By RICHARD HARRIS – When Kim Hilliard shows up at the clinic at the New Orleans University Medical Center, she’s not there simply for an eye exam. The human touches she gets along the way help her navigate her complicated … Continue reading →
While some may argue that social media and other tech has made our society less connected on a personal level than in the past, studies have actually found that social media doesn’t decrease someone’s likelihood of participating in face-to-face interactions with their … Continue reading →
AI, or artificial intelligence, is huge right now. “Unsolvable” problems are being solved, billions of dollars are being invested, and Microsoft even hired … There’s an old joke in computer science that goes like this: what’s the difference between AI and … Continue reading →
It’s a two-fer from IBM this week. Both related to their HR practices. By Eric Rosenbaum – IBM receives more than 8,000 resumes a day, making it No. 1 on job-search site Glassdoor for Gen Z applicants, said IBM CEO … Continue reading →
By Dan Pontefract – Ginni Rometty is CEO, president and chairman of IBM. She has held the top job since 2012. When she joined the company in 1981, total headcount across IBM was roughly 350,000. By 1994, under the direction … Continue reading →
By Dylan Matthews – When I heard five or so years back that people in Silicon Valley were getting worried about artificial intelligence causing human extinction, my initial reaction was extreme skepticism. A large reason for that was that the scenario just felt silly. … Continue reading →
Artificial intelligence will unleash changes humanity is not prepared for as the technology advances at an unprecedented pace, leading experts told an audience at the official opening Monday of Stanford University’s new AI center. At a day-long symposium accompanying the … Continue reading →
By Bernard Marr – There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology – perhaps even the most transformative technology available today. But if you think the transformative nature of AI is limited to global tech giants and blue-chip companies, think … Continue reading →
By Michael Spencer – Artificial intelligence is a tool humanity is wielding with increasing recklessness. We say it’s for our common good with machine learning hype equal to business profits. But what happens when we don’t have the code of … Continue reading →
BY MARIA DEUTSCHER – Google LLC today launched a new iteration of TensorFlow, its popular artificial intelligence framework, and a pair of complementary modules aimed at enabling algorithms to process user data more responsibly. TensorFlow 2.0 focuses primarily on improving usability. The release … Continue reading →