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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

   Automation and gamification key to cyber security

  The use of automation and gamification are key to winning the fight against cyber criminals in the face of the skills’ shortage, a study investigating challenges facing IT security teams reveals

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  £5m Ada Lovelace Institute launched to look into data ethics

  Nuffield Foundation announces institute to examine ethical and social issues arising from the use of data, algorithms and artificial intelligence

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  Arm and Nvidia collaborate on internet of things intelligence

  A collaboration between Arm and Nvidia looks to provide deep learning and artificial intelligence on internet-connected devices

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  The Cambridge Analytica case: What’s a data scientist to do?

  The Cambridge Analytica controversy has highlighted data ethics issues especially dear to early career stage data scientists

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  Arsenal uses Innovation Lab accelerator to improve worldwide fan experience

  Arsenal’s Innovation Lab programme has enabled collaboration with “world-class” startups to offer the best experience for fans in the future, says the club’s IT director

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  IT staff will need to retrain when automation deskills their jobs

  Intelligent agents and automation will be needed to support digitisation efforts in business, but to succeed, IT will need to apply these techniques internally

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  HPE calls for bottom-up approach to AI

  A bottom-up approach towards data modelling is needed to address the shortcomings of physical and theoretical models in artificial intelligence

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  ShopDirect set to use AI to detect fraud on phone calls

  The online retailer has signed a contract to use voice authentication technology from Pindrop to tackle fraud and improve customer experience

• March 26, 2018 26 Mar'18

  Swedish study talks up benefits of artificial intelligence

  A major report has reassured Swedish society that artificial intelligence will be a positive force for change despite fears of job losses

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Mayor of London kick-starts drive to make city top for AI

  London mayor Sadiq Khan commissions a study to look at improving the capital’s readiness for artificial intelligence

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  What would coders do in ethical grey areas?

  Software developers are writing code that affects the lives of millions of people and how businesses are run, but what do coders think about some of the ethical questions they face?

• March 22, 2018 22 Mar'18

  Uber autonomous vehicle death raises questions for UK law review

  Uber suspended testing of autonomous vehicles in North America after one of its cars struck and killed a pedestrian this week, and the tragic accident raises big questions in the light of the UK’s ongoing legal review of self-driving cars

• March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  HPE pushes prescriptive AI for industrial applications

  Predicting when a machine will fail is one thing, but HPE hopes its artificial intelligence service will help businesses augment their maintenance programmes

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  IBM delivers Watson-powered voice assistant for consumer brands

  Alexa and Google Assistant have taken residence in people's homes. IBM aims to give companies a way to deliver their own branded AI voice assistants

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Oracle Q3 2017-18 results see cloud revenue grow to $1.6bn

  Oracle’s third-quarter results for fiscal year 2018 show an increase of almost 7% of overall revenue to $9.8bn, of which 18% was cloud

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Brexit is an opportunity to transform, says HMRC digital transformation director

  HMRC’s digital transformation director Brigid McBride on Brexit opportunities, using AI and robotics to improve services, and growing the API ecosystem

• March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18

  Researchers use AI, big data and machine learning to find best place in the world to live

  West Perth in Australia and Hebden Bridge in the UK are among the top locations ranked by machine learning tool in SAS project

• March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18

  Gatwick Airport turns to driverless tech to keep staff moving

  Gatwick Airport plans to trial driverless technology to move staff around the airfield, in the hope of creating an Uber-like service to cut costs and emissions

• March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18

  First Direct enables customers to pay by Siri

  Customers of online bank First Direct can now use voice commands to transfer money through Apple’s digital assistant

• March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18

  How airlines are gearing up for the digital shift

  Asian carriers are counting on personalised services, blockchain-enabled loyalty programmes, automation and predictive maintenance to lower costs and improve passenger experience

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  Employers face hiring crisis as AI replaces mid-skilled jobs

  Artificial intelligence could replace two-thirds of existing jobs within 20 years, and employers will face growing difficulties recruiting skilled staff

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  IBM sets up no-fee Data Science Elite team to speed up AI adoption

  IBM uses Think conference in Las Vegas to launch a no-fee data science consultancy and a platform for artificial intelligence app development

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  UK demand for AI professionals has almost tripled in three years

  As the technology landscape changes, so do the skills organisations need, and research by jobsite Indeed has revealed a big rise in demand for people with artificial intelligence skills

• March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18

  Coders feel responsible for impact of artificial intelligence on society

  The technologists building artificial intelligence algorithms should take responsibility for the technology’s impact on society, a survey finds

• March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18

  With auditability, deep learning could revolutionise insurance industry

  The likes of Google may be pushing deep learning in artificial intelligence, but it may not be the best approach for regulated industries

• March 15, 2018 15 Mar'18

  Online data can be used to create better housing for all, says Resi’s Depledge

  Alex Depledge, CEO of Resi, will speak at Datafest on how online data can open up architecture to more people – but she warns against over-hyping data science

• March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18

  Microsoft's Chinese-English translation system achieves human parity

  A China-US research team at software powerhouse Microsoft has developed an AI-powered system that can translate Chinese news articles into English as well as humans do.

