Coast Autonomous, a Pasadena-based self-driving vehicle technology company, announced today that one of the world's leading experts in robot autonomy has joined its Advisory Board to work with the Company to further develop its autonomous vehicle fleet management software and controls. Dr. Marco Pavone is an Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University and the Director of Stanford's Autonomous Systems Laboratory (ASL). Dr. Pavone's cutting-edge work in robot autonomy has earned him accolades in the scientific, academic and business communities. His seminal work in this area has shaped our understanding of the operation of autonomous systems in space exploration as well as on Earth. Dr. Pavone joins three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti on Coast's Advisory Board.

WASHINGTON – The European Union's executive branch, the European Commission, has announced that it will increase its investment in artificial intelligence (AI) research and development by €1.5 billion and called on member states to invest €20 billion as well. Congressman John K. Delaney (MD-6), the founder of the House AI Caucus, says that the European Union's action should get the attention of U.S. policymakers. "Our economic competitors in Europe and Asia are moving forward on AI, while we stand still. I sincerely hope that today's announcement from the EU gets the attention of Washington and serves as a wake-up call. If we want artificial intelligence technology to benefit our society, our economy and our workers, we've got to make sure that the United States remains the global leader – but make no mistake, we will have competition," said Congressman Delaney.

Google will be holding its annual I/O conference next week and it's already giving its voice Assistant a big push just before the upcoming event. The company announced today that Google Assistant is now able to work with 5,000 smart home devices. "Over the past year, we've made great progress ensuring that the Google Assistant can work with all types of connected devices, and now every major device brand works with the Assistant in the U.S.," the company said in a blog post. "Today, the Google Assistant can connect with more than 5,000 devices for your home--up from 1,500 this January. That includes cameras, dishwashers, doorbells, dryers, lights, plugs, thermostats, security systems, switches, vacuums, washers, fans, locks, sensors, heaters, AC units, air purifiers, refrigerators, ovens … we can keep on going!" The number of smart home devices that can work with Google Assistant is also expected to grow even further in the coming months.

Big data is at the heart of the 4th industrial revolution -- and a new Open Access, rigorously peer-reviewed journal is helping to fuel this. Frontiers in Big Data provides a centralized pool of cutting-edge knowledge in machine learning, cybersecurity, data mining and other data-related disciplines. By making the latest research immediately and freely available through an online platform, the journal empowers researchers, citizens and companies to rapidly and efficiently share and combine knowledge -- and so drive the big data revolution. Two of these sections, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and Medicine and Public Health, will link to the soon-to-be launched Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence journal, which will focus on core AI fields and their various applications. Leveraging the collective intelligence of diverse research communities is critical for fast scientific progress and technological innovation.

Toyota announced today that it will build a gigantic, 60-acre facility in Michigan to test "edge case" driving scenarios with its autonomous vehicles that are too dangerous to perform on public roads. The news comes more than a month after the Japanese auto giant halted its self-driving tests on public roads in the US in the wake of a deadly crash involving a self-driving Uber in Arizona. Construction permits were filed this week to transform an approximately 60-acre site at Michigan Technical Resource Park in Ottawa Lake into a closed-course facility for the Toyota Research Institute, the car company's Silicon Valley arm, to test its vehicles. The site will include congested urban environments, slick surfaces, and a four-lane divided highway with high-speed entrance and exit ramps. When it becomes operational this October, the company will use the site to specifically test scenarios deemed too risky for public roads, most likely involving vehicles without a human driver.

LONDON (3 May, 2018) – Forbes today announced that it will be hosting the first-ever Forbes CIO Summit Europe at the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London on 24th May, furthering the company's continued European expansion of its world-leading franchises. Building from the success of the annual US-based CIO Summit, the Forbes CIO Summit Europe will gather the region's most influential Chief Information Officers (CIOs), as well as the CEOs of leading technology companies to explore today's biggest technological challenges, foster collaboration and generate new ideas. The topics of discussion at the event will focus on the CIO's role at the core of the ever-evolving technology ecosystem and how advances in digital transformation, machine learning, artificial intelligence and data analytics are enabling CIOs to play a central role in driving enterprise growth and value. Attendees will discuss the complex security risks that are entwined with new technology and how the CIO is now the key driver of risk mitigation, while continuing to support internal productivity and operational efficiency. The invitation-only event will take place at the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel, in the heart of London's emerging King's Cross tech hub, where Silicon Valley giants co-exist with innovative UK start-ups.

On Wednesday, a group of tech industry and academic leaders released a new benchmark to measure the speed of machine learning software and hardware and accelerate improvements in system performance. The benchmark--called MLPerf--was created by a number of tech companies including AMD, Baidu, Google, and Intel, as well as researchers from educational institutions including Harvard, Stanford, and the University of California Berkeley. MLPerf measures speed based on the time it takes to train deep neural networks to perform tasks such as recognizing objects, translating languages, and playing the game of Go. SEE: IT leader's guide to the future of artificial intelligence (Tech Pro Research) As machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) efforts grow across the enterprise, systems need to evolve quickly to meet demands, Andrew Ng, founder and CEO of Landing.AI, said in a press release. "AI is transforming multiple industries, but for it to reach its full potential, we still need faster hardware and software," Ng said in the release.

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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZimGo Polling, BPU International's new SaaS election analytics product, is now available just in time for the 2018 U.S. campaign season. This is the first election analytics AI cloud-computing tool utilizing the hyper-accurate, patent-pending Artificial Emotional Intelligence (AEI) ZimGo engine. ZimGo Polling promises to reduce the growing "margin of error" rampant among legacy polling services, along with lowering human bias common to past survey methods. "In today's connected world, data analytics must get smarter and faster to serve the real-time demands of election campaigning," states Oh, Sanggyoon, CEO for BPU Holdings, creator of ZimGo. "Next generation artificial intelligence must assess human emotional sentiment. ZimGo Polling gains insights into how people feel about issues, thereby enabling a virtual 24/7 town hall meeting with citizens."

Dell Technologies announces new 14th generation Dell EMC PowerEdge four-socket servers and Dell Precision Optimizer 5.0 to further strengthen AI and ML capabilities. Forges alliance with Intel in AI and ML for Dell EMC Ready Solutions to enable customers harness the power of data. New AI and ML solutions and partnerships drive smarter, better business outcomes by turning data into intelligent insights in real time. According to the recently released update of the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) 2018 IT Transformation Maturity Curve Index, commissioned by Dell EMC, transformed companies are 18X more likely to make better and faster data-driven decisions than their competition. Additionally, transformed companies are 22X as likely to be ahead of the competition with new products and services to market.