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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Analysts question Australia government’s IBM deal

  Industry analysts and experts have called the wisdom of the A$1bn IBM IT deal into question, with one claiming that the federal government should have used a range of suppliers instead

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  Holiday Extras uses machine learning and artificial intelligence for personalisation

  Travel firm Holiday Extras has introduced machine learning and artificial intelligence into its smartphone app to give users a more personalised experience

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  We need to take ‘black box’ out of AI to increase diversity, says panel

  Many users of artificially intelligent systems have no understanding of what they do, making diverse and ethical development of these systems increasingly important

• July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18

  HSBC previews the banking staff of the future

  The digital revolution in banking is set to create previously unknown jobs, and HSBC has outlined three of the job roles that will be created in the future

• July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18

  Bosch teams up with Singapore Polytechnic in IoT training push

  Bosch and Singapore Polytechnic have set up two learning labs to train students on the use of the internet of things in advanced manufacturing

• July 05, 2018 05 Jul'18

  UK joins forces with France on artificial intelligence and data

  The UK and France will share expertise on AI and research, work together to improve digital services and collaborate to develop tech talent

• July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18

  Inside Alibaba Cloud’s Southeast Asia playbook

  Alibaba Cloud is working closely with local customers in joint innovation projects, and has started to launch new services for Chinese and international customers simultaneously to narrow the service gap

• July 03, 2018 03 Jul'18

  Government welcomes Lords AI report, vaunts industrial strategy

  The government has published its official, supportive response to the House of Lords select committee report on artificial intelligence, published earlier this year

• July 03, 2018 03 Jul'18

  New deals bolster IBM’s European cloud business

  IBM has signed up a number of new customers for its European cloud, focusing on the platform and software services in the IBM public cloud

• July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18

  Department for Work and Pensions uses artificial intelligence to crack down on benefits fraud

  DWP has made several digital strides, including developing AI to track organised benefits fraud, moved more than 100 digital products to “new hosting arrangements” and made savings on technology contracts, according to its annual report

• July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18

  Singapore’s Fullerton Health gears up for the cloud

  Private healthcare service provider Fullerton Health is moving business applications to Microsoft’s cloud services before rolling out data analytics and artificial intelligence to enhance operations and patient care

• June 29, 2018 29 Jun'18

  Formula One switches from on-premise to machine learning on AWS

  Formula One plans to use advanced analytics to improve the data it can show to motor racing fans

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  Government must challenge popular smart city misconceptions

  A report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smart Cities says many people feel alienated by the concept, and calls on the government to challenge some popular misconceptions

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  HSBC puts humanoid in New York branch

  HSBC has put its first humanoid member of staff into a branch role in New York City

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  AI and other tech key to post-Brexit success, says Matt Hancock

  Digital secretary Matt Hancock highlights the importance of emerging technologies to the future of the UK at the opening of London’s cyber security innovation centre