Many banking institutions have invested in artificial intelligence for better insights and improved business decisions. AI has primarily been used as an extension of traditional analytics to work through thousands of data points and to determine which customers are most likely to respond to a particular offer or to surface patterns and trends within those segments. In this way AI's most common use has been to drive cross-selling and to identify customers who may leave. But AI has significantly more potential. Banks are finding that just because a set of customers are in the same segment does not mean they act the same way or have similar preferences.

Facebook is easing 3D deep learning woes, one solution at a time. Last year, it announced Mesh R-CNN, a system that could render 3D objects from 2D shapes, and this year it has unveiled PyTorch3D. Conventional methods could not give apt solutions. PyTorch3D fulfills the above two shortages. It is an optimized and highly modular library.

Are you a digital native? The answer is a definite "Yes" as we call out Siri and Alexa to respond to our instructions. Artificial Intelligence is the ability for computers to do things that are considered attributes of intelligence: processing language, understanding pictures, detecting patterns, etc. Interestingly, many movies and TV shows have featured predictions as to what A.I. might look like in the future. One such place is the Blockbuster franchise, Star Wars. In addition, in the Marvel Universe, most of the depictions of A.I. originate as digital assistant to either hero or villain.

Artificial intelligence (AI) software can help radiologists perform their jobs better. But the ethical use of the technology in the field should promote well-being and minimize harm resulting from potential biases, according to a multi-society statement on the ethical use of AI in radiology. The statement, which includes views from the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the European Society of Radiology, aims to set expectations about the use of AI in the field of radiology and inform a common interpretation of the ethical issues related to the use of the technology. "This international multi-society statement is one step to help the radiology build an ethical framework to steer technological development, influence how stakeholders respond to and use AI and implement these tools to do right for patients," Raymond Geis, M.D., a senior scientist at the ACR Data Science Institute, said in a statement to Inside Digital Health . The societies focused on three major areas while creating the statement: data, algorithms and practice.

In a truly fascinating exploration into two smart speakers – the Sonos One and the Amazon Echo – BoltVC's Ben Einstein has found some interesting differences in the way a traditional speaker company and an infrastructure juggernaut look at their flagship devices. The post is well worth a a full read but the gist is this: Sonos, a very traditional speaker company, has produced a good speaker and modified its current hardware to support smart home features like Alexa and Google Assistant. The Sonos One, notes Einstein, is a speaker first and smart hardware second. "Digging a bit deeper, we see traditional design and manufacturing processes for pretty much everything. As an example, the speaker grill is a flat sheet of steel that's stamped, rolled into a rounded square, welded, seams ground smooth, and then powder coated black. While the part does look nice, there's no innovation going on here," he writes.

Governor Andrew Cuomo of the State of New York declared last month that New York City will join 13 other states in testing self-driving cars: "Autonomous vehicles have the potential to save time and save lives, and we are proud to be working with GM and Cruise on the future of this exciting new technology." For General Motors, this represents a major milestone in the development of its Cruise software, since the the knowledge gained on Manhattan's busy streets will be invaluable in accelerating its deep learning technology. In the spirit of one-upmanship, Waymo went one step further by declaring this week that it will be the first car company in the world to ferry passengers completely autonomously (without human engineers safeguarding the wheel). As unmanned systems are speeding ahead toward consumer adoption, one challenge that Cruise, Waymo and others may counter within the busy canyons of urban centers is the loss of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite data. Robots require a complex suite of coordinating data systems that bounce between orbiting satellites to provide positioning and communication links to accurately navigate our world.