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Artificial intelligence, automation and robotics

• December 06, 2020 06 Dec'20

  China lags US in computer vision

  China trails the US in the field of computer vision despite making inroads in computing and research, new report finds

• December 04, 2020 04 Dec'20

  Government data quality framework geared to overcome poorly organised data

  The Office for National Statistics has published guidelines aimed at improving “disorganised” public sector data

• December 04, 2020 04 Dec'20

  Avast and Borsetta to support Intel’s AI security project

  Security firm Avast and AI security specialist Borsetta have signed up to support an Intel-led artificial intelligence security research project

• December 03, 2020 03 Dec'20

  Dreamforce 2020: Hyperforce shifts Salesforce to public cloud

  Salesforce COO Bret Taylor announced “Hyperforce” during Marc Benioff’s opening keynote at the virtual version of the supplier’s 2020 Dreamforce event in San Francisco

• December 03, 2020 03 Dec'20

  S/4 Hana projects come off back burner, but skills shortage impedes progress

  UK and Ireland SAP User Group members set to ramp up S/4 ERP migration projects, but skills shortage and retirement of SAP managers in user organisations are a concern

• December 02, 2020 02 Dec'20

  How IoT keeps water flowing in rural communities

  Non-profit organisation Charity: water has built an internet-of-things device packed with sensors to keep wells in remote parts of Africa and Asia flowing with clean water

• December 02, 2020 02 Dec'20

  Salesforce confirms rumoured Slack acquisition on eve of Dreamforce 2020

  Salesforce has announced a $27.7bn stock and cash acquisition of Slack ahead of the virtual iteration of its Dreamforce 2020 event

• December 02, 2020 02 Dec'20

  CIO interview: John Davison, First Central Group

  For the last nine years, John Davison has provided an IT strategy to drive business operations. Automation is the next phase of that strategy

• December 01, 2020 01 Dec'20

  Wayra partners with UK government for Latin American scaleup project

  Two scaleups from three Latin American countries – Argentina, Chile and Uruguay – will be selected by a project that will help the growing firms expand overseas into the UK market

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  Lords propose making tech giants pay for using news

  Digital platforms such as Google and Facebook profit from running adverts alongside publishers’ content, but no financial compensation is given for carrying that content, says Lords committee

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  Algorithmic transparency obligations needed in public sector

  Public sector’s use of algorithms with social impacts needs to be more transparent to foster trust and hold organisations responsible for the negative outcomes their systems may produce, says report

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  Government pumps £20m into AI research projects

  Alan Turing Institute’s artificial intelligence (AI) research fellows will receive funding for 15 projects including using AI to detect cancer and improve the performance of virtual personal assistants

• November 27, 2020 27 Nov'20

  How Grab is using technology to improve trust and safety

  Southeast Asian unicorn Grab is tapping artificial intelligence and other technologies to keep its users safe and cyber criminals at bay

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Robots taking jobs, but creating careers

  Robotic process automation developers tell Computer Weekly about the job they never expected to be doing

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Tony Blair Institute and Oracle combine to launch cloud-based vaccine management in Africa

  The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) and Oracle have combined to launch a vaccine management programme in several African countries

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Australia’s science agency unveils mapping tech for SMEs

  The digital specialist arm of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation has developed a mapping system to help robots navigate dangerous and complex terrain

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  Scottish government unveils strategy for digital planning

  Scotland’s government has published a document that describes its strategy for the digitisation of the nation’s planning system

• November 25, 2020 25 Nov'20

  UK government Geospatial Commission stipulates actions to exploit location data

  Report outlines some actions public bodies and companies can take to make better economic use of location data

• November 24, 2020 24 Nov'20

  Three options for next year’s IT strategy

  CIOs are under pressure to reduce costs, but they also need to modernise applications and help their businesses return to profitability

• November 23, 2020 23 Nov'20

  Inside Huawei’s APAC cloud strategy

  The Chinese technology giant is counting on its strengths in hardware infrastructure and focus on research and development to make a mark in Asia Pacific’s public cloud market

• November 20, 2020 20 Nov'20

  Pioneering companies use AI to drive profit

  The latest research from McKinsey shows that there is a strong correlation between an organisation's artificial intelligence maturity and profitability

• November 17, 2020 17 Nov'20

  Automated image recognition: How using ‘free’ photos on the internet can lead to lawsuits and fines

  Germany-based photographer Marco Verch uses computer scripts to populate the internet with topical images and photographs. People and companies who make mistakes in following the complex licensing terms of his ‘free to share and adapt’ photographs ...

