Santander will discuss the impact of artificial intelligence in the finance sector at the third annual RegTech Automation and Compliance Forum later this month. City and Financial Group will host the event which will bring together some of the leading minds in the industry to discuss the importance of AI. The use of artificial intelligence is becoming more prominent within financial institutions as it helps to address risk management and regulatory compliance issues. However, questions remain over how many financial bodies are taking advantage of the technology and how quickly they are adopting AI-based tools and techniques. Igor Sumkovski, senior manager of financial crime oversight at Santander, will be sharing his experience of the potential of AI and Machine Learning in the financial sector.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (Fraunhofer ILT; Aachen, Germany) will be hosting its AI for Laser Technology Conference on November 6-7, 2019, in Aachen. There, Fraunhofer ILT will address the question of how lasers can be used more efficiently with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), and conference topics will range from machine learning in industrial settings to the use of augmented reality and analysis of neural networks. The idea of holding a conference on the use of AI in laser systems originated at the Process Control group at Fraunhofer ILT, which has been researching AI for a number of years. The scientists are interested in using AI methods to draw one-to-one conclusions on, for example, detecting errors in laser welding. The conference agenda has a practical focus that reflects these first applied uses of AI in laser material processing.