To address the complexities that arose while solving large & complicated scenarios, this manual training process fell short in potential. But with the advent of AI & ML, the complete cyberspace has taken a giant leap forward and the process of training these Algorithmic bots has been automated. They don't rely on humans to supervise or train them. Once their artificial neural structure (ANN) achieves a certain level of maturity, they start learning on their own when exposed to different training sets/ data sets. Meanwhile, the effort that goes into training a bot in its nascent stage can't just be denied.

Have you ever commiserated with your colleagues that your boss acts like an automaton? This soon might be more than just a figure of speech – and some employees don't necessarily think that would be a bad thing. By 2030, up to 800 million workers around the world could be replaced by machines. The fear of rampaging robots isn't just restricted to jobs. Leaders in emerging technology, such as Elon Musk, have suggested artificial intelligence (AI) is "a fundamental risk to the existence of civilization."

If you're worried about how facial recognition technology is being used, you should be. And things are about to get a lot scarier unless new regulation is put in place. Already, this technology is being used in many U.S. cities and around the world. Rights groups have raised alarm about its use to monitor public spaces and protests, to track and profile minorities, and to flag suspects in criminal investigations. The screening of travelers, concertgoers and sports fans with the technology has also sparked privacy and civil liberties concerns.

SAN FRANCISCO – The world's largest drone maker has teamed up with the nation's largest thermal camera company to create ready-to-fly drones that can see in the dark. The drone maker is DJI, a China-based company that currently has about 70% of the world drone market. The camera is by FLIR Systems, a Wilsonville, Ore.-based thermal and infrared imaging company. The collaboration will produce drones that can be used in search-and-rescue, firefighting, security and surveillance. At a news conference Thursday, the companies showed video shot from one of the infrared-capable drones in which several people walking in a pitch black field at night looked like brightly lit light bulbs moving across the rough ground.

Data streaming is the next wave in the analytics and machine learning landscape as it assists organisations in quick decision-making through real-time analytics. With the increased adoption of cloud computing, data streaming in the cloud is on the rise as it provides agility in data pipeline for various applications and caters to different business needs. Understanding the importance of data streaming, organisations are embracing hybrid platforms in a way that they can leverage the advantages of both batch and streaming data analytics. To assist firms in determining the best data streaming tools, Analytics India Magazine has compiled the most feature-rich tools for instant analytics. Through Amazon Kinesis, organisations can build streaming applications using SQL editor, and open-source Java libraries.

NEW DELHI – Sony Corp. will open its first research center in India in 2020 to study the application of artificial intelligence technology to businesses. The Tokyo-based company will establish the center in Bengaluru, known as India's Silicon Valley, in the state of Karnataka, according to a company statement late last week. The center will develop AI technologies adaptable to the entertainment field, where Sony provides films and videos, a Sony spokesman said. "Having Bengaluru as a foothold, we want to reinforce our research and development capability and competitiveness," he said. Sony's software development subsidiary, Sony India Software Centre Pvt., is also located in the city.

Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more important in our lives every year, and everyone can now take advantage of it. Estonia has been a good example of a country excelling in digital transformation. Furthermore, it has surely inspired many others to begin their digital journey. After saying all that, we cannot rest on our laurels – artificial intelligence has come to stay. But what do we really know about it and how can we make it work for us?

India is home to more than 19,500 languages or dialects and 96.71 per cent of the population in the country have one of the 22 scheduled languages as their mother tongue, according to the Census 2011. Yet the language of technology, even in a country as diverse as ours, largely remains one, English. How can then we make use of the sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) technology, that has taken over the world in just a few years, to bridge the gap between India's billion Internet users and technology? To answer this, let us understand the scope of non-English population, the largest underserved market through the lens of AI. Getting any bot to understand the natural language of a user is always difficult and remains a big hurdle for all the players in the segment.

On 11 September 2019, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe set up an Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence – CAHAI. The Committee will examine the feasibility and potential elements on the basis of broad multi-stakeholder consultations, of a legal framework for the development, design and application of artificial intelligence, based on Council of Europe's standards on human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

Traditional job interviews leave something to be desired. Relying on hiring managers to handle them without injecting some level of personal bias is fraught with risk, and the fact that many busy managers would rather not spend time interviewing candidates in the first place only compounds the problem. Enter the Tengai HR robot. This 16-inch-tall robotic device gets right to the task without stopping to engage in small talk with each applicant. The robot asks critical questions succinctly with no emotion, no bias and no preconceived notions.