SAN JOSE, Calif--September 10, 2018–Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are opening up new ways for enterprises to solve complex problems. But they will also have a profound effect on the underlying infrastructure and processes of IT. According to Gartner, "only 4% of CIOs worldwide report that they have AI projects in production." And when it does, IT will struggle to manage new workloads, new traffic patterns, and new relationships within their business. To help enterprises address these emerging challenges, Cisco is unveiling its first server built from the ground up for AI and ML workloads.

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Software AG (Frankfurt TecDAX: SOW) today announced the availability of Nyoka, an open source library that enables data scientists to transform Artificial Intelligence (AI), Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning models into the Predictive Model Markup Language (PMML) industry standard. Nyoka is a Python library that provides comprehensive support for the latest PMML standard as well as extensions for data preprocessing, script execution and deep neural networks. Nyoka underscores Software AG's commitment to open industry standards and complements its Zementis predictive analytics for enterprise-grade, operational deployment of AI. Dr. Michael Zeller, Senior Vice President, AI Strategy & Innovation, Software AG, said: "To address the challenges that organizations face with complex AI solutions, frequent model updates, cross-platform execution as well as data integration, Software AG emphasizes a vendor neutral approach that provides users plug-and-play simplicity with a wide range of components. Nyoka streamlines the work of data scientists, reduces the complexities of deploying machine learning models, and gives them more time to focus on creating new models that deliver increased business value."

Intel's chief datacenter exec Navin Shenoy kicked off the company's Data-Centric Innovation Summit Wednesday, the day-long program devoted to Intel's datacenter strategy, encompassing a number of product and technology updates, including another 14nm Xeon kicker, called Cooper Lake. The headline-stealing announcement was Intel's chip business hitting $1 billion in artificial intelligence revenue in 2017. The bulk of that comes from inferencing workloads, Intel indicated, noting that FGPAs and IoT are not included in the total figure. The company sees that AI opportunity growing to $10 billion by 2022. "There's going to be a portion [of that total addressable market] that's strictly training and a portion that's strictly inference," said Intel's head of AI products Naveen Rao.

H2O.ai, the open source leader in AI, today announced an expanded presence in Australia due to heightened demand from customers for automatic machine learning and data science solutions in the region. As part of its efforts to democratize AI globally, H2O.ai will sponsor and attend the NVIDIA AI Conference in Sydney next week, as well as host a meetup to engage with data science professionals about its award-winning machine learning platforms and provide Australian businesses with the power of scalable AI. H2O.ai's expanded efforts in Australia come at a time of unprecedented demand for its products in the region. Since its launch in late 2017, the company's automatic machine learning platform Driverless AI has been deployed by customers, including Stanley Black and Decker, Armada Health, Deserve, G5 and more. NVIDIA AI Conference is a premier event on artificial intelligence and deep learning, and showcases the latest breakthroughs from universities, startups and major enterprises in a wide range of fields such as smart cities, autonomous machines, virtual reality and more.

Beyond the 1,000 New Intelligence attendees in the hall, exhibitors will have access to 100 highly qualified The Future of Work conference Attendees.

Effect.AI published a new video blog informing the community about some of the latest developments regarding the project. Effect.AI's vision for its'Mechanical Turk', microtask platform is simply inspiring as its leadership is clearly choosing to build Effect.AI in a socially responsible way. Let's recap what the project is about, have a listen to what Polina Boykova has to say and connect some of the dots regarding the project's ambitions. Effect.AI has a three-staged approach with regards to building, what they call, the'Effect Network'. In the first and current stage, Effect.AI is aiming at disintermediating and decentralizing crowdsourced'micro-tasking'.

One of the biggest challenges facing car companies developing driverless vehicles has little do with sophisticated robotics or laser technology. Instead, they must figure out how to engineer something far more amorphous but no less important: human trust, the kind that is communicated when human drivers and pedestrians make eye contact at a crosswalk. Surveys indicate that large portions of the public harbor deep reservations about the safety of self-driving technology, so Jaguar Land Rover enlisted the help of cognitive psychologists to unpack "how vehicle behaviour affects human confidence in new technology," the British automaker said in a news release. Its solution for answering that question: virtual eyes, a large cartoonish pair that bring to mind the plastic googly eyes you probably glued onto projects in elementary school. The eyes have been fitted to autonomous vehicles known as "intelligent pods."

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Speedpay, Inc., a Western Union subsidiary, announced an alliance with Beguided, Inc., a technology company that provides enterprise solutions for increased customer engagement. Through this strategic alliance, Speedpay has fully integrated Avapay, a proprietary avatar-guided payment channel, into its platform to offer customers a customizable and efficient payments experience that utilizes Artificial Intelligence to power self-service platforms. "As a pioneer in the payments industry, Speedpay is dedicated to providing clients with a suite of tools and solutions that simplifies the billing process, providing an efficient, convenient approach to making payments," said Frank Lockridge, senior vice president, Western Union Global Payments and head of Speedpay. "Beguided's virtual agent offering is a unique solution that enhances overall efficiency by freeing up time for live representatives to tackle more complicated customer service issues. By offering this tool, Speedpay provides billers with another way to better serve their customers and improve their business processes."

MADISON, WISCONSIN – Foxconn Technology Group will partner with three major Midwestern companies to create a $100 million fund to help launch technology startups around the world, the companies announced Tuesday. The Taiwanese electronics giant, Advocate Aurora Health, Johnson Controls and Northwestern Mutual will each contribute $25 million to create the Wisconn Valley Venture Fund. The fund will be controlled by a manager based in Milwaukee as well as a committee comprised of representatives from each of the four companies. Officials from the four companies said they expect the fund will produce excellent returns and lead to advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and health care. "We look forward to enabling entrepreneurs and startups to find success for transformative solutions through the fund," Foxconn CEO Terry Gau said in a statement.

WIRE)--CLARA analytics ("CLARA"), a leading artificial intelligence (AI) and data science company that specializes in easy-to-use AI-based solutions for the property & casualty and disability insurance industries, today announced it has appointed distinguished industry veteran Ruth Estrich to its advisory board. Estrich brings 45 years of executive leadership and in-depth knowledge to CLARA. Estrich joins CLARA as the company has nearly doubled in size over the last year to take advantage of the significant market demand for its products. "Ruth is a remarkable leader who joins in our mission of improving claims outcomes and dramatically bringing down loss costs in claims operations through easy-to-use AI. We are honored to have her as a partner in our journey," said Jayant Lakshmikanthan, CEO and founder of CLARA. Estrich retired as chief strategy officer of MedRisk Inc., where she was responsible for new product development and network development and oversaw MedRisk's clinical and research subsidiary, Expert Clinical Benchmarks (ECB).