• March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18

  Amazon Rekognition goes live in AWS Sydney region

  The cloud-based AI service from Amazon Web Services has already drawn a diverse set of Australian businesses, paving the way for greater adoption of AI in Australia

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Government ‘unlawfully delegated’ bulk data powers to GCHQ, court hears

  Privacy International urges Britain’s most secret court, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, to rule that the government illegally collected surveillance data from internet and phone companies until at least September 2017

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Retailers need to prepare properly before AI adoption, say experts

  Artificial intelligence can help many areas of the retail landscape, but retailers should make sure they prepare before taking on AI adoption, says an expert panel

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Accountants look to artificial intelligence as clients get more demanding

  Accountancy firms are planning to invest in artificial intelligence and automation technologies to free up staff from repetitive administrative tasks

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Industrial robots set to cut out human workforce

  Greater operational efficiency and a reduction in errors are among the benefits of industrial robots – but the biggest savings are in staffing

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Government pumps £300m into tech and innovation for ageing society

  Business secretary Greg Clark announces plans to use £300m from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for new technology and research, such as artificial intelligence and genome sequencing

• March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18

  Russian augmented reality startups break into enterprise space

  Augmented, virtual and mixed reality technologies edge closer to enterprise adoption in Russia as a strong local developer network grows

• March 12, 2018 12 Mar'18

  Digital for rural areas worth up to £26bn to UK economy

  A study commissioned by Amazon has posited that greater use of digital tools and services could be worth between £12bn and £26bn per annum to the UK economy

• March 09, 2018 09 Mar'18

  Security researchers demonstrate ransomware attack on robots

  Researchers have carried out a ransomware attack on robots to show that such attacks are possible and should be guarded against

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  Tech experts want government to help workers prepare for AI disruption

  The tech brains working with artificial intelligence think governments have an important role to play in preparing workers for change

• March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18

  Kiwi airport testing avatar service to ease staff workload

  Auckland Airport is testing an AI-powered avatar at the arrivals area to answer biosecurity questions from travellers

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Wi-Fi provider uses big data analytics to drive customer experience

  The self-styled “Uber of Wi-Fi”, iPass is using Databricks’ Unified Analytics Platform and machine learning to monitor its worldwide network and help its customers get the best experience

• March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18

  Infosys hires thousands more US staff as part of recruitment pledge

  Indian company opens new tech centre in the US to help fulfil its promise to hire more American workers while adapting to changing IT services trends

• March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18

  Case study: How the Moonlite Project will use green energy to power bitcoin-mining datacentres

  As the energy consumption habits of the cryptocurrency mining community continue to attract attention, we speak to the The Moonlite Project about how it is embracing renewable energy to clean up the industry’s image

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  Alibaba teams up with Singapore university on AI

  Chinese tech giant has set up a joint research facility at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University to develop artificial intelligence-based technologies in retail, transportation and healthcare

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  AI must develop for the greater good and cut government admin

  A group of experts explored the issues of UK policy and funding in artificial intelligence at a recent seminar in London. We report on the discussion

• February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18

  ASEAN firms upbeat on Industry 4.0

  Southeast Asian countries are generally optimistic about the use of emerging technologies, such as advanced analytics in manufacturing industries, but the positive sentiment has not led to action

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  Finnish government’s bridge to Asia drives IT deals

  The Finnish government has increased links with Asian countries with its innovative tech sector a selling point

• February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18

  MWC 2018: Data, not connectivity, now core to IoT, says Cisco Jasper

  At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cisco Jasper has been exploring the growing criticality of data management to the internet of things, and unveiled new NB-IoT customers in Asia

• February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18

  MWC 2018: Samsung Galaxy S9 launch kicks off annual mobile festival

  Samsung has raised the curtain on Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona with the launch of a new flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone device

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  UK organisations failing to take action against fraud

  UK organisations are facing increasingly complex and costly incidents of fraud partly due to increasing cyber fraud, yet few are making use of the anti-fraud technologies available, a survey has revealed

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Lloyds Bank announces three-year digital transformation

