SAS, the leader in business analytics, hosted the SAS Analytics Summit on Feb. 21 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Kingdom Tower, Al Olay in Riyadh. In an age when analytics is the cornerstone of smarter decision-making, this one-day event aimed at helping regional organizations capitalize on data to gain greater business insights and develop advanced capabilities to innovate. "Data is underpinning the next frontier of innovation. In this modern era of hyper connectivity, and transformed customer experience, it is imperative that organizations leverage data to identify their business drivers and ensure optimum productivity growth," said Alaa Youssef, Managing Director, Middle East at SAS. "Data is becoming the basis of cutthroat competition, and we at SAS are committed to enable organizations across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to transform data into intelligence and enable greater levels of innovation to achieve their broader objective and support in realizing the national vision 2030." Themed'Bring the Analytics Economy and AI in Action' SAS experts at the event, discussed various ways organizations can foster innovation through analytics, improve customer service by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine-learning, and more endorsed by speakers from SAS customers such as STC, Arab National Bank, and Saudia Airlines.

Chinese device maker Lepu Medical Technology Co. has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the registration of an electrocardiogram analysis and diagnosis system based on artificial intelligence. The Beijing-based firm's Carewell Healthcare subsidiary developed the product, named AI ECG Platform, which covers major cardiovascular diseases, Lepu said in a statement. AI ECG Platform's diagnostic accuracy for a variety of heart diseases is over 95 percent, a similar level to ECG medical experts and it is capable of outperforming specialists for the diagnosis of some complex cases, the firm added. The company has applied for more than a dozen Chinese and international patents related to the technology. Lepu aims to promote the use of the product in primary hospitals and clinics which lack professional cardiologists.

New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Automation through Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made the healthcare industry more efficient and sustainable. Not only it improves the recovery time with no post operative complications in patients but also eases off the work of a surgeon. AI always has been a boon to the surgeon that helps them with high precision and accuracy which helps in optimizing their performance in no time. The technology helps the surgeon to exactly figure out the anatomy of the organ making it easy for better diagnostics and understanding. Size of a heart valve varies from person to person which makes it difficult for a surgeon to identify the exact sizing.

First, the futurist Amy Webb told the audience of journalists, librarians and foundation managers that they could easily be duped by the ever-growing purveyors of artificial intelligence. Images of their faces could be affixed to others' bodies, their voices to impostors. Media people have acknowledged to pollsters that they are so focused on the present that they don't pay close attention to what might be in store for them in five, 10 or 20 years. Later in her talk Wednesday before the Knight Media Forum in Miami, Webb told people of color that they weren't thought about when the creators of self-driving cars, GPS navigators, robotics and other such technologies were being developed. "My question is, what does all this mean for communities of color?" (video) asked Sara Lomax-Reese, president and CEO of black talk-formatted WURD radio in Philadelphia. She was one of about 500 at the sold-out conference sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. "It's not good," replied Webb. "Any person of color who's ever felt invisible, you're totally invisible to the networks. Right?" said the author of the 2016 book "The Signals Are Talking: Why Today's Fringe Is Tomorrow's Mainstream: Forecast and Take Action on Tomorrow's Trends, Today."

Defence and foreign policy decisions are based on immense cognitive and intangible skillsets. As AI evolves further, it could play a vital role in analyzing large data sets, intelligence inputs, imagery from satellites or other airborne platforms, scenarios or even draw cognitive deductions from the historical records of foreign policy decisions or deployment of military resources during previous wars. Such detailed analyses could also supplement individual and organisational ability during bilateral or multilateral negotiations, and military standoffs or geopolitical conflicts. AI is also being used for crime prevention as facial detection and recognition technology has made strides. Akin to any advanced technology, AI also has its own set of risks.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay and there is no turning back in the march of this technology as many devices and services are already integrated with this advanced computing power. Globally, businesses and government are exploring how AI can be used to enhance their services, and India is also not far behind in adopting the advanced practices. The advent of handsets with internet connection is one of the key factors enabling technology to make deep inroads in India. Aadhaar is a classic example of AI technology with biometric recognition being one of the key facets of its application. PwC India in its recent survey report titled "Artificial Intelligence--Hype or Reality" found that 60% of respondents believe that AI will enable people to live richer lives and further socio-economic causes such as economic growth, health and education and cybersecurity. Sudipta Ghosh, partner and leader, Data and Analytics, PwC India said, "Indian businesses, the government and individuals have, in recent years, also seen multiple use cases of AI in various facets of life.

ABU DHABI – Walking through a trade show all about military drones, Emirati officials made a point on Sunday to stop first at a stand run by Chinese officials with a mock armed drone hanging above them. Defense analysts believe that drone, the Wing Loong II, is now being used by the Emirati military while the United Arab Emirates remains barred from purchasing weaponized drones from the United States. That purchase, as well as Abu Dhabi hosting the Unmanned Systems Exhibition & Conference this week in the Emirati capital, shows the power these weapons now hold across the Middle East. Top UAE officials, including Abu Dhabi's powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, were on hand for the drone conference, which opened on Sunday. The UAE, home to skyscraper-studded Dubai, already has embraced drones.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are raising risks that malicious users will soon exploit the technology to mount automated hacking attacks, cause driverless car crashes or turn commercial drones into targeted weapons, a new report warns. The study, published on Wednesday by 25 technical and public policy researchers from Cambridge, Oxford and Yale universities along with privacy and military experts, sounded the alarm for the potential misuse of AI by rogue states, criminals and lone-wolf attackers. The researchers said the malicious use of AI poses imminent threats to digital, physical and political security by allowing for large-scale, finely targeted, highly efficient attacks. The study focuses on plausible developments within five years. "We all agree there are a lot of positive applications of AI," Miles Brundage, a research fellow at Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute.

By Amitabh Kant The ancient Chinese game Go, which has a very high number of possible moves, was considered almost impossible for a computer to beat humans two years ago. Last year Alpha Go (a Go programme designed by two Go players) beat the best professional Go Player Lee Sedol in a five game match. Machine learning had breached even the bastion of strategic thought. Impossible Foods, a fourth industrial revolution technology company, makes a plant based food that smells, tastes, looks like real meat. It threatens the future of the $90 billion meat industry.

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