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AI is a hot topic for food and drink industry - Linzi Penman
Most of us now encounter AI on a daily basis without noticing it. Social media feeds which show you the posts you are likely to engage with, music streaming platforms which suggest new music you may enjoy listening to, or chatbots which help renew insurance policies are all using a form of AI. We are now seeing what is commonly defined as "weak AI"; systems programmed with algorithms to reach conclusions and predict future behaviour by learning from data patterns. The more data fed to the system, the more accurate the system becomes in predicting future behaviours. The Scottish Government has flagged the food and drink industry, worth around £14 billion each year, as a key growth sector in its economic strategy.
Rise of Artificial intelligence Tools for the Automated Journalism
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for a long time. AI is gradually becoming a part of our daily lives, from fast recommendations on search engines and auto-focus in smartphones to robot waiters at coffee shops and the list goes on. AI has a lot of room for creativity and growth, and it will continue to change the world in a variety of ways in the future. The news media industry has changed dramatically as a result of technological advances. Furthermore, the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning has reshaped the ramifications of technology across a wide range of journalism fields.
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Did Charlie and the Chocolate Factory predict the arrival of AI?
Now that the world is gradually slipping under the wings of AI, it can be asserted that the sci-fi movies were not wrong. There are abundance of literature on examining the best sci-fi movies ever made and speculating their conversion into reality in times to come. However, though not a sci-fi movie in its truest sense, this genre of children literature provides a vision on artificial intelligence under the garb of a fairy-tale. It would not be wrong to say that this movie is the love child of fairy tale and technology which is typically Tim Burtonesque. The initial scene in the movie was a tragic one which showed how the boy's father lost his job because machines have replaced the human workforce to screw toothpaste caps. While this scene was a gentle reminder of the fact that machines, robots and humanoids will soon be substituting humans.
Combining News Media and AI to Rapidly Identify Flooded Buildings
Artificial intelligence (AI) has sped up the process of detecting flooded buildings immediately after a large-scale flood, allowing emergency personnel to direct their efforts efficiently. Now, a research group from Tohoku University has created a machine learning (ML) model that uses news media photos to identify flooded buildings accurately within 24 hours of the disaster. Their research was published in the journal Remote Sensing on April 5, 2021. "Our model demonstrates how the rapid reporting of news media can speed up and increase the accuracy of damage mapping activities, accelerating disaster relief and response decisions, said Shunichi Koshimura of Tohoku University's International Research Institute of Disaster Science and co-author of the study. ML and deep learning algorithms are tailored to classify objects through image analysis.
The best smart speakers you can buy
When Amazon first introduced Alexa and the Echo speaker six years ago, the idea of talking to a digital assistant wasn't totally novel. Both the iPhone and Android phones had semi-intelligent voice controls -- but with the Echo, Amazon took its first step toward making something like Alexa a constant presence in your home. Since then, Apple and Google have followed suit, and now there's a huge variety of smart speakers available at various price points. As the market exploded, the downsides of having a device that's always listening for a wake word have become increasingly apparent. They can get activated unintentionally, sending private recordings back to monolithic companies to analyze. And even at the best of times, giving more personal information to Amazon, Apple and Google can be a questionable decision. That said, all these companies have made it easier to manage how your data is used -- you can opt out of humans reviewing some of your voice queries, and it's also less complicated to manage and erase your history with various digital assistants, too. The good news is that there's never been a better time to get a smart speaker, particularly if you're a music fan.