My eye was caught by a striking photograph in the most recent edition of Charles Arthur's Substack newsletter Social Warming. It shows a narrow street in the aftermath of the "rain bomb" that devastated the region of Valencia in Spain. A year's worth of rain fell in a single day, and in some towns more than 490 litres a square metre fell in eight hours. Water is very heavy, so if there's a gradient it will flow downhill with the kind of force that can pick up a heavy SUV and toss it around like a toy. And if it channels down a narrow urban street, it will throw parked cars around like King Kong in a bad mood.

Let's take an example suppose you see two people Ashutosh & Abhishek and guessed that Abhishek is obese and Ashutosh is non-obese. But If you want to perform same task using machine how would you perform. Here Classification based models come into picture. Based on the data that has been provided to machine, it will predict whether the person is obese or not. Logistic Regression is the combination of Linear Regression and Sigmoid Function.

Analytics India Magazine got in touch with Abhishek Bhandwaldar, Research Engineer at IBM to understand his machine learning journey. Abhishek has a Master's in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina. "It is important to have a basic understanding of the different topics in the field to make sure you end up in the area you feel most passionate about," says Abhishek. Abhishek: My introduction to AI was through video games. Then, I read about how'Deep Blue' devised long-term strategies and beat an expert opponent in chess.

Most industries already recognize that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to create significant economic value – but government support and regulation can also bring the benefits of AI to citizens all over the world. I recently interviewed Trung Ghi and Abhishek Srivastava, who co-authored an article called "The global AI arms race - How nations can avoid being left behind" about the global landscape for AI, and which countries are leading and lagging in the AI arms race. They also shared important insight for decision-makers and world leaders who want to gain a competitive edge in this critical race for AI growth. The ultimate goal for every nation should be growing a resilient economy, not just dominating within a specific region or attracting large corporations. "Artificial intelligence promises to have the same disruptive effect on today's global economy as electricity in the 19th century...In the late 19th century, as electricity was being popularized, it became apparent that it required a new framework, as it was different to virtually every other commodity. Whoever mastered the engineering and economics of electricity would indelibly change the course of history….progress The benefits of electrification did not accumulate for early adopters, but for those who had identified how electrification could transform their societies within its existing context."

Kolkata: What happens to creativity when the world is in the midst of a crisis? Be it the World War-I or WW-II, the great depression or the pandemic of 1918-20, we have seen how fashion has evolved. Right from shortening of hemlines and disappearance of sleeves to military-style garments for men and the veil on the hats during the Spanish Flu outbreak, designers have been quick to adapt. The fact that necessity is the mother of invention has been proved to be true once again by Kolkata-based designer Abhishek Dutta who has come out with a convertible garments range which can be extremely useful during this Covid-19 outbreak. Laid low by the pandemic just like many others of his ilk, Abhishek has utilized his time to experiment with Artificial Intelligence (AI) which will be showcased in the second half of his Autumn-Winter collection.

SINGAPORE - Singapore-based regulatory technology firm Tookitaki has raised US$19.2 million (S$26.1 million) in Series A funding as it seeks to expand its presence in international markets. The company has received $11.7 million in investment, adding to the $7.5 million raised earlier this year. A group, led by Viola Fintech and SIG Asia Investment, was responsible for the fresh injection of funds, which will help Tookitaki increase its employee headcount across its three offices in Singapore, India and the United States by up to 100 per cent, as well as to fine-tune its products. "Our vision has always been for our compliance technology to become globally accepted by financial institutions around the world, and (the investments) put us in a better place to deliver on that vision," said Tookitaki co-founder and chief executive officer Abhishek Chatterjee on Monday (Nov 25) Tookitaki offers two artificial intelligence-powered software platforms. The first is an anti-money laundering solution that aims to help banks better monitor and detect suspicious transactions, and comply with regulatory requirements.