer chip developer is providing a teaching kit to educate students on artificial intelligence

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Theresa May wants UK to be world leader in ‘ethical AI’

  In her World Economic Forum speech, the prime minister highlights the need to harness tech, flies the flag for “responsible AI development” and calls on tech companies to step up and fight paedophiles and terrorists using online platforms

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Robots are needed to manage the automation robots

  The next decade will see robots transform from invisible forces obeying our commands to lifelike objects interacting with humans on a daily basis

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Driverless buses hit the streets of Stockholm

  Self-driving buses are being used in real traffic environments as part of a trial in Stockholm

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Security spending not on most-effective controls, report reveals

  While planned spending on IT security is up globally, so too are data breaches, with evidence mounting that hackers are hitting the bottom line, a global security survey reveals

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  AI is moving towards acceptance in cyber security, says Check Point

  Artificial intelligence is well on its way to being a useful tool in the cyber security professional’s kit, but according to Check Point, there are still big challenges to overcome

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  China’s Yitu eyes ASEAN market with facial recognition know-how

  Facial recognition software specialist Yitu, which recently won a face identification accuracy contest in the US, has already nabbed regional clients such as Singapore’s Certis Cisco

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IBM results reveal plans to shift traditional analytics to SaaS

  IBM boosts cognitive and blockchain businesses, but admits there is work needed on its traditional analytics products and some will move to software as a service

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  UK urged to up spending on cyber defence

  Cyber attacks that target military and civilian operations are one of the biggest threats facing the UK, according to a top military officer, but security experts say cyber defence spending must be carefully considered

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  NHS England wants to use algorithms to handle NHS 111 enquiries

  NHS England looks at potential of processing patient enquiries using algorithms as it works on rolling out an online version of NHS 111 by December 2018

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Lancashire Police launches voice-driven Amazon Alexa app

  Lancashire Constabulary’s new app gives users hourly news updates and sends pictures of wanted criminals straight to their Amazon Echo devices

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  2018 UK software budgets double for AI and blockchain

  Artificial intelligence and blockchain initiatives are earmarked for a doubling of investment, finds the Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey for 2018

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  451 Research shines light on how enterprise attitudes to digital transformation are evolving

  Enterprises are capitalising on their infrastructure upgrades and are increasing their use of cloud to take advantage of emerging technologies and accelerate business change, says 451 Research

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing

  Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Australia’s Citic Pacific Mining uses IoT to track vehicles

  Perth-based iron-ore mining giant has implemented an analytics and internet of things system from SAP to track its assets and shore up operational efficiency

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Google vows to simplify creation of custom machine learning models for developers

  Google’s ongoing push to lower the barriers to machine learning and artificial intelligence adoption for enterprises moves up a gear with custom model creation

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Dream machines: how IT is changing the world of neuroscience

  We talk to computer scientist and entrepreneur Jamil El Imad about the cutting-edge intersection of neuroscience and IT

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  Davos: Disintegration of the internet could create economic turmoil

  Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by fake news, cyber attacks, and artificial intelligence to jobs, political stability and global security, at the World Economic Forum in Davos

• January 17, 2018 17 Jan'18

  UBS uses predictive analytics to manage its travel spend

  Swiss bank is getting a better insight into its business travel costs through an automated software platform

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Financial savings just the beginning for CIOs who understand code quality

  Businesses need to understand the quality of the code in their applications if they are to avoid unnecessary costs and glitches

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Abu Dhabi continues fintech agenda in 2018

  Abu Dhabi is open to developing its fintech ecosystem, with the next 12 months expected to see more focus on the sector

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Enterprise software spending set to grow thanks to AI and digital boost

  Gartner forecasts businesses will buy more software, with spending shifting to AI and digital initiatives

• January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18

  Cisco collaborates with startup for AI health and safety trial

  Cisco is to work with artificial intelligence startup Cortexica in an Innovate UK-funded project to improve physical safety in the workplace

• January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18

  IT Priorities 2018: Growing interest in hybrid IT in ASEAN

  CIOs and IT professionals in Southeast Asia have earmarked hybrid infrastructure as a top priority in 2018, in spite of waning interest across the wider Asia-Pacific region

• January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18

  Advanced Asian countries well positioned for Industry 4.0

  The industrialised economies of Asia are well-poised to benefit from advanced manufacturing and emerging technologies, but true industrial transformation remains nascent

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  Alan Turing Institute to add universities of Birmingham and Exeter to data science network

  The Alan Turing Institute has announced the latest two universities to join its data science research network

• January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18

  Telecoms industry at major tipping point

  Communications service providers should gear up for a software-driven operations model and embrace microservices and DevOps to thrive in the digital economy

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  Sample datasets key to successful AI at NHS

  IT providers will need access to datasets from NHS Digital to create artificial intelligence algorithms, but they should be held accountable for the systems they develop, says report

• January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18

  CES 2018: Hyundai and Cisco bring SDN to the automobile

  Hyundai will debut a new generation of hyperconnected software-defined car in 2019, incorporating a Cisco-designed network platform

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Voice assistance technology gets emotional

  Many people who use Alexa get frustrated by her lack of understanding. But by 2022, voice technology will have evolved to understand emotion

• January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18

  Germany’s Lemoncat disrupts business catering through cloud computing

  Startup is shaking up Germany’s business catering sector with a platform that harnesses Amazon and Salesforce clouds

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  Spanish authorities ready roads for autonomous vehicles

  Spain’s Directorate General of Traffic has selected Mobileye technology to develop vision and data analysis for driver assistance and autonomous vehicles

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  CES 2018: Pizza Hut to test autonomous delivery vehicle

  At CES 2018, underway in Las Vegas, Pizza Hut and Toyota announce a partnership to develop an autonomous pizza delivery service

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  CES 2018: Jaguar Land Rover picks Qualcomm to power in-car connectivity

  British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover will incorporate Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820Am automotive platform to power in-vehicle connectivity

• January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18

  China to open $2.1bn AI tech park in Beijing

  An area in the western part of Chinese capital Beijing has been designated as the launchpad for China to hone its capabilities in artificial intelligence

• January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18

  IT Priorities 2018: ANZ ups ante on cloud services and software

  Organisations in Australia and New Zealand are bullish on IT spending, particularly in cloud infrastructure services, cloud applications and all-flash storage arrays

• January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18

  London attracted record tech investment in 2017

  London-based tech firms received record levels of venture capital funding last year

• January 04, 2018 04 Jan'18

  Nordic banks face digitisation decisions over PSD2

  With the latest version of the EU payment services directive coming into force, traditional Nordic banks can’t afford to slow their digital transformations

• January 02, 2018 02 Jan'18

  Ransomware to hit cloud computing in 2018, predicts MIT

  Ransomware targeting cloud services is one of the six biggest cyber threats likely to face organisations in 2018, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• December 29, 2017 29 Dec'17

  Top 10 artificial intelligence stories of 2017

  Artificial intelligence is being used more and more across various industries, but there still issues around the technology. Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 AI stories for 2017

• December 25, 2017 25 Dec'17

  Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2017

  Australia capped the year with a slew of game-changing technology initiatives, from bolstering its supercomputing infrastructure and productivity of police officers to outlining an ambitious space programme