AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatarWhat OpenAI and GitHub’s ‘AI pair programmer’ means for the software industryverified_publisherVentureBeat - Ben DicksonOpenAI has once again made the headlines, this time with Copilot, an AI-powered programming tool jointly built with GitHub. Built on top of GPT-3, OpenAI’s famous language model, Copilot is an autocomplete tool that provides relevant (and sometimes lengthy) suggestions as you write code. Copilot is …
AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatarIs it time for an algorithm bill of rights? These analysts think soverified_publisherFast Company - By Connie LinTwo scholars from Carnegie Mellon University argue that businesses have an obligation to share the secret sauce behind their algorithmic processes. As artificial intelligence becomes more prolific in the digital age, so, too, have the ethical quandaries that come with it. After all, algorithms are …
AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatar65% of execs can’t explain how their AI models make decisions, survey findsverified_publisherVentureBeat - Kyle WiggersDespite increasing demand for and use of AI tools, 65% of companies can’t explain how AI model decisions or predictions are made. That’s according to the results of a new survey from global analytics firm FICO and Corinium, which surveyed 100 C-level analytic and data executives to understand how …
AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatarWhat’s next: Machine learning at scale through unified modelingverified_publisherVentureBeat - Pejman Makhfi, Credit SesameMachine learning has become pervasive in businesses across industries as the technology has matured in recent years. A 2020 Deloitte study found that 67% of organizations surveyed have put machine learning to work, and 97% expected to deploy some form of it in the year ahead. With this expanding …
AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatarIntel AI researchers explain how they gave GTA V a photorealistic revampverified_publisherTNW - Thomas MacaulayNearly eight years after Grand Theft Auto V was released, modders are still enriching — and ruining — the game’s celebrated visuals. Last week, researchers from Intel Labs unveiled an AI-powered revamp of the Rockstar classic that brings the graphics close to photorealism. TNW spoke to Intel research …
AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatarMUM: A new AI milestone for understanding informationOfficial Google Blog - Pandu NayakWhen I tell people I work on Google Search, I’m sometimes asked, "Is there any work left to be done?" The short answer is an emphatic “Yes!” There …
AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatarFor companies that use ML, labeled data is the key differentiatorverified_publisherTechCrunch - Sylvain KalacheAI is driving the paradigm shift that is the software industry’s transition to data-centric programming from writing logical statements. Data is now oxygen. The more training data a company gathers, the brighter will its AI-powered products burn. Why is Tesla so far ahead with advanced driver …
AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatarThe untold story of how Florence Nightingale used data viz to save livesverified_publisherFast Company - By Lilly SmithNightingale was a fierce advocate of public health—and she used sophisticated graphic design to make her case. Florence Nightingale is well known as the founder of modern nursing. But after seeing the terrible conditions facing soldiers she treated during the Crimean War, she became a fierce public …
AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatarGartner says composable data and analytics key to digital transformationverified_publisherVentureBeat - George LawtonGartner wrapped up the Data & Analytics Summit Americas 2021 virtual event this week with a lively overview of top trends for enterprises to watch. Overall, Gartner analysts saw pressing trends around accelerating change, operationalizing business value, and — increasingly — “distributed …
AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatarSyniti-DMR merger designed to pack punch in a data-driven worldverified_publisherVentureBeat - Damon PoeterThe pandemic has pushed enterprises to accelerate their digital transformation plans. That means good data management, analytics, and governance are more important than ever, according to Kevin Campbell, CEO of enterprise data management firm Syniti. Boston-based Syniti this week announced the …
AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatarIt’s time to train professional AI risk managersverified_publisherVentureBeat - Kenn SoLast year I wrote about how AI regulations will lead to the emergence of professional AI risk managers. This has already happened in the financial sector where regulations patterned after Basel rules have created a financial risk management profession to assess financial risks. Last week, the EU …
AvatarPhilippe VAN CAENEGEMAvatarAvatarProper data hygiene critical as enterprises focus on AI governanceverified_publisherVentureBeat - Poornima ApteToday’s artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms run on hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of data sets. The high demand for data has spawned services that collect, prepare, and sell them. But data’s rise as a valuable currency also subjects it to more extensive scrutiny. In the …