• November 12, 2020 12 Nov'20

  IT Priorities 2020: Budgets rejigged to support 2021 recovery

  IT has been essential in helping organisations remain operational. IT chiefs are now considering the IT to drive a sustained business recovery

• November 10, 2020 10 Nov'20

  DCMS’s Whittingdale: National data strategy not tied to EU trade deal

  Minister tells ODI Summit that national data strategy is nearly finished and will fuel UK economic growth post-Brexit and post-pandemic

• November 10, 2020 10 Nov'20

  Gartner: Composability will make business more resilient and agile

  CIOs have stepped up to the challenge of supporting their organisations during the global coronavirus crisis. Now they are set to do more – with less

• November 06, 2020 06 Nov'20

  Lockdown 2: Balancing job retention with automation

  As the UK enters its second coronavirus lockdown, experts have questioned the funds that governments across Europe have put aside to support businesses

• November 05, 2020 05 Nov'20

  Quarter of UKISUG members plan S/4 Hana migration by 2022

  Research by UK and Ireland SAP User Group and analyst firm shows SAP customer base still moving slowly to S/4 Hana

• November 05, 2020 05 Nov'20

  Mastercard: Looks like a tech firm, acts like a tech firm, is a tech firm

  Financial services giant finds itself in a prominent position as the volume of digital transactions increases

• November 03, 2020 03 Nov'20

  Mixed blessings for robots in retail

  Ocado has acquired two US firms to boost its robotics expertise, while Walmart has reverted to using staff for shelf inventory checks

• November 03, 2020 03 Nov'20

  NHSX launches second round of NHS AI competition

  NHS is looking for artificial intelligence products to help with triage, screening, imaging and intelligent operational automation

• November 03, 2020 03 Nov'20

  Robot lawyer gets Sberbank role

  Russia's largest state-owned bank creates a robot lawyer to reduce the time taken to process documents and make decisions based on them

• October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20

  Google third-quarter results highlight public cloud goals

  Google is the third player in the public cloud market, but it sees multicloud support as a major differentiator

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  How Shell is fleshing out a digital-twin strategy

  Digital twins are among the innovations that use AI, IoT and big data to help asset-intensive industries manage their operations

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Avalon Airport deploys touchless kiosks, CT screening

  Australia’s Avalon Airport has rolled out touchless check-in and bag drop systems that passengers can control using speech, head gestures and eye gaze

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  SAP Q3 2020 results: revenue down 4%, cloud silver lining hailed

  SAP’s third quarter 2020 results stated a 4% year-on-year reduction in revenue, with an 11% increase in cloud revenue lightening the gloom

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Chatbots will not replace call centre agents

  Chatbots have not lived up to their promises and are better poised to support call centre agents in the blended realm of customer service and employee collaboration, says a regional Avaya executive

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Saudi Arabian authorities work with Chinese IT giants on digital goals

  Saudi Arabia has signed two agreements with Chinese IT suppliers as it strives to deliver its ambitious programme to diversify its economy

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Pace of digital transformation accelerates

  As businesses strive to return to profitability, business leaders are relying on tech innovation to drive economic recovery

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Study finds AI can teach humans new tricks

  Artificial intelligence tends to rely on supervised learning, but making the most of AI requires people to take on board what these systems learn autonomously

• October 16, 2020 16 Oct'20

  Serco and Sitel contact-tracing contracts agreed to be penalty-free for underperformance

  Penalties for underperformance were not included in NHS contact-tracing contracts with Serco and Sitel, it has emerged from questions to the Department of Health by Conservative MP David Davis

• October 16, 2020 16 Oct'20

  Services Australia taps AI in document processing

  Services Australia and Capgemini have developed an AI engine to classify and extract information from claim documents in a pilot project

• October 15, 2020 15 Oct'20

  Emerging tech can improve regulatory processes, says BEIS report

  Regulators should take a best-practice approach to the use of emerging technologies but need to be aware of the challenges, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

• October 14, 2020 14 Oct'20

  NHS England issues integrated cloud ERP procurement advice call

  NHS England is calling on software suppliers for advice concerning the feasibility of moving and integrating its ERP systems in cloud infrastructure

• October 14, 2020 14 Oct'20

  Public data should not be held by US tech giants

  One-off evidence sessions to follow up on the recommendations of the House of Lords AI Committee revisit the data and ethics debate

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  CDO interview: Pets at Home uses data analytics to further petcare ‘ecosystem’

  Robert Kent, chief data officer for Pets at Home, describes how he has built a data analytics team and technology stack to enhance the petcare company’s understanding of its customers

• October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20

  Nvidia reveals its plans for Arm

  Nvidia intends to acquire Arm for £31bn, as part of its plan to “create the computing company for the age of AI”

• October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20

  NetSuite CEO Goldberg: Growing in the house of Oracle

  NetSuite CEO Evan Goldberg briefs analysts and press on the eve of the supplier’s annual, this year virtual, conference

• October 06, 2020 06 Oct'20

  Cambridge to host UK’s most powerful supercomputer

  The Cambridge-1 supercomputer, based on technology from Nvidia, will be used for AI-powered drug discovery and analysis of NHS datasets

• October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20

  Business leaders call on G20 to drive affordable and responsible tech

  A new report from the Business Twenty has urged G20 members to use digitisation to support economic recovery

• October 05, 2020 05 Oct'20

  Singapore firm rolls out robotic barista

  Crown Group’s robotic coffee kiosk, powered by a slew of artificial intelligence capabilities, serves up coffee beverages round the clock without the need for human baristas