Applied AI Digest 149

The latest Data, Insights, and Inspiration about Applied AI

Every week the BootstrapLabs team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. Here are our picks for the first week of February 2019.

What an American artificial intelligence initiative really needs

At a high level, the American AI Initiative seems to be headed in the right direction. We absolutely need a holistic approach that considers all the various areas that are critical to building innovative AI solutions… read more

White House science chief: ‘We don’t really have a clue’ about number of AI researchers

President Donald Trump, through an executive order he signed last Monday, doubled down on making artificial intelligence research a top priority for the public and private sectors. But the new head of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy said the United States lacks answers to basic questions about the current state of AI research… read more

Georgia Tech develops MyPath app to help cancer patients with artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is finding its way into many areas of healthcare, now including mobile devices, thanks to an application designed by the Georgia Institute of Technology to guide and support cancer patients… read more

WILL AI ACHIEVE CONSCIOUSNESS? WRONG QUESTION

WHEN NORBERT WIENER, the father of cybernetics, wrote his book The Human Use of Human Beings in 1950, vacuum tubes were still the primary electronic building blocks, and there were only a few actual computers in operation… read more

AI fake face website launched

A software developer has created a website that generates fake faces, using artificial intelligence (AI)… read more

Upcoming Events

BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference

Don’t miss the opportunity to network with the world’s leading AI experts at our Applied AI Conference on April 18, 2019!

Our line up of SPEAKERS is continuing to grow:

  • Oliver Brdiczka, AI Architect, Adobe
  • Erin Kenneally, Portfolio Manager, Cyber Security Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Sabrina Atienza, Founder & CEO, Valued
  • Tom Campbell, Founder & President, FutureGrasp LLC
  • Margaretta Colangelo, Managing Partner, Deep Knowledge Ventures
  • Herb Kelsey, Founder & CEO, Quantum Vault Inc.
  • Irakli Beridze, Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, United Nations

Visit our registration page today to learn about our recently added Pre-Conference Applied Artificial Intelligence Workshop For Executives and to SAVE $1040 on tickets!

Leaders in AI

In case you missed our BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018, we’d like to share with you a portion of the highlights and discussions about interesting sectors like Health, Transportation, Logistics, Energy, and more.

Check out our 2018 Conference Highlight Video below along with a panel discussion on “How AI Shapes the Future of Our Energy System.” If you’re curious and would like to explore more topics on AI, see our YouTube Channel.

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How AI Shapes the Future of Our Energy System

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Applied AI Digest 148

The latest Data, Insights, and Inspiration about Applied AI

Every week the BootstrapLabs team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. Here are our picks for the first week of February 2019.

Venture Capital Funding For Artificial Intelligence Startups Hit Record High In 2018

As venture capital (VC) funding nears record since the dot-com era, with U.S. companies raising $99.5 billion versus $119.6 billion in 2000 according to the latest PwC MoneyTree Report, AI startups also experienced their best year ever, raising a record $9.33 billion, or nearly 10% of last year’s total VC investments… read more

Trump Signs Executive Order Promoting Artificial Intelligence

President Trump signed an executive order Monday meant to spur the development and regulation of artificial intelligence, technology that many experts believe will define the future of everything from consumer products to health care to warfare… read more

We analyzed 16,625 papers to figure out where AI is headed next

Almost everything you hear about artificial intelligence today is thanks to deep learning. This category of algorithms works by using statistics to find patterns in data, and it has proved immensely powerful in mimicking human skills such as our ability to see and hear… read more

Valued raises $1.7 million for Slack chatbot to combat workplace harassment

Workplace harassment is depressingly common. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 90,000 complaints in 2015, and it estimates that three-fourths of all incidents go unreported… read more

BootstrapLabs Sees Massive Opening in AI for Energy: Q&A

BootstrapLabs, a California-based venture-capital investor focused on finding startups that apply artificial intelligence to industrial problems, is turning its attention to the energy sector… read more

Upcoming Events

BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference

Don’t miss the opportunity to network with the world’s leading AI experts at our Applied AI Conference on April 18, 2019!