  Lloyds Bank has announced plans to transform how it serves customers through substantial digital investment

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Security leaders investing in automation and AI, study shows

  Automation and artificial Intelligence are being used to defend against cyber threats, says report, but experts warn that these tools and technologies can be exploited by attackers

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  AI a threat to cyber security, warns report

  Artificial intelligence is being incorporated into a range of cyber security products, but the technology may also introduce new threats, a report warns

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  UAE makes artificial intelligence leap

  The UAE is investing in becoming a global pioneer in the use of artificial intelligence technology in various sectors of its economy

• February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18

  Digital economy to make up 60% of APAC’s GDP by 2021

  The surge in GDP contribution will come as more organisations shift from digital transformation initiatives aimed at shoring up productivity towards digital product development

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  4G IoT network may ease aviation sector fears over drone safety

  Vodafone is testing mobile and internet of things network technology to protect commercial aircraft from badly flown drones

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  CIO interview: Matthew Wallbridge, head of ICT, Croydon Council

  Croydon’s ICT boss talks about why being “good” isn’t good enough and building a new ICT delivery model

• February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18

  Take-up of chatbots will accelerate over next two years

  Chatbots and artificial intelligence are becoming an increasingly important part of customer services

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Technology spend growing at expense of trader salaries

  Investment firms are spending a larger proportion of their budgets on software as data and artificial intelligence technology is seen to provide a competitive advantage

• February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18

  Grocer Lidl rolls out natural language chatbot to improve customer experience

  The German supermarket has unveiled a natural language chatbot to offer customers information about wines

• February 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  Quarter of retailers say tech investment makes it harder to connect with consumers

  Lack of return on investment in technology has left one in four retailers disappointed and unable to connect with their customers

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Everywoman forum 2018: The dangers of non-diverse artificial intelligence

  Experts at the 2018 Everywoman forum spoke about the pros of role models and cons of an artificially intelligent future designed solely by men

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Oracle pushes automation beyond database to cloud services

  At Cloud World New York, Oracle announced the extension of its machine learning efforts to services in its cloud platform

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  Moscow puts municipal vehicles online to save fuel

  The city of Moscow has deployed a unified IoT platform to monitor and control all of its municipal vehicles

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  APAC fintech market set to bloom

  Government support, the rise of digital payments and a new breed of financial services will put the region’s financial technology market in overdrive over the next few years

• February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18

  French technology startups are forging ahead – but how?

  France has sprung to the forefront of the international tech startup scene. How has this happened, and what's next for French tech firms?

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  Dubai transport authority maps city to support autonomous cars

  Dubai’s RTA has enlisted Here Technologies to build a high-definition map of the city to support its goals around self-driving cars

• February 07, 2018 07 Feb'18

  HPE opens APAC innovation lab to tap IoT market

  Facility in Singapore will rope in partners across the internet of things ecosystem to test new applications powered by HPE’s edge computing capabilities

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  AstraZeneca inks deals with Alibaba and Tencent in AI push

  Pharmaceutical bigwig AstraZeneca hopes to deliver smart healthcare services and combat online sales of counterfeit drugs through tie-ups with Chinese tech giants

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  UK risks unemployment rise unless people are reskilled for AI

  The tech industry is optimistic that people will get jobs, but only if they have the right skills – and it looks like the UK is a long way from being artificial intelligence-savvy

• February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18

  Thousands of IT jobs being created in India by European and US companies

  Global businesses focus on India as they seek the best ecosystems for digital transformation

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  UK economy least likely to grow through AI

  The UK's poor productivity record is unlikely to grow hugely from artificial intelligence helpers that augment human work

• February 04, 2018 04 Feb'18

  APAC business leaders divided on impact of AI

  Around half of business leaders in the APAC region do not think they will have greater job satisfaction by offloading work to machines, or see a need for machines to decipher between good and bad commands

• February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18

  Google Q4 results show businesses are buying into its public cloud

  The Google Cloud Platform is earning the search engine giant $1bn per quarter. Expect more cloud investment this year

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  IT Priorities 2018: Where senior IT managers plan to spend their budget

  It is the year when IT departments migrate to Windows 10, upgrade to Windows Server 2016, architect microservices and deploy cloud management

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  €7.1m EU Data Pitch accelerator recruits 18 startups

  Startups from the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Denmark, France, Spain, Portugal, Lithuania and the Netherlands join an EU-funded accelerator programme involving the Open Data Institute

• February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18

  Microsoft results show a distributed computing future

  While it has paid a massive US tax bill, the company's results show Microsoft is making progress on its intelligent cloud hybrid strategy

• 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

  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

  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

  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