WIRE)--WekaIO (Weka), the fastest-growing data platform for artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), life sciences research, enterprise technical computing, and high-performance data analytics (HPDA), today announced that it has been named a finalist in The Business Intelligence Group's inaugural Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards program. The Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards recognizes those organizations and products that are truly unique and making an impact on the market. Weka's Limitless Data Platform is built on a shareable, scalable, and distributed file storage system (WekaFS). Designed to help future-ready clients' data centers and enable digital transformation, the breakthrough WekaFS solution was architected to leverage the performance benefits of flash, high-speed networking, and compute acceleration technologies (like GPUs) whether the data resides on-premises, in the public cloud, or as a hybrid model. WekaFS stands out as a leading solution because it gives clients the leverage to get more value out of their compute resources, providing a full enterprise-grade solution with advanced security and full cloud integration.

Annie Brown is the founder of Lips, an AI enabled social commerce platform for women and LGBTQ creators.

Last week, Google Research held an online workshop on the conceptual understanding of deep learning. The workshop, which featured presentations by award-winning computer scientists and neuroscientists, discussed how new findings in deep learning and neuroscience can help create better artificial intelligence systems. While all the presentations and discussions were worth watching (and I might revisit them again in the coming weeks), one, in particular, stood out for me: A talk on word representations in the brain by Christos Papadimitriou, professor of computer science at the University of Columbia. In his presentation, Papadimitriou, a recipient of the Gödel Prize and Knuth Prize, discussed how our growing understanding of information-processing mechanisms in the brain might help create algorithms that are more robust in understanding and engaging in conversations. Papadimitriou presented a simple and efficient model that explains how different areas of the brain inter-communicate to solve cognitive problems.

The surveillance-state dystopia portrayed in George Orwell's 1984 could "come to pass in 2024" if governments don't do enough to protect the public against artificial intelligence (AI), Microsoft president Brad Smith warned in an interview for the BBC's investigative documentary series Panorama. During the interview, Smith warned of China's increasing AI prowess and the fact that we may be caught up in a losing race with the technology itself. "If we don't enact the laws that will protect the public in the future, we are going to find the technology racing ahead, and it's going to be very difficult to catch up," Smith stated. Many of the world's brightest minds have warned of the perils of artificial intelligence. In 2017, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking stated his fear that "AI may replace humans altogether."

Last week, Google Research held an online workshop on the conceptual understanding of deep learning. The workshop, which featured presentations by award-winning computer scientists and neuroscientists, discussed how new findings in deep learning and neuroscience can help create better artificial intelligence systems. While all the presentations and discussions were worth watching (and I might revisit them again in the coming weeks), one, in particular, stood out for me: A talk on word representations in the brain by Christos Papadimitriou, professor of computer science at the University of Columbia. In his presentation, Papadimitriou, a recipient of the Gödel Prize and Knuth Prize, discussed how our growing understanding of information-processing mechanisms in the brain might help create algorithms that are more robust in understanding and engaging in conversations. Papadimitriou presented a simple and efficient model that explains how different areas of the brain inter-communicate to solve cognitive problems.

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. A lot of corporate research effort goes into artificial intelligence and machine learning. But do the top tech companies' investments coincide with national priorities for competitiveness and scientific leadership? That's what Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology set out to discover. Research fellow Tim Hwang joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the findings.

So maybe you can make it more tangible. But that's the understanding I have. Where do you really see digital twins driving value in terms of day-to-day decisions for executives who really need to steer the company?

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KODA advising CTO John Suit discusses the skills and languages that are important for developers who want to build software and systems for modern robots.

Welcome to our May 2021 monthly digest where you can catch up with any AIhub stories you may have missed, get the low-down on recent events, and much more. In this edition we look at research into the oceans, AI and philosophy of mind, and highlight some interesting podcasts. This month we focused on the UN sustainable development goal (SDG) of life below water. We interviewed Nayat Sánchez-Pi, director of Inria Chile and leader of the OcéanIA project. The project team is developing new artificial intelligence and mathematical modelling tools to contribute to the understanding of the oceans and their role in regulating and sustaining the biosphere, and tackling climate change.