Our line up of SPEAKERS is continuing to grow:

  • Oliver Brdiczka, AI Architect, Adobe
  • Erin Kenneally, Portfolio Manager, Cyber Security Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Sabrina Atienza, Founder & CEO, Valued
  • Tom Campbell, Founder & President, FutureGrasp LLC
  • Margaretta Colangelo, Managing Partner, Deep Knowledge Ventures
  • Herb Kelsey, Founder & CEO, Quantum Vault Inc.
  • Irakli Beridze, Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, United Nations

Visit our registration page today to learn about our recently added Pre-Conference Applied Artificial Intelligence Workshop For Executives and to SAVE $1040 on tickets!

Leaders in AI

In case you missed our BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018, we’d like to share with you a portion of the highlights and discussions about interesting sectors like Health, Transportation, Logistics, Energy, and more.

Check out our 2018 Conference Highlight Video below along with a panel discussion on “AI Policymakers: The Need for Public/Private Partnership.” If you’re curious and would like to explore more topics on AI, see our YouTube Channel.

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AI Policymakers: The Need for Public/Private Partnerships

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Applied AI Digest 147

The latest Data, Insights, and Inspiration about Applied AI

Every week the BootstrapLabs team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. Here are our picks for the first week of February 2019.

1 big thing: Chess schmess. AI tries Pictionary

For several years, computers have made short work of human champions in Go and chess. Now, artificial intelligence researchers are attempting an improbable path even closer to human capability… read more

Making New Drugs With a Dose of Artificial Intelligence

Every two years, hundreds of scientists enter a global competition. Tackling a biological puzzle they call “the protein folding problem,” they try to predict the three-dimensional shape of proteins in the human body… read more

New collaboration sparks global connections to art through artificial intelligence

MIT designers, researchers, and students collaborate with The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Microsoft to improve the connection between people and art… read more

Applying artificial intelligence for social good

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to help tackle some of the world’s most challenging social problems. To analyze potential applications for social good, we compiled a library of about 160 AI social-impact use cases… read more

Buying and Adoption Readiness for AI (AI Zeitgeist 5)

It’s a common psychological phenomenon: repeat any word enough times, and it eventually loses all meaning, disintegrating like soggy tissue into phonetic nothingness. For many of us, the phrase “artificial intelligence” fell apart in this way a long time ago… read more

Upcoming Events

BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference

Don’t miss the opportunity to network with the world’s leading AI experts at our Applied AI Conference on April 18, 2019!

We are happy to announce the first group of SPEAKERS:

  • Richard Socher, Chief Scientist, Salesforce
  • Danny Lange, VP of AI and Machine Learning, Unity Technologies
  • Ben Levy, Co-Founder, BootstrapLabs
  • Irakli Beridze, Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, UN
  • Aaina Agarwal, AI Project Specialist, World Economic Forum
  • Erin Kenneally, Portfolio Manager, Cyber Security Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Cathrine Andersen, Founder, Roger.ai

Register today and SAVE $1040!

Leaders in AI

In case you missed our BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018, we’d like to share with you a portion of the highlights and discussions about interesting sectors like Health, Transportation, Logistics, Energy, and more.

Check out our 2018 Conference Highlight Video below along with a panel discussion on “AI Policymakers: The Need for Public/Private Partnership.” If you’re curious and would like to explore more topics on AI, see our YouTube Channel.

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Keynote & Fireside Chat – Death of Moore’s Law

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Applied AI Digest 146

The latest Data, Insights, and Inspiration about Applied AI

Every week the BootstrapLabs team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. Here are our picks for the fifth week of January 2019.

 Singapore Releases Framework On How AI Can Be Ethically Used

Singapore has released a framework on how artificial intelligence (AI) can be ethically and responsibly used, which businesses in the Republic and elsewhere can adopt as they grapple with issues that have emerged with new technology… read more

AI Is Still On Course to Outpace Human Intelligence

The Singularity is near(er)! At least, that’s what the famous inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil argues… read more

If AI Is The New Electricity, Who Is The Samuel Insull?

