Quantcast, an AI technology company focused on the marketing and publishing industries, announced that it will expand its advertising solutions into seven markets across Asia, connecting brands with an online audience of up to 300 million consumers. The company already operates in Australia and New Zealand. Marketers across Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand will now be able to tap into Quantcast's live data insights drawn from more than 100 million online destinations to drive more effective brand awareness and performance campaigns. Andrew Double, Quantcast's Australia and New Zealand Managing Director, will taking on an expanded role to lead the company's growth in the Asia-Pacific region. Konrad Feldman, Quantcast's Chief Executive Officer and Founder commented, "Marketing is at a tipping point with AI set to transform every customer experience, every company and every industry. Marketers in APAC are looking for better ways to engage digital audiences that are both efficient and effective. We're excited to help brands and their agency partners leverage the power of Q, our audience behavior platform."

BEIJING – China's war for technology talent is intensifying. Tens of thousands of people are being hired to shore up cybersecurity, censor online content, and try to make China No. 1 in the application of artificial intelligence as capital pours into both startups and more mature businesses at a time when the government is demanding rapid development. "Companies are well-funded and are in serious competition for talent," said Thomas Liang, a former executive at Chinese search giant Baidu who is now running an AI-focused fund. He said that startups in hot sectors like AI often have to offer 50 to 100 percent pay raises to attract employees away from established technology firms. China's emergence as a global center for technology, with champions such as Alibaba and Tencent now worth more than $1 trillion combined, has led to a hiring boom and wage growth that has started to put salaries for the top talent within striking distance of those offered in Silicon Valley. And while that should please the Chinese government as it seeks to create higher-paying jobs and move up the value chain, it could also add to income inequality in China as wages in nontech jobs lag, and as the sector's recruitment and income gains tend to be concentrated in the biggest cities such as Beijing and Shenzhen.

Not a day goes by when one is not bombarded by the latest innovations around artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and machine learning (ML). The inflationary use of these terms makes many people question if they are simply catchy buzzwords ― part of a short-lived market hype. On the other hand, expectations concerning the capabilities of AI and robotics are at an all-time high. From the ultimate AI-built utopia to Skynet apocalypse ― everything seems possible. Time for a grounded look at what AI, ML and robotics actually can and should do in the area of finance process automation.

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Alibaba Holdings Ltd.-backed artificial intelligence start-up SenseTime Co. will build an innovation center in Shenzhen in southern Guangdong province after coming to an agreement with a real estate developer in the city. The firm, also headquartered in the city, will cooperate with China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Holdings Co. on construction and use the center to develop innovations related to AI, Internet of Things and Big Data, the company said in a press briefing yesterday. China Merchants Shekou will provide resources including services, equipment, technology and personnel, while SenseTime will create an AI platform for enterprises located in China Merchants Shekou industrial parks. The two parties will also work together on promoting practical applications of AI technology in the healthcare sector among others. Founded in 2014, Sensetime specializes in AI technology research and development related to facial recognition, driving automation and medical imaging products.

Armed with massive amounts of data, China is poised to make a dent in big data-driven innovation and artificial intelligence applications including smart health. A policy push to encourage the development of novel drugs also means there may be more biotech unicorns and innovative therapies to attract investment inflows.

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi struck a chord with business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Jack Ma, founder and Executive Chairman of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba, took the centre stage in one of the sessions at the alpine resort of Davos and talked about the impact of technology, artificial intelligence, role of women business leaders in today's world and globalization. Ma warned that latest technologies like AI and big data are a threat and would disable people instead of empowering them. On the impact of technology, Ma said: "We are very lucky because the world is in big transformation mode because of technology. Though this revolution will create successful leaders and opportunities, every new technology will also create social problems. The first technology revolution caused the First World War and the second technology revolution caused the Second World War. Now we have the third the tech revolution. If the third world war happens, it should be fought against disease, pollution and poverty, not against each other."

Science fiction is becoming a reality as Japanese scientists reach new heights in Artificial Intelligence, announcing a program capable of "mind reading" through recreated images one pixel at a time. The program, developed by a team of experts from the University of Kyoto, is based on a neural network system, decoding brain activity and reproducing images presented to test subjects. Photos of stained glass windows, owls, aircrafts and red post boxes were presented to three volunteers. FMRI scans were then used to measure the information, analyzing electrical activity as well as the variants of blood flow to the brain. The results varied according to its volunteers, researchers said, but the majority showed an astounding level of accuracy recreating the objects as well as others imagined by test subjects such as bowling balls, leopards, goldfish and swans.

BENGALURU: Infosys President Mohit Joshi today said Industry disruption from Artificial Intelligence (AI) was already on and organisations not using it to amplify their workforce will fall behind or find themselves irrelevant. "Industry disruption from AI is no longer imminent, it is here. The organisations that embrace AI with a clearly defined strategy and use AI to amplify their workforce rather than replace it will take the lead and those that don't will fall behind or find themselves irrelevant," he said. Joshi said this in a statement while releasing the company's global research on the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Davos, where the world Economic Forum is currently underway. The research findings says enterprises are moving beyond the experimentation phase with AI, deploying AI technologies more broadly and realizing benefits across their business. The research report "Leadership in the Age of AI" surveyed more than 1,000 businesses and IT leaders with decision making power over AI solutions or purchases at large organisations across seven countries.

Baidu announced a trio of hardware products at the Consumer Electronics Show today that all connect to its Duer personal assistant, including a smart projector designed to serve the Japanese market. All three of the devices work like smart speakers from other companies including Amazon and Google, providing customers with the ability to talk with a virtual assistant -- in this case Duer, which is focused on the Chinese market. While these speakers aren't necessarily meant for launch stateside, they show that Baidu remains an important force in the virtual assistant market that could go on to be more influential worldwide. The Little Fish VSI Smart Speaker looks a lot like the Amazon Echo Show, with a display that enables video calls, media playback, and more. It's connected to services like Baidu Search, the iQiyi streaming service (one of the largest in China), and a cloud photo album for families to display their snaps on the countertop.