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AI-Powered Drones To Monitor Oz Beaches For Sharks

Jon Bragg August 28, 2017 No Comments

Drones that are able to detect sharks using artificial intelligence will begin monitoring Australian beaches starting from next month. The Little Ripper drones have previously patrolled Australian beaches for sharks using…

AI Market Set To Hit $23 Billion

Computer Daily News August 2, 2017 No Comments

Despite this public debate between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg on whether or not artificial intelligence (AI) is good for humanity (CDN, July 27) , AI appears to be still…

MS Snaps Up AI Start-Up Maluuba

Computer Daily News January 17, 2017 No Comments

Microsoft has bought Canadian start-up Maluuba, a company that focuses on natural language processing to add the push in general artificial intelligence. Microsoft said the acquisition will help with its…

Samsung Working On AI Digital Assistant For Galaxy S8

Jon Bragg November 7, 2016 No Comments

Samsung have announced the Galaxy S8 will feature an artificial intelligence digital assistant to compete with Google Assistant and Apple’s Siri. The news follows Samsung’s acquisition last month of AI…

Augmented Reality And AI: Gartner Predicts Tech Trends

Staff Writers October 19, 2016 No Comments

Gartner has looked ahead to the upcoming digital future, revealing its top predictions for 2017 and beyond. Gartner states that its predictions “examine three fundamental effects of continued digital innovation”,…

Start-up Scores $1.25m Funding For ‘Siri For Analytics’ AI Deal

Computer Daily News October 18, 2016 No Comments

Hyper Anna, a Sydney-based start-up which describes itself as an AI powered data analyst – “Siri for analytics” – has secured $1.25 million in venture capital funding from Westpac’s venture…

ThinkTV Smart Lab To Employ AI In TV Advertising Research

Staff Writers October 17, 2016 No Comments

ThinkTV is set to investigate the performance of television advertising via its purpose-built ThinkTV Smart Lab, employing artificial intelligence technologies in its research. The lab will undertake a two-year research…

Samsung Makes AI Move With Viv Labs Acquisition

Staff Writers October 6, 2016 No Comments

Samsung is set to acquire artificial intelligence company Viv Labs, formed by the creators of Apple’s Siri personal assistant, signalling its intentions in the virtual personal assistant space. Viv is…

Google’s New Device Aims To Be The Centre Of Your Home

Jon Bragg October 5, 2016 No Comments

Google has given more details on its first entry into the ‘smart speaker’ market previously dominated by Amazon’s Echo. The new Google Home brings all the artificial intelligence power of Google Assistant…

Tech Company Alliance to Tackle Artificial Intelligence Issues

Jon Bragg September 29, 2016 No Comments

Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft have created an alliance to help educate the public on artificial intelligence and set standards for future research in the field. The lengthily-titled ‘Partnership…