TechCrunch+ roundup: Stealth recruiting, virtual sales kickoffs, Google Cloud’s Q4
February 05, 2022 • TechCrunch AI

Though companies are reluctant to send employees to in-person events, and many workers are reluctant to get on a plane, hybrid events won't give teams a chance to bond over karaoke. However, with a tight agenda and a compelling theme, you can create a virtual or hybrid SKO that people will actually want to attend. If you lead a sales team, there are several strategies for finding a theme that reflects your goals, as well as advice on scheduling, and tips on ways to express your company culture. ...

Democrats renew push for ‘algorithmic accountability’
February 05, 2022 • AI-News

As algorithms increasingly take on important roles in our lives, there is a need for greater accountability to ensure that they do not unfairly discriminate against certain groups. The Algorithmic Accountability Act, reintroduced this week by Senators Ron Wyden and Cory Booker and Representative Yvette Clarke, would hold tech firms accountable for bias in their algorithms. This bill is an updated version of one first introduced by Wyden in 2019. Concern about bias in algorithms has been increasi...

OSTP’s Continuing Work on AI Technology and Uses that Can Benefit Us All
February 03, 2022 • National Artificial Intelligence Initiative

OSTP is continuing its work on AI technology and its many benefits. One focus is on ensuring that AI is equitable and does not reinforce bias or deepen inequality. OSTP is also working on developing an AI Bill of Rights and advancing AI development and adoption internationally. This work will ensure that AI benefits all of us.

DeepMind AlphaCode rivals the abilities of human programmers
February 03, 2022 • AI-News

DeepMind's AI coder, AlphaCode, has proven capable of rivalling the abilities of a standard human programmer. The company selected 10 contests that were hosted on Codeforces - a programming competition platform with thousands of participants - to evaluate the performance of AlphaCode. Following the simulations, AlphaCode ranked in the top 54 percent of competitors. That means it wasn't yet able to beat leading human programmers but could rival the average. Mike Mirzayanov, Founder of Codeforces,...

DeepMind’s AlphaCode AI writes code at a competitive level
February 03, 2022 • TechCrunch AI

DeepMind has created an AI capable of writing code to solve arbitrary problems posed to it, as proven by participating in a coding challenge and placing - well, somewhere in the middle. It won’t be taking any software engineers’ jobs just yet, but it’s promising and may help automate basic tasks. The team at DeepMind, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is aiming to create intelligence in as many forms as it can, and of course these days the task to which many of our great minds are bent...

Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Travel Industry and its Future
January 26, 2022 • Becoming Human

Artificial intelligence is a powerful technology that can lend value to any industry. This is especially true for the travel and tourism sectors, as AI can transform every single aspect of these industries. It can improve the quality of customers' experiences when they engage with a travel and tourism company, and it can also help ease processes and streamline operations for companies in this industry. If you're looking to take advantage of these benefits for your business, you should start work...

Seeing into the future: Personalized cancer screening with artificial intelligence
January 23, 2022 • MIT News

Looking to create personalized cancer screening guidelines, MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning and Health teamed up to develop Tempo. The technology uses artificial intelligence (AI) to assess a person's risk for breast cancer and then recommend when to return for a mammogram, as well as how frequently that mammogram should be administered. After being trained on a large screening mammography dataset from Massachusetts Gen...

Why AI needs human intervention
January 21, 2022 • AI-News

In order for AI to be successful, it needs human intervention. This is because AI is unable to understand the subtleties of a moral decision, and can be biased. In addition, AI needs human intervention to avoid risks and reap the maximum benefits of AI. There are clear ethical, regulatory, and reputational reasons to keep humans in the loop when using AI. Inaccurate data can be introduced over time leading to poor decisions or even dire circumstances. Furthermore, AI is often incapable of unders...

AI CONFERENCES & EVENTS

Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM)
Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM)
October 17 - October 22, 2022
The Westin Peachtree Plaza

The Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on information and knowledge management, as well as recent adv...

AI Accelerator Summit
AI Accelerator Summit
October 20, 2022 9:00AM
Boston

In October 2022, AI Accelerator Summit will continue it's AI Hardware World tour assembling leaders in AI hardware and architecture from the world's largest organizations and most exciting AI Chip sta...

ODSC West Reconnect
ODSC West Reconnect
November 1 - November 3, 2022
Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport

ODSC West Conference 2022 Open Data Science Conference West will be held virtually and in person. The ODSC West Conference 2022 is one of the largest and ONLY applied data science training conferenc...

AI for Good Summit
AI for Good Summit
November 10 - November 11, 2022
Seattle

AI for Good Summit Applying artificial intelligence to benefit society and tackle global challenges such as the environment, education, healthcare and sustainability. WHY ATTENDOur events bring toge...

AI & Big Data Expo Global
AI & Big Data Expo Global
December 1 - December 2, 2022
Olympia London

The AI & Big Data Expo Global is the leading Artificial Intelligence & Big Data Conference & Exhibition event. It will take place on 1st – 2nd December 2022 at Olympia in London. The...

CoRL 2022
CoRL 2022
December 14 - December 18, 2022
Sir Owen G. Glen Building

Conference on Robot Learning The Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL) is an annual international conference focusing on the intersection of robotics and machine learning.  CoRL 2022 will be held...

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AI Evolution Needs Humans
“As more and more artificial intelligence is entering into the world, more and more
emotional intelligence must enter into leadership.”

Amit Ray, Famous AI Scientist, Author of Compassionate Artificial Intelligence

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Predicting Singularity
“Artificial intelligence will reach human levels by around 2029. Follow that out further to, say, 2045, and we will have multiplied the intelligence – the human biological machine intelligence of our civilization – a billion-fold.”

Ray Kurzweil, American inventor and futurist.

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On AI’s Evolution
“The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race….It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever-increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete, and would be superseded.”

Stephen Hawking, BBC