More than 160 companies and organisations from 36 countries working with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including the founders of Tesla and Google DeepMind, have signed a pledge not to develop, make, sell or use lethal autonomous weapons.
The signing is the first of its kind,...
Artificial intelligence (AI) will boost jobs during the next two decades, except in manufacturing, transport and city administration. New research finds digital factories, intelligent mobility and smart cities will cause massive disruption in the period to 2037 with as many as one in four...
The sharing economy is something of a disruptive trend that's reshaping the way people purchase goods and services—with access to bike sharing, ride hailing apps and shared vehicle services like Zipcar, owning a vehicle isn't really necessary or, depending on a number of variables,...
China, France, the U.K. and the European Union all have articulated AI strategies
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the future. It will be essential in advancements toward autonomous driving, the way we use wireless devices, digital transformation of key industries like manufacturing, and many other use...
Under the terms of the agreement, both firms will establish a lab in Hangzhou
Nokia and China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier in terms of subscribers, have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to investigate the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning...
Amdocs is partnering with digital service providers to offer a connected device combined with IoT value added services to both business customers and consumers
Amdocs considers the internet of things (IoT) segment to be a new revenue-growth business for the company, Shahar Yaacobi, product marketing...
The French and UK governments have signed a five-year accord to work together to improve digital services through state-level collaboration on artificial intelligence (AI), data and digital administration.
Mounir Mahjoubi and Matt Hancock, digital secretaries for France and the UK respectively, ratified the deal today...
The move to a ‘lights-out’ factory has already begun, but the developing transition requires an overhaul of industrial facilities, equipment, systems and people if it is to go the distance. Transformation of the manufacturing industry, or ‘vertical’ in service-provider parlance, must also make way...
Over the last decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) has allowed organizations to gather data from machines that have never produced data before. As time has gone on and the cost of technology has decreased significantly, this data is now being collected in economical...
I am glad to report that the smart home market is in rude health. One recent research report from Parks Associates found that 17 percent of US broadband households own an Internet-connected entertainment device and a smart home device, with an additional 13 percent...
Quo vadis SDN in provider networks?
With its promise of network simplification and new revenue streams, software-defined networking has certainly captured the interest of service providers. At its core, this technology is about disaggregating physical network functions from software control, creating an ecosystem of open...
The new platform, dubbed Orange Fab, was launched in partnership with a group of investors and companies
French telecommunication group Orange has launched Orange Fab, a Silicon Valley acceleration program designed to identify and support early-stage startups with focus on smart connectivity.
The initiative is being...
Communications service providers (CSPs) deliver an essential service — connectivity. Everyone wants to be able to communicate, but some might argue that all CSPs deliver the same thing, acting as the carrier of voice and data without a broader relationship with the subscriber. For...
Nokia eyeing 2019 for launch of AI-powered 5G Digital Design tool
LONDON—5G is many things, chief among them complex and expensive to deploy. As operators evolve network infrastructure from LTE and, over time, to robust 5G, how do they chart a course that balances capital...
5G-connected laptops, 2-and-1s highlighted by Intel at Computex
From distributed computing and artificial intelligence to enterprise-enablement and 5G, Intel is pushing hard into the next-generation of mobility, which is poised to be about a lot more than just smartphones.
This week at the Computex event in...
Autonomous machines will use AI to transform manufacturing, logistics, agriculture and other verticals
At the ongoing Computex event in Taipei, Taiwan, Nvidia announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) system designed to power autonomous machines and industrial robotics. The chipmaker specifically called out manufacturing, logistics, agriculture,...
Today, Amazon is embarrassed and red-faced now that their Alexa AI smart speaker has been caught red-handed recording a private conversation, putting it into a message and sending it to someone in the address book of an unsuspecting user, without the user knowing what...
Although Qualcomm has been doing AI research for more than 10 years, a dedicated R&D unit will help to coordinate AI development efforts across the company
In a week where Qualcomm, Microsoft, and Intel are all holding simultaneous artificial intelligence (AI) developer conferences, Qualcomm announced...
Artificial intelligence (AI) will enable earlier diagnosis of diseases like cancer, diabetes, heart disease and dementia, British Prime Minister Theresa May has said in a speech on industrial strategy at Jodrell Bank, the UK centre for physics, astro-physics and astronomy, in Manchester.
In the latest in...
Japan-based Toyota has taken a stake in data analytics firm ALBERT, also from Japan, to bring new artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies in house, and develop its own autonomous driving capabilities.
Toyota said the pair have struck a “business alliance” that will see...
The White House hosted 100 government officials, research academics, and business leaders to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of funding, regulation, workers and “military advantage” last week.
The Artificial Intelligence for American Industry summit, on May 10, was organised around two breakout sessions....
Oracle has agreed to buy California-based data analytics specialist DataScience.com for an undisclosed fee to boost its machine learning capabilities.
DataScience.com offers a one-stop data analytics platform, providing self-service access to open source data science tools, and related projects and infrastructure. The platform allows customers,...
HPE's intelligent automation announcement got the ball rolling at TM Forum's annual gathering in Nice. Given that the show is titled Digital Transformation World, expect a deluge of similar messaging in the coming days.
HPE announced a new suite of management tools aimed at helping...
Ericsson says zero-touch is now a customer expectation
U.S. smartphone user Jennifer, 29, summed up during an Ericsson-led focus group a complaint many of us likely share regarding customer experience interactions with telcos: "The automated voices I speak to make me so frustrated. They don’t...
