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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

• October 22, 2019 22 Oct'19

  APAC spending on AI systems to hit $6.2bn in 2019

  Led by China and organisations in the banking industry, APAC spending on artificial intelligence is set to grow by almost 64% this year, according to IDC

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Mark Hurd, co-CEO of Oracle, has died

  The software giant announced a leave of absence for Hurd only last month, while he underwent treatment for undisclosed health problems

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Talent shortage impedes UK business data analytics efforts

  Research from data blending and preparation supplier Alteryx finds UK businesses struggling to make the most of their data due to a shortage of data analytics expertise

• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  Two-thirds of UK financial services firms are using machine learning

  The use of machine learning in the finance sector is set to increase as obstacles to its take up are not seen as being insurmountable

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Barclays demonstrates proof-of-concept quantum clearing algorithm

  Barclays and IBM researchers publish paper on a quantum computing algorithm for securities transaction trading

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  Abu Dhabi AI university open for applications

  New university in UAE aims to enable students, businesses and governments to increase the use of artificial intelligence technology

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Zopa continues in its mission to apply a Netflix user experience to banking

  Zopa has made a credit scoring tool available as it continues to expand the portfolio of products it offers beyond loans.

• October 15, 2019 15 Oct'19

  AI Singapore to set up on-premise HPC infrastructure

  Singapore’s national AI programme is getting its own high-performance computing infrastructure to support more compute intensive workloads

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  The Security Interviews: Applying AI to Lego, and security

  Ann Johnson, Microsoft corporate vice-president of cyber security, is on a mission to prove that artificial intelligence holds great promise for the security sector, and she has the analogies to back it up

• October 11, 2019 11 Oct'19

  Why would a bank that made billions of pounds’ profit cut thousands of staff?

  HSBC is the latest bank to make thousands of staff cuts as even profitable businesses need to reshape themselves for the challenges that digital transformation brings

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  Kroger drives data-driven customer experience

  Scott Crawford, data science lead at 84.51°, the data business at US grocery retailer Kroger, discusses data projects and iterative programmes

• October 09, 2019 09 Oct'19

  Inside Singapore Airlines’ cloud and DevOps journey

  A team of engineers at Singapore’s flagship carrier shed light on how they are overcoming challenges in embracing cloud computing and DevOps

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Nadella sees Azure as the world’s computer

  The Microsoft CEO wants organisations to consider Azure as a distributed cloud for next-generation AI applications

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Dutch AI Coalition wants to put the Netherlands on artificial intelligence map

  To ensure the Netherlands keeps pace in the artificial intelligence race, an AI coalition has been formed to help organisations in the sector to collaborate

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Hype vs reality: Is the tech industry on the cusp of another ‘AI winter’?

  Artificial intelligence is a hot topic for enterprise users, but will the technology fail to live up to the hype this time around, ponder panellists at the NetEvents Global IT Summit in San Jose