Using Actus Digital's intelligent, data-driven platform, media companies can automatically tag, organize, and categorize video recordings to enable rapid retrieval of relevant content and clips creation for social media outlets and the web. "In today's media environment, companies are dealing with a massive amount of content and data. How fast they can analyze data, find relevant content, and turn that content into engaging clips is a major differentiator," said Raphael Renous, CTO, Actus Digital. "AI is a game changer for media monitoring, as it opens up an entire new range of workflows and automation options. With our AI media monitoring platform, tagging and clips creation is an instantaneous process based on comprehensive content analysis, and we're excited to bring that unique value prop to our customers."

A Hong Kong-based startup, Insilico Medicine, published research showing that its deep learning system could identify potential treatments for fibrosis.

Let's cut through the marketing speak. Overuse has obscured the meaning of terms like "disruption" and "digital transformation," making it hard to clarify the threat that disruption actually poses, and identify the strategies of companies that make through to the other side and thrive in the new reality. Even if the terminology feels abstract, the effects are real. The'automation first' era is upon us, and, as in the mainframe, personal computer, and mobile technology eras that preceded automation first, businesses that can't adapt will lag behind. Businesses and employees are already using software robots to increase efficiency, generate greater returns, and free employees from tedious tasks. It's easy to envision a time in the future when every human will have a software robot of their own at their disposal--a robot for every person. Companies that are thriving in this automation first era have developed digital transformation strategies that prioritize a change in mindset.

"Hardware acceleration for applications delivers efficiency and flexibility into the AI space, including subsets such as machine learning," Krish Prasad, …

OYO Hotels & Homes, the world's third-largest and fastest-growing hotel chain, today announced it has …