Augmented analytics, continuous intelligence and explainable artificial intelligence (AI) are among the top trends in data and analytics technology that have significant disruptive potential over the next three to five years, according to Gartner, Inc. Speaking at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Sydney today, Rita Sallam, research vice president at Gartner, said data and analytics leaders must examine the potential business impact of these trends and adjust business models and operations accordingly, or risk losing competitive advantage to those who do. "The story of data and analytics keeps evolving, from supporting internal decision making to continuous intelligence, information products and appointing chief data officers," she said. "It's critical to gain a deeper understanding of the technology trends fueling that evolving story and prioritize them based on business value." According to Donald Feinberg, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner, the very challenge created by digital disruption -- too much data -- has also created an unprecedented opportunity. The vast amount of data, together with increasingly powerful processing capabilities enabled by the cloud, means it is now possible to train and execute algorithms at the large scale necessary to finally realize the full potential of AI. "The size, complexity, distributed nature of data, speed of action and the continuous intelligence required by digital business means that rigid and centralized architectures and tools break down," Mr. Feinberg said.

Beyond Limits, a leading developer of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, today announced its CEO AJ Abdallat will be a key presenter at the annual Montgomery Summit in Santa Monica, California, March 6-7. Abdallat will present the company's breakthrough approach to AI (artificial intelligence) to Montgomery's global community of over 1,000 venture capitalists, innovators, and executive leaders. The presentation will showcase how Beyond Limits cognitive AI solutions go beyond conventional AI to solve complex business problems for the world's most demanding industries. Beyond Limits combines human knowledge with machine learning. Conventional "black box" approaches like machine learning, deep learning or neural networks cannot explain their reasoning.

Insight analyst Lizzie Dunmore today published an analysis of Twitter interactions on the topic of AI between the general public, the media, and the 18 most influential AI influencers. Dunmore, who works for Onalytica, looked at a year's worth of tweets from 3,000 influencers and 1,000 news media outlets to figure out who the most influential AI tweeters tweeting on Twitter'twere (that's bad grammar; good poetic license). She also determined what impact their interactions (likes and retweets) had on the top media outlets publishing AI stories. Furthermore, she even revealed whether the media outlets or the individual influencers had more influence on the general public. The Top 50 Media Outlets had a 93x larger reach on average than the Top 50 Influencers yet, despite this, influencers' average engagement per follower on AI posts was 168x higher than that seen for media outlets.

MWC Barcelona is delighting attendees with many great exciting announcements in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) space. Headquartered in Martorell, Barcelona, SEAT is a member of the Volkswagen Group and one of Europe's biggest car manufacturers. Along with IBM, SEAT announced today the development of a new solution designed to transform driving in smart cities. SEAT is the only company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets automobiles in Spain. Recently at MWC Barcelona, SEAT also presented its concept car Minimó promising to revolutionize urban mobility. Using IBM Watson AI, Mobility Advisor can help urban citizens make more informed decisions about their daily transportation options including cars, scooters, bikes, and public transport.

Tesla has announced it is taking orders for the mass-market Model 3, which has a starting price of $35,000 (£26,400). The company said it would close stores and shift all its sales to the internet in order to cut costs for the electric car. Its CEO, Elon Musk, said the move was essential to Tesla's survival. "People want to buy online." Musk also backed off of earlier guidance that the company would be profitable in all future quarters.

NASA's Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway has its first international partner. The agency announced today that Canada will be joining the effort to set up the lunar-orbit space station that will help to house astronauts, generate research and eventually enable trips to Mars and beyond. Canada brings the expertise of space-based robotics to the project. The nation will be tasked with developing a smart robotic system, called the Canadarm3, that will be able to make necessary repairs to maintain the function of the Gateway. Canada has previously contributed to the construction of the International Space Station and repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope.

SMP Robotics, a manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots, unveiled its new product line at NVIDIA GTC Technology Conference earlier this month alongside its distributor Robotic Assistance Devices. The new generation of S5 Security Robots is enhanced with NVIDIA JetsonTX2 platform. Jetson TX2 is an embedded supercomputer designed to deliver AI computing at the edge. This credit card-sized platform puts AI computing to work in the world all around us. The technology enables S5 Security Robots to gather information about their environment and make decisions according to what is happening around them.

Artificial Intelligence Software Market is expected to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 40%. Houston,TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/20/2019 -- The growth of innovative start-ups and the development of technology have increased investment in artificial intelligence technologies. In addition, as demand for analyzing and interpreting large amounts of data increases, the demand for AI solutions is increasing. In addition, the development of a more reliable cloud computing infrastructure and the improvement of dynamic artificial intelligence solutions have a significant impact on the growth potential of the AI market. However, lack of trained and experienced staff can hinder the growth of the AI market. The IT & Telecom sector is expected to dominate the global artificial intelligence market during the forecast period.

Google announced today that it has made energy produced by wind farms more viable using the artificial intelligence software of its London-based subsidiary DeepMind. By using DeepMind's machine learning algorithms to predict the wind output from the farms Google uses for its green energy initiatives, the company says it can now schedule set deliveries of energy output, which are more valuable to the grid than standard, non-time-based deliveries. According to Google, this software has improved the "value" of the wind energy these farms are providing by 20 percent over a baseline where no such time-based predictions are being performed. We don't know exactly what that value is in monetary terms or in terms of energy output. We also don't know where exactly this is being deployed, although Google works with wind farms largely in the Midwest, where some of its US data centers are located.

WIRE)--Obsidian Security, the intelligent identity protection company, has raised $20 million in a Series B financing round, bringing the company's total funding to $30 million. Wing led the Series B with participation from GV and Series A investor Greylock Partners. With the unabated growth in adoption of cloud services, security teams are dealing with poor visibility of users and activities across SaaS and the cloud. Administrators do not have visibility into what users do after logging on to these services. Managing user privileges across disparate applications is siloed, burdensome and error-prone.