Machine learning technology has the capacity to autonomously identify malignant tumors, pilot Teslas and subtitle videos in real time. The term "autonomous" is tricky here, because machine learning still requires a lot of human ingenuity to get these jobs done. It works like this: An algorithm scans a massive dataset. Engineers don't tell it exactly what to look for in this initial dataset, which could consist of images, audio clips, emails and more. Instead, the algorithm conducts a freeform analysis.

Amazon is rolling out new features that make it easier for customers to search for specific items in large databases of images and videos. The tech giant said Monday it will make "Custom Labels" available next month, allowing Rekognition users without any machine learning experience to deploy the software more nimbly. Custom Labels allow customers to train Rekognition to detect specific objects and scenes related to their use case. For example, a retailer who wants to identify all of the black boots in her online inventory could train the software with images of shoes that meet that description, so that it can detect them in a larger library of images. That type of custom sorting previously required machine learning expertise to build a model from scratch, an Amazon spokesperson said.

Artificial intelligence continues to be the theme of the moment in enterprise software, and today a company out of Asia that has built a suite of AI-powered marketing and ad tools is announcing a round of funding. Appier, a Taipei-based startup that provides an artificial intelligence engine to brands and retailers to help improve customer engagement, predict purchasing and improve conversions on their sites, has picked up $80 million. This Series D includes TGVest Capital, HOPU-Arm Innovation Fund (SoftBank owns Arm), Temasek's Pavilion Capital, Insignia Venture Partners, JAFCO Investment and UMC Capital. The company has raised $162 million to date, with previous investors including Alibaba, Sequoia, SoftBank, and Line. Appier now has around 1,000 customers.

Millions of ESPN Fantasy Football players are rolling into week 13 of the NFL hoping to survive injuries and bye weeks on their way to the playoffs. But starting last season, players could also count on the trusty advice of Watson, IBM's artificial intelligence platform, in times of need. ESPN's Daniel Dopp, co-host of "The Fantasy Show with Matthew Berry" on ESPN, sat down with IBM Master Inventor Aaron Baughman at the IBM Innovation Lab in New York City to discuss Watson's foray into the arcane science of fantasy football. "It helps to have a compromise between the heart and the brain. We trained Watson on millions of fantasy football stories, blog posts and videos. We taught it to develop a scoring range for thousands of players with their upsides and their downsides. And we taught it to estimate the chances a player will exceed their upside or fall below the downside," Baughman said.

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An artificial intelligence (AI) tool had an 88% success rate in predicting life expectancy in patients with heart failure, researchers at UC San Diego Health reported in the European Journal of Heart Failure. Using a machine-learning algorithm, researchers developed a mortality risk score in patients with heart failure. The risk score had an area under the curve of 0.88 and was predictive across the full spectrum of risk, study authors wrote. The results support the use of the AI to evaluate patients with heart failure and in other settings where predicting risk has been challenging, reported the authors. "This tool gives us insight, for example, on the probability that a given patient will die from heart failure in the next three months or a year," said Eric Adler, M.D., cardiologist and director of cardiac transplant and mechanical circulatory support at the Cardiovascular Institute at UC San Diego Health.

I'm sure you've seen the headlines: The artificial intelligence (AI) market is due to balloon in the coming years, and AI will change the world and solve problems we've never had answers to. While I believe that AI can certainly be useful and has some real-world applications already, I think a reality check of what AI does (and doesn't do) well is in order. The truth of AI is that production deployment lags behind claims from today's headlines. According to research conducted by MIT, for example, AI "Pioneers," which are defined as "organizations that both understand and have adopted AI," make up just 20% of all organizations. What is creating the disparity between theory and production?

DUBAI: We live in an age in which talking to a machine is no longer a futuristic concept. Many activities and fields are being shaped by innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) and technology, a phenomenon that is fundamentally altering the nature of human interaction, consumption of information and, more controversially, the nature of employment. Adoption of innovations such as voice recognition, virtual agents and biometrics could be the only way for humans to survive in the coming age of automation. Amid the surge in human-machine cooperation, many people nevertheless are eager to find out what the future holds. Will robots outsmart humans and steal their jobs?

The update shares an announcement from the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") and provides important details regarding a second Federal Register Notice on AI and innovation building upon the earlier request for comments focused on the impact AI poses for patent law and policy. The Ocean Tomo AI Report Update contains important details regarding the window of opportunity to respond to the notice as well as sample questions included in the notice. You can request a copy of the study update here. Ocean Tomo Industry Analyst Reports provide a comprehensive look at current industry trends and deal activity in several technology areas. As a financial advisor with a focus on technology and intellectual property (IP), Ocean Tomo has gained unique insights related to the intellectual property driving the development of a variety of technology areas.

The National Safety Council says at least nine people in the U.S. die and another 100 are injured every day in crashes caused by distracted driving. In-vehicle technologies such as dashboard touchscreens have contributed to this enormous safety threat. But consumers are fond of these technologies and they aren't going away. However, there is a pantheon of other distractions that occur behind the wheel that vary greatly in form and severity. The mostly illegal use of cell phones or texting while driving tops the list.