Coronavirus may have stunted consumer spending, but despite decreases in economic activity, smart home revenues continued to grow in 2020, and experts at ABI Research call for a 5% increase by 2026. The smart home market is expected to top $ 317 billion in revenue. Jonathan Collins, Smart Home Research …
Read More »Incoming White House science and technology leader on AI, diversity, and society
The 2021 digital toolkit – How small businesses are taking charge Learn how small businesses are improving customer experience, accelerating quote-to-cash, and increasing security. Register Now Technologies like artificial intelligence and human genome editing “reveal and reflect even more about the complex and sometimes dangerous social architecture that lies beneath …
Read More »The U.S. Department of Homeland Security tested technology that can recognize masked faces
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is testing facial recognition technology that would allow it to identify …
Read More »9 trends in enterprise database technology
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More The database has always revolved around rock-solid reliability. Data goes in and then comes out in exactly the …
Read More »Learn how to accelerate your business using automation and AI technology: Transform 2020
If companies were already investing in automation and AI technologies before March 2020, they have only accelerated those investments since. No one expected the jolt the COVID-19 pandemic would bring to business. With leaders looking for ways to avoid human contact, machines, software, and new processes that avoid those humans …
Read More »Ahead of Trump Visit, Church Makes Unproven Claim of Virus-Killing Technology
PHOENIX — President Trump is visiting one of the nation’s biggest megachurches on Tuesday to speak to thousands of Arizona college students gathering to support his re-election. With coronavirus cases sharply increasing in the state, some public health experts say the gathering is a potential disaster. But the church hosting …
Read More »Some essential reading and research on race and technology
At this extraordinary moment in U.S. history, the evils of racism are on full display. It’s no secret that technology has played a role in enabling racism to foment and spread. This is an ideal time to read, listen, and learn. Below are many resources — research, articles, and books …
Read More »AI Weekly: Getting back to work under the watchful eye of technology
This week, we published our latest special issue, “AI and surveillance in the age of coronavirus,” in which we examined how to balance freedom and safety as governments and companies use specific technologies to track and trace the spread of the coronavirus. Now, all the parts and pieces of those …
Read More »FiveAI raises $41 million to commercialize its self-driving technology
FiveAI has raised $ 41 million in venture capital as the startup seeks to turn the self-driving research it has conducted into commercial products and services. The U.K.-based startup has created a technology stack to power autonomous vehicles. The company uses AI and machine learning that would let cars use …
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