OracleVoice: AI And Other New Technologies Make 'Smart Cities' Even Smarter

As people increasingly migrate to cities in search of jobs, services, and other urban benefits, local governments are turning to emerging technologies to respond to the pressures of their growing populations. Tech-savvy "smart cities" are reacting to heightened demands on scarce resources by developing new capabilities such as artificial intelligence (AI) and sensor-driven analytics to resolve myriad challenges, from crime to congestion. The new insights that result are helping city managers look at old problems in a new light, while cloud computing is making these efforts affordable and realistic. Analytics, for example, can help cities use existing resources more efficiently, according to Joel Cherkis, a group vice president at Oracle. "Traditionally, when crime rates go up, cities hire more police," he says.