Federal agencies that want to successfully scale and implement cloud computing systems into existing infrastructure can do so through several key practices, including designating expert teams, two-factor authentication, and enhanced education opportunities among users. Outlined in a White House report published earlier this month, officials documented how cloud computing systems can support further federal research and development in artificial intelligence, a goal within the broader Biden administration. Authored by the Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee within the National Science and Technology Council, the report notes that leveraging cloud computing technology can enable better on-demand resources for researchers working with AI technologies. It went on to highlight opportunities for public agencies looking to bolster AI research efforts with advanced computing systems. "Agencies that have undertaken early efforts to leverage commercial cloud computing resources to advance AI R&D have commonly experienced benefits to their investments in terms of providing internal and external researchers persistent, on-demand access to cutting-edge capabilities, accelerating experimentation and the use of AI in new domains, and enabling reproducibility and scalability of the research activities and results," the report explains.

Once upon a time, meeting a partner online was not seen as conducive to a happily ever after. In fact, it was seen as a forbidden forest. However, in the modern age of time poor, stressed-out professionals, meeting someone online is not only seen as essential, it can also be considered to be the more scientific way to go about the happy ending. For years, eHarmony has been using human psychology and relationship research to recommend mates for singles looking for a meaningful relationship. Now, the data-driven technology company is expanding upon its data analytics and computer science roots as it embraces modern big data, machine learning and cloud computing technologies to offer millions of users even better matches.

Chinese internet giant Baidu says it plans to leverage advanced cloud-computing to analyse the online data of millions of its users to help companies improve their marketing campaigns. The Chinese search engine giant, which has real-time search data on more than 700 million internet users, is able to analyse individual users through its cloud arm's artificial intelligence (AI), big data and cloud computing technologies, Yin Shiming, vice president and general manager of Baidu Cloud Computing, said in Shenzhen. "AI is bringing in new ways of thinking for many traditional industries," said Yin, who cited the recent battle between Google DeepMind's AlphaGo computer program and Chinese Go master Ke Jie as supporting his view that the development of AI technology has stepped up. "Our Marketing Cloud, backed by Baidu Cloud's data and technology, is not just saving resources and costs, but making marketing easier," Yin said. Despite challenges from other local search brands such as Sogou and Qihoo 360, Baidu's dominance in online search has hardly swayed over the years, accounting for about 75 per cent of the search market.