MANILA, Philippines – How can artificial intelligence (AI) solve real-world problems? Students of Asian Institute of Management's (AIM) Master of Science in Data Science program presented 16 different answers to this question on Friday, August 23. The students showed their peers, industry experts, and members of the media how they can predict whether an airline will be delayed at the Ninoy Aquino National Airport, which Filipino youth are more susceptible to drug use, and more. The 16 project topics ranged from tools for language education, poverty prediction, and healthcare to tools for businesses like debt collection and stock market and foreign exchange prediction. Each group of 3 or 4 students spoke for 4 minutes on the projects that they worked on for 6 months.

In 2009, Netflix was sued for releasing movie ratings data from half a million subscribers who were identified only by unique ID numbers. The video streaming service divulged this "anonymized" information to the public as part of its Netflix Prize contest, in which participants were asked to use the data to develop a better content recommendation algorithm. But researchers from the University of Texas showed that as few as six movie ratings could be used to identify users. A closet lesbian sued Netflix, saying her anonymity was compromised. The lawsuit was settled in 2010. The Netflix case reveals a problem about which the public is just starting to learn, but that data analysts and computer scientists have known for years. In anonymized datasets where distinguishing characteristics of a person such as name and address have been deleted, even a handful of seemingly innocuous information can lead to identification.

As it stands now, farmers are employing new-age technologies to transform production driven by the fact that there is a need to feed more with less and the necessity to address the influences of industrial farming. At present around half of the current food produced, roughly 2 billion tons a year, ends up getting wasted while approximately 124 million people across 51 countries suffer food insecurity or worse. In addition to this, several other climatic challenges are lowering agricultural production. Governments across almost every country need to look into the matter and solve it as the world population is forecast to grow from 7.6 billion to 9.8 billion by 2050. On the brighter side, the world has ventured into the second green revolution through the fourth industrial revolution.

Global Artificial Intelligence in Security Market is expected to reach USD 61.12 Billion by 2026 from USD 3.64 Billion in 2016 at a CAGR of 32.59%. Increasing adoption of IoT and cloud-based services and rising mobile malware attacks are driving the Global Artificial Intelligence Security Market growth. The inability of artificial intelligence to stop advanced threats is anticipated to limit market growth. AI intelligence in security marketBased on offerings, a Global Artificial Intelligence Security Market has been segmented into hardware, software, and service. Software formed one of the major contributors for the market growth.

It's easy to forget that Silicon Valley starts with'silicon', and that there would be no technology innovation without innovation at the silicon level. And Graphcore is well aware of that as the Bristol-based company is designing its own dedicated AI chipset. That's why I'm glad to announce that Graphcore co-founder and CEO Nigel Toon is joining us at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin. Graphcore has managed to attract a ton of attention from day one. Originally founded in 2016, the startup has raised more than $300 million from top investors, such as Sequoia Capital, BMW, Microsoft, Samsung and a ton of others. The company last raised a $200 million Series D round led by Atomico and Sofina.

Over the last few years, organizations have been building development operations (DevOps) teams to improve application development for the cloud and to enhance business agility. This trend is seeing a sharp rise especially in APAC markets, according to a Forrester report, DevOps is gaining momentum in markets such as Japan, China, India, South Korea and Singapore, as businesses believe it is key to catching up with the digital transformation wave and improve their business. Digital transformation being a journey, organizations strive to build sustenance and have a seamless business continuity, but DevOps teams often find lack of transparency due to disparate tools and data impeding this objective. This calls for a continuously evolving system with application of logic and reasoning (AIOps) in identifying and fixing problems. The value of AI, machine learning Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the recent times show the value, automation could bring to business processes and decision-making.

China not only has the world's largest population and looks set to become the largest economy -- it also wants to lead the world when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI). In 2017, the Communist Party of China set 2030 as the deadline for this ambitious AI goal, and, to get there, it laid out a bevy of milestones to reach by 2020. These include making significant contributions to fundamental research, being a favoured destination for the world's brightest talents and having an AI industry that rivals global leaders in the field. As this first deadline approaches, researchers note impressive leaps in the quality of China's AI research. They also predict a shift in the nation's ability to retain homegrown talent.

Lagos – Educationists, researchers and others have said that Nigeria must include relevant skills acquisition in its education curricula to remain relevant in the comity of nations. They made their views known in a communique they issued at the end of a three-day University of Lagos International Research Conference and Fair. The International Conference of the Humanities and Science which began on Wednesday had the theme: "Automation and Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities for 21st Research and Development''. The communique was signed by the Director, Academic Planning of the institution, Prof. Obinna Chukwu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the conference – the 14th edition – was attended by more than 400 scholars, captains of industries and others from within and outside Nigeria. A total number of 168 oral paper presentations and 49 poster presentations were made the conference which had Air Peace and Access Bank as major sponsors. The participants observed that many countries suffered from significant skill mismatch due to inability of the education system to accurately reflect the demands of the labour market. The participants noted that technology, specifically, artificial intelligence, was rapidly changing trends and perceptions in different facets of life including education, employment, economy, communication and healthcare. They added that artificial intelligence would aid resource utilisation and development of smart cities. They urged that researches in the academia that cut across disciplines should be carrief out in partnership with industries to build required competencies. They also recommended that organisations in emerging markets should make investments in automation to bridge the gap between them and their counterparts in developed markets. "Higher education should help students compete in artificial intelligence age by including it in the curriculum.

HYDERABAD: Indian School of Business (ISB) and Microsoft India Friday signed two pacts to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Digital Lab and launch a new executive programme dealing with AI. Titled Leading Business Transformation in the Age of AI at the B-School's campus here, it will improve AI skill sets in the country. ISB expects to see about 1,000 corporate executives undergoing the three-day non-technical programme in the next three to four years. Anant Maheshwari, president, Microsoft India, said AI was a game changer to drive new business models and transform today's businesses and workplaces. "With this coming together of ISB and Microsoft, it is a unique opportunity to increase the innovation with AI in businesses. Our new partnership with ISB will empower business leaders to increase their tech intensity and do more with AI," Maheshwari said.

"You are speaking faster than usual," reads an alert on a computer screen. The call center agent on the phone with a customer can see a speedometer icon. The conversation with the customer continues, as does the computer feedback. "Think about how the customer is feeling. Try to relate," the artificial intelligence-powered tool interjects.