Utilities Turn to AI to Manage Assets, Field Operations
Public infrastructure operators are joining a growing list of AI technology adopters as they seek to streamline operations and better manage assets. Among the latest is the El Paso, ...Full Article
Quantum AI Consortium Grows, Seeks Open Ecosystem
The emerging field of quantum-assisted AI is gathering momentum as partners take the initial steps toward developing an ecosystem based on open platforms. Furthering that progress, software and algorithm ...Full Article
World Economic Forum Tackling Ethical AI
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is joining the expanding global efforts to forge ethical, trusted AI policies and procedures for its use across the enterprise and society. The group ...Full Article
Tesla, Samsung Expected to Partner on Self-Driving 5nm Chip
Samsung Electronics is said to be partnering with electric vehicle leader Tesla on a leading-edge 5-nanometer chip design that would serve as the core of an emerging self-driving car ...Full Article
Google’s AI Ethics Flap Widens
Google’s AI ethics mess continues to spread, with reports this week that the company is investigating a second AI ethicist for scanning company files in search of examples of ...Full Article
Edge AI Startup Kneron Attracts New Investors
Kneron Inc., the AI startup specializing in “on-device” edge inferencing applications, has raised additional funding in the form of investments by Taiwanese manufacturing powerhouses Foxconn and Winbond. San Diego-based ...Full Article
AI-Based Cyber Defenses Secure Drones From Zero-Day Attacks
Vulnerable to hacking, drones are getting another layer of defense via an AI-based cybersecurity approach that promises to shield the flying edge devices from zero-day attacks. SparkCognition, an industrial ...Full Article
FDA Proposing New Rules as AI Software Is Evolving into Medical Devices
An AI and machine learning “action plan” released this week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would advance the agency’s monitoring of AI-based medical software which is ...Full Article
Qualcomm’s $1.4B Deal for Nuvia a Good Move: Analysts
Qualcomm apparently isn’t letting the bitter memories of its failed $47 billion attempt to acquire NXP Semiconductor in 2018 halt its growth plans. Instead, the company’s latest $1.4 acquisition ...Full Article
AI, Quantum Patents Soared in 2020
Machine learning was among the fastest growing technologies in terms of U.S. patent grants during 2020, an annual survey reveals. AI and machine learning ranked fourth in a list ...Full Article