Scientific context: The ambition of the CATCH project is to propose artificial intelligence and deep learning tools to take into account and automatically exploit the multitude of human testimonies related to an industrial accident and its consequences on the environment and health. By involving the population in the collection and analysis of data, particularly through social networks, and by providing effective means for interpreting this data, the proposed solution should contribute to providing answers to the worrying problem of industrial accidents and their consequences.

The Guardian recently reported on a new AI software capable of predicting the outcome of trials developed by a group of British scientists at University College London.[1] After examining English language data sets for 584 cases relating to torture and degrading treatment, fair trials, and privacy, the AI verdict was the same as the one delivered by the court in 79% of the cases. What's the point, you may ask? Not to replace judges and juries by artificial intelligence, if that's what you fear. As the lead researcher on this project, Dr. Nikolaos Aletras, explains: "We don't see AI replacing judges or lawyers, but we think they'd find it useful for rapidly identifying patterns in cases that lead to certain outcomes.

Last week, we talked about some changes we're bringing to our blog. Our goal is to create a forum where Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be examined and explored fairly without being oversimplified or overhyped. With Natural Language Generation (NLG), one of the most common storylines we see discussed in the media is how writing jobs will be impacted. Some argue that AI software will replace creative writers and journalists. This could not be further from the truth.

When talking about Artificial Intelligence (AI), it is easy to be drawn to the sci-fi storylines. As we've talked about in this blog before, the way Artificial Intelligence is depicted in films or in stories is often very stark and dramatized for theatrical effect. And who can blame Hollywood? "Robots destroy the human race" sells much more tickets than "AI takes over all of humanity's highly repetitive, boring tasks." This dichotomy between humans and AI is a very common theme. An article written by Tracy Wang explores this idea at length: what if the discussion on AI technology was more than just humans versus computers?

Yseop is a global enterprise software company with offices in New York, London, Paris, Dallas, and Lyon. Its enterprise customers are mainly in the global Fortune 1000, and on a daily basis, 50,000 end users employ Yseop. Yseop has led the international technology scene and has quickly been recognised by artificial intelligence and business intelligence leaders thanks to its innovative solutions that translate data analysis into written insight. Yseop has a unique, patented system, which is the only self-service software on the market that can reason and clearly express conclusions in multiple languages, in real-time. Yseop's software turns data into narrative in English, French, German, and Spanish, all at the speed of thousands of pages per second.

We've all heard the buzz about terms such as A.I. (Artificial intelligence), machine learning, bots, the Internet of things. Hollywood, large corporations and the media have begun to slyly prepare us for the advent of a new age of smart, anthropomorphic robots, cute servants with suave manners who will do, think, learn, analyze and.. make decisions for us. Slowly, blue and white collar jobs are being replaced by automation and that trend will accelerate to make the industrial revolution appear like childplay. UX and design will not be spared. Read on and be prepared.