The Darker Side of Digitalization
UA researchers are calling for a collective approach to a host of emerging ethical issues in the rapidly changing technological world, where today there are more questions than answers. (more…)
Category Archives: Technology
IBM Food Trust Expands Blockchain Network to Foster a Safer, More Transparent and Efficient Global Food System
IBM Announces General Availability of IBM Food Trust as Carrefour Joins Major Supermarkets and Consumer Goods Leaders
Momentum Grows Among Users and Third-Party Data Suppliers on the Network
ARMONK, N.Y. and PARIS, Oct. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced growing adoption of its food supply chain network, IBM Food Trust. The blockchain-based cloud network offers participating retailers, suppliers, growers and food industry providers with data from across the food ecosystem to enable greater traceability, transparency and efficiency. (more…)
IBM Largest Ever AI Toolset Release Is Tailor Made for 9 Industries and Professions
New Watson solutions pre-trained for industries help people accomplish more on farms, in factories, and in offices globally
ARMONK, N.Y. –– IBM (NYSE: IBM) today introduced new Watson solutions and services pre-trained for a variety of industries and professions including agriculture, customer service, human resources, supply chain, manufacturing, building management, automotive, marketing, and advertising.
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IBM Takes Major Step in Breaking Open the Black Box of AI
New cloud-based, bias-detection and mitigation controls address need for more transparency in AI decision making
ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today introduced technology that gives businesses new transparency into AI, enabling them to more fully harness its power. (more…)
How PhotoDNA for Video is being used to fight online child exploitation
In the past, when someone tipped off the Internet Watch Foundation’s (IWF) criminal content reporting hotline to an online video they thought included child sexual abuse material, an analyst at the U.K. nonprofit often had to watch or fast forward through the entire video to investigate it. (more…)
IBM and IIT Bombay team up to accelerate AI research in India
India, Sept 12, 2018– IBM (NYSE: IBM) and IIT Bombay today announced that the university will join the AI Horizons Network as part of a multi-year collaboration to advance AI research. (more…)
Universität Tübingen erklärt Maschinelles Lernen
Video macht wichtigen Teilbereich der Künstlichen Intelligenz für Laien verständlich
Mit einem auch für Laien verständlichen Video macht die Universität Tübingen seit Mittwoch auf die Bedeutung des Forschungsfelds Maschinelles Lernen aufmerksam. „In den vergangenen Monaten hat es zahlreiche Medienberichte über die Entwicklung von Künstlicher Intelligenz und ihres derzeit wichtigsten Teilbereichs, das Maschinelle Lernen, gegeben“, erklärt Professor Matthias Bethge, Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning an der Universität Tübingen: „Dabei haben wir den Eindruck gewonnen, dass die Öffentlichkeit mehr über die Grundlagen dieses wichtigen Forschungsbereichs erfahren sollte, der eine Schlüsseltechnologie des 21. Jahrhunderts werden wird.“ (more…)
How gamers with disabilities helped design the new Xbox Adaptive Controller’s elegantly accessible packaging
Twist ties that bedevil. Thick plastic requiring scissors to break open. Tape that gets wrapped around fingers. Those cursed strips known as zip ties. (more…)