Andrew Ng repeatedly compares AI to electricity, positioning AI as a technology that will be everywhere, and in everything. But if you study the history of electricity adoption in the United States, it was not always on track for ubiquity. With all the attention paid to Tesla, Edison, Westinghouse, and others, the real brains behind mass adoption of electricity was Samuel Insull… read more

AI Can Now Decode Words Directly From Brain Waves

Neuroscientists are teaching computers to read words straight out of people’s brains… read more

THE STATE OF AI IN 2019

It’s a common psychological phenomenon: repeat any word enough times, and it eventually loses all meaning, disintegrating like soggy tissue into phonetic nothingness. For many of us, the phrase “artificial intelligence” fell apart in this way a long time ago… read more

The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite

DAVOS, Switzerland — They’ll never admit it in public, but many of your bosses want machines to replace you as soon as possible… read more

Upcoming Events

BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference

Don’t miss the opportunity to attend our Applied AI Conference on April 18, 2019!

We are happy to announce the first group of SPEAKERS:

  • Richard Socher, Chief Scientist, Salesforce
  • Danny Lange, VP of AI and Machine Learning, Unity Technologies
  • Ben Levy, Co-Founder, BootstrapLabs
  • Irakli Beridze, Head of the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, UN
  • Aaina Agarwal, AI Project Specialist, World Economic Forum
  • Erin Kenneally, Portfolio Manager, Cyber Security Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Cathrine Andersen, Founder, Roger.ai

Register today and SAVE $1040!

Leaders in AI

In case you missed our BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018, we’d like to share with you a portion of the highlights and discussions about interesting sectors like Health, Transportation, Logistics, Energy, and more.

Check out our 2018 Conference Highlight Video below along with a panel discussion on “AI Policymakers: The Need for Public/Private Partnership.” If you’re curious and would like to explore more topics on AI, see our YouTube Channel.

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AI Policymakers: The Need for Public/Private Partnership

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Applied AI Digest 134

The latest Data, Insights, and Inspiration about Applied AI

Every week the BootstrapLabs team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. Here are our picks for the third week of October 2018.

Applying Artificial Intelligence in B2B and B2C – What’s the Difference?

We discussed the difficulties large businesses may have in adopting AI in our previous article; despite this, last month we fleshed out the reasons why… read more

How Autonomous Delivery Drones Could Revolutionise Military Logistics

The UK’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is working with other government agencies to develop drones and unmanned ground robots with autonomous ‘deliver to order’ capability for frontline military logistics support. Julian Turner analyses the tech of the future… read more

MICROSOFT’S NADELLA SAYS AI CAN MAKE THE WORLD MORE INCLUSIVE

TALK OF ARTIFICIAL intelligence often leads to speculation about how machines may displace workers. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella thinks we should talk more about how AI algorithms can expand the workforce now… read more

Artificial intelligence is complex, but we can’t afford to ignore it

In early September, the media went abuzz with news of Amazon becoming the second US company to surpass the $1 trillion market cap. However, the news of Amazon’s success has eclipsed certain interesting facts… read more

M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1 Billion

Every major university is wrestling with how to adapt to the technology wave of artificial intelligence — how to prepare students not only to harness the powerful tools of A.I… read more

Upcoming Events

BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference

The BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference represents a unique opportunity to deepen your knowledge about trending AI applications and technologies. Each year, we invite world class perspectives from research, entrepreneurship, investing, and business transformation.

A limited number of tickets are currently on sale at the Super Early Bird price ($1200 off)! 

Save the Date: April 18, 2019

Leaders in AI

In case you missed our BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018, we’d like to share with you a portion of the highlights and discussions about interesting sectors like Health, Transportation, Logistics, Energy, and more.

Check out our 2018 Conference Highlight Video below along with a panel discussion on “AI Policymakers: The Need for Public/Private Partnership.” If you’re curious and would like to explore more topics on AI, see our YouTube Channel.

 

AAI18 Conference Highlights

AI Policymakers: The Need for Public/Private Partnership

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Applied AI Digest 133

The latest Data, Insights, and Inspiration about Applied AI

Every week the BootstrapLabs team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. Here are our picks for the second week of October 2018.

Tech Cos Confront The Ethics Of AI

From countering bias in computer vision algorithms to the use of AI in military drones, companies are increasingly looking at artificial intelligence through the lens of ethics… read more

AI is the new battleground in geopolitics

Artificial intelligence is becoming a dimension of grand geopolitics, with countries worried about who will achieve the big advances first, and the technology merging with traditional military doctrine… read more

AI for Banking in Europe – 3 Current Applications

AutonomousNEXT released a report on the opportunity that AI might create in the banking and financial services industry. The report estimated that by 2030, the potential cost savings by applying AI in banking, investment management, and insurance were $490 billion… read more

The Rise of AI in Construction

Today, it seems as though everything is under construction. Be it downtown or beyond the county line, a walk outside unencumbered by a sleek looking building or bridge being built is almost a rarity… read more

Graduates are taking £9k courses to help beat AI interviews for City jobs

Graduates are spending thousands of pounds on training to beat tough emotion-scanning robot interviewers for top City jobs…read more

UPCOMING EVENTS

The BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference represents a unique opportunity to deepen your knowledge about trending AI applications and technologies. Each year, we invite world class perspectives from research, entrepreneurship, investing, and business transformation.

A limited number of tickets are currently on sale at the Super Early Bird price ($1200 off)! 

Save the Date: April 18, 2019

 

LEADERS IN AI

In case you missed our BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2018, we’d like to share with you a portion of the highlights and discussions about interesting sectors like Health, Transportation, Logistics, Energy, and more.

Check out our AAI18 Conference Highlight Video below along with the keynote closing remarks from Richard Socher, “Where AI is today and where it’s going.” If you’re curious and would like to explore more topics on AI, check out our YouTube Channel.

 

AAI18 Conference Highlights

Where AI is today and where it’s going

Speaker: Richard Socher, Chief Scientist at Salesforce

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Applied AI Digest 132

The latest Data, Insights, and Inspiration about Applied AI

Every week the BootstrapLab’s team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. Here are our picks for the first week of October 2018.

innogy Innovation Hub and BootstrapLabs to form a Partnership for Investments in AI and Energy

We are proud to announce our partnership with innogy New Ventures LLC, part of the innogy Innovation Hub and an affiliate of innogy SE, a leading German energy company and the third largest utility in Europe with annual revenues of €43 billion (2017)… read more

An AI has been trained to understand beauty

Artificial intelligence can translate languages and play games – now it’s being tasked with understanding human subjectivity… read more

The first “social network” of brains lets three people transmit thoughts to each other’s heads

In recent years, physicists and neuroscientists have developed an armory of tools that can sense certain kinds of thoughts and transmit information about them into other brains… read more

Three robot advances that’ll be needed for DARPA’s new underground challenge

This week, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced a challenge to push the limits of robotic design and control… read more

Rise of the Machines: Artificial Intelligence and its Growing Impact on U.S. Policy

Beginning in February of 2018, the Subcommittee on Information Technology of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a series of hearings on artificial intelligence (AI)… read more

Building safe artificial intelligence: specification, robustness, and assurance

Building a rocket is hard. Each component requires careful thought and rigorous testing, with safety and reliability at the core of the designs. Rocket scientists and engineers come together to design everything from the navigation course to control systems, engines and landing gear… read more

UPCOMING EVENTS

We are pleased to announce that the annual BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference will return for the fourth year on April 18, 2019 in downtown San Francisco.

A limited number of tickets are currently on sale at the Super Early Bird Price ($1200 off). 

 

BootstrapLabs Founder and CEO, Nicolai Wadstrom, will be speaking at the innogy UnConference in Berlin on October 4, 2018. At the UnConference, innogy will bring together 350 business leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and experts who will explore business opportunities that have the potential to shape the energy systems of the future.

LEADERS IN AI

In case you missed our BootstrapLabs Applied AI Conference this past April, we’d like to share with you a portion of the highlights and discussions that took place about interesting sectors like Transportation, Health, Logistics, Media, Energy and more.

Check out our video below on “How AI Shapes the Future of Our Energy System.” If you’re curious and would like to explore more topics about AI, check out our YouTube Channel.

Speakers

Thomas Birr: SVP Innovation & Business Transformation, innogy and and CEO, innogy Innovation Hub

Stephen Comello: Director, Sustainable Energy Initiative, Stanford

Nicolai Wadstrom: Founder and CEO, BootstrapLabs

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Applied AI Digest 131

 

The latest Data, Insights, and Inspiration about Applied AI

Every week the BootstrapLab’s team curates the most interesting and current articles on Artificial Intelligence. Here are our picks for the fourth week of Sept 2018.

Issue 131: AI As Smart As Humans, World’s First Autonomous Tram, and Apple’s Trust Scores

 

When Will We Have Artificial Intelligence As Smart as a Human? Here’s What Experts Think

“Star Wars,” “Her,” and “iRobot.” What do all these movies have in common? The artificial intelligence (AI) depicted in there is crazy-sophisticated. These robots can think creatively, continue learning over time, and maybe even pass for conscious…read more

The World’s First Autonomous Tram Just Launched in Germany

All aboard: On Friday, the autonomous tram trundled along a six-kilometer bit of track around Potsdam, near Berlin. The tram traveled in real traffic but—just to make things a bit more exciting for the press, probably—here was a staged emergency halfway along the route…read more

Apple is Quietly Giving People ‘Trust Scores’ Based on Their Iphone Data

The tech giant, which last month became the first public company to be worth more than $1 trillion (£757bn), said in an update to its privacy policy that the scores would be determined by tracking the calls and emails made on Apple devices…read more

Marketers Use Only 1-3% Of Their Data. Adobe Released An AI Assistant So They’ll Use 100%

Growth marketers currently only use 1-3 percent of their data to make decisions. Adobe’s new tech helps entrepreneurs learn what they didn’t know they didn’t know…read more

In Advanced and Emerging Economies Alike, Worries About Job Automation

Across the globe, new technologies are transforming the nature of work. Advances in robotics and artificial intelligence are displacing jobs in manufacturing and, increasingly, in the service sector…read more

How Artificial Intelligence is Shaking Up the Job Market

The future of work is usually discussed in theoretical terms. Reports and opinion pieces cover the full spectrum of opinion, from the dystopian landscape that leaves millions unemployed, to new opportunities…read more

LEADERS IN AI

In case you missed our BootstrapLabs Applied AI Conference this past April, we’d like to share with you a portion of the highlights and discussions that took place about interesting sectors like FinTech, HealthTech, Media, Energy and more.

Check out our video below on “Applied AI in Healthcare: Deep Impact.” If you’re curious and would like to explore more topics about AI, check out our YouTube Channel.

Moderator: Dan Faggella – CEO, TechEmergence

Panel Members:
Kevin Hua, Sr. Manager A.I./Machine Learning, Bayer
Carolina Garcia Rizo, Chief Business Officer, Just Biotherapeutics

 

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AI Next Campaign

The advance of technology has evolved the roles of humans and machines in conflict from direct confrontations between humans to engagements mediated by machines… read more

7 Ways to Tell if an AI Company is Lying About Using AI

A few months ago, we spoke about three rules of thumb for assessing companies and trying to figure out if they are really doing AI or just using it for marketing purposes in our How to Cut Through the Artificial Intelligence Hype piece… read more

Artificial intelligence is often overhyped—and here’s why that’s dangerous

AI has huge potential to transform our lives, but the term itself is being abused in very worrying ways, says Zachary Lipton, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University… read more

The devilishly quiet age of AI

The world is in a deceptively quiet period in which some companies and countries are aggressively developing and applying early, rudimentary models of artificial intelligence, but the impact is not visible… read more

Artificial intelligence can transform the economy

After half a century of hype and false starts, artificial intelligence may finally be starting to transform the U.S. economy. An example is machine translation, as we found when analyzing eBay’s deployment in 2014 of an AI-based tool…read more

Leaders in AI

In case you missed our BootstrapLabs Applied AI Conference this past April, we’d like to share with you a portion of the highlights and discussions that took place about interesting sectors like FinTech, HealthTech, Media, Energy and more.

Check out our video below on “How AI is Transforming the Media.” If you’re curious and would like to explore more topics about AI, check out our YouTube Channel.

During this session, the panelists discuss AI in FinTech, data privacy and security, interpretability of algorithms and the need for a strong relationship with regulators.

