Applied AI Digest 115
Sold Out – BootstrapLabs Applied AI Insiders Series
We’ve officially sold out for the BootstrapLabs Applied AI Insiders Series. We’re excited to hear our extraordinary panel to take you through the current state of AI and Human/Computer Interaction:
– Ben Levy, Co-Founder, BootstrapLabs
– Igor Jablokov, Founder, Pryon
– Mark J. Nitzberg, Executive Director, Center for Human Compatible AI – UC Berkeley
– Omar Abdelwahed, Head of Studio, SoftBank Robotics America
This is an INVITATION ONLY</strong event, you can request an invite for our future events below.
Study: Early AI adopters may gain “insurmountable advantage”
A pecking order is evolving in the newest stage of the digital era: aggressive early adopters of artificial intelligence are reporting elevated earnings and may be forming “an insurmountable advantage” over rivals, according to the McKinsey Global Institute. Read more.
Navigating the risks of artificial intelligence and machine learning in low-income countries
On a recent work trip, I found myself in a swanky-but-still-hip office of a private tech firm. I was drinking a freshly frothed cappuccino, eyeing a mini-fridge stocked with local beer and standing amidst a group of hoodie-clad software developers typing away diligently at their laptops against a backdrop of Star Wars and xkcd comic wallpaper. I wasn’t in Silicon Valley: I was in Johannesburg… Read more.
Apple, Spurned by Others, Signs Deal With Volkswagen for Driverless Cars
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple once had grand aspirations to build its own electric self-driving car and lead the next generation of transportation. Over time, the tech giant’s ambitions ran into reality. So Apple curtailed its original vision, first by focusing on software for self-driving cars and then by working solely on an autonomous shuttle for its own use with employees. Read more.
Automation Will Make Lifelong Learning a Necessary Part of Work
President Emmanuel Macron together with many Silicon Valley CEOs will kick off the VivaTech conference in Paris this week with the aim of showcasing the “good” side of technology. Our research highlights some of those benefits, especially the productivity growth and performance gains that automation and artificial intelligence can bring to the economy — and to society more broadly… Read more.
Tech’s Next Big Wave: Big Data Meets Biology
It Began in December, with CVS’s proposed $69 billion buyout of insurer Aetna. In January, three more corporate behemoths—Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway — said they were forming a joint venture aimed at reducing health care costs and improving outcomes for their combined 1 million or so employees. Then, in March, Cigna said it would buy pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts for more than $50 billion. Read more.
Job Opportunities:
CargoChief: Full-Stack Engineer
GetAccept: Digital Marketing Manager
Sibly: Head of Engineering
Aeye: Sr. Electrical Engineer
Vidora: Senior Software Engineer – Applications
Smart Ear: Lead Engineer
Trusted Insight: Django/Python Full Stack Engineer
indus.ai: Product Marketing Director
dataalab: Senior Data Scientist
dataalab: Frontend Software Engineer
2017 AI Digest Review
Every week the BootstrapLab’s team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. To inspire you in 2018, we wanted to share our 2nd Annual Applied AI Digest Review – a recap of all the major AI news and trends of 2017.
AAI18 Panel – Enterprise AI Applications and the Future of Work
Over the next several weeks we’ll be releasing the videos from the sessions from the BootstrapLabs Applied AI Conference 2018. During this session, the panelists discussed the future of work and how Artificial Intelligence will change workflows, job functions and even our priorities at work.