Upcoming Events

Future of ML

This Thursday, discover how machine learning technology is evolving B2C businesses and where the biggest innovations in the space are coming from.

Date and Time: Thursday September 20, 2018 | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Location: The Google Launchpad Space, 543 Howard St., San Francisco, California 94105

Portfolio Updates

 

Cargo Chief Joins Other Industry Leaders Inside AscendTMS So Carriers Can Automatically Match Loads

InMotion Global, Inc. announced today that AscendTMS, the world’s most popular transportation management software (TMS), has integrated Cargo Chief®’s C4 Platform… read more

Nodle.io Raises $1.5M Seed Funding to Bring IoT Cryptocurrency to App Developers

The world is in a deceptively quiet period in which some companies and countries are aggressively Nodle.io, an Internet of Things (IoT) and connectivity network provider, today announced a $1.5 million seed round and the launch of a new cryptocurrency for monetizing IoT connections, applications and data…. read more

 

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The first AI approved to diagnose disease is tackling blindness in rural areas

Diabetes is on the rise globally, and with it, diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of blindness. About one-third of the estimated 285 million people with diabetes worldwide have signs of diabetic retinopathy… read more

Left Unchecked, Artificial Intelligence Can Become Prejudiced All On Its Own

If artificial intelligence were to run the world, it wouldn’t be so bad — it could objectively make decisions on exactly the kinds of things humans tend to screw up. But if we’re gonna hand over the reins to AI, it’s gotta be fair… read more

10 Amazing Examples Of How Deep Learning AI Is Used In Practice

You may have heard about deep learning and felt like it was an area of data science that is incredibly intimidating. How could you possibly get machines to learn like humans?  Here, are 10 examples of how deep learning is used in practice that will help you visualize the potential… read more

The Pentagon is investing $2 billion in artificial intelligence

If North Korea’s dear leader wakes up tomorrow, takes a crazy pill and decides to lob a nuclear missile at the US mainland, there’s a good chance the military will be relying on artificial intelligence to protect us… read more

Don’t Believe the Algorithm

Blind faith in machines (and machine learning) has left us vulnerable to biased and incoherent AI. The solution? A healthy dose of skepticism and human oversight… read more

Leaders in AI

In case you missed our conference, we’d like to share with you a portion of the program that highlights leaders at the intersection of Applied AI and Industry.

During this session, the panelists discuss AI in FinTech, data privacy and security, interpretability of algorithms and the need for a strong relationship with regulators.

Moderator: Ash Fontana, Managing Director, Zetta Venture Partners

Speakers

  • Sangeeta Chakraborty, Chief Customer Officer, Ayasdi
  • Shaunak Khire, Co-Founder and CEO, EmmaAI
  • Ashish Bansal, Sr. Director – Data Science, Capital One
  • Xavier Legros, VP – Product Development & Science , Trusted Insight

For more video content like this, please check out our YouTube Channel

Upcoming Events

 

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Tickets for Cybersecurity & AI: Risks and Opportunities are almost gone! If you’re interested in attending, please fill out the form below.

Date and Time: Tuesday September 18, 2018 | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Location: The Google Launchpad Space, 543 Howard St., San Francisco, California 94105
Registration: This event is INVITE ONLY. If you did not receive an invitation you can request one below.

Future of ML

Discover how machine learning technology is evolving B2C businesses and where the biggest innovations in the space are coming from.

Date and Time: Tuesday September 20, 2018 | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Location: The Google Launchpad Space, 543 Howard St., San Francisco, California 94105

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Artificial Intelligence Nails Predictions of Earthquake Aftershocks

A neural-network analysis outperforms the method scientists typically use to work out where these tremors will strike… read more

Medical Drone Deliveries Tested at North Carolina Hospital

WakeMed Health & Hospitals, a provider of health services in Wake County, N.C., has teamed up with drone delivery company Matternet)… read more

How Artificial Intelligence Estimates Obesity Levels From Google Map Photos

In a recent study, two researchers at the University of Washington used deep learning techniques to estimate obesity levels in 6 US cities… read more

Tesla, Software and Disruption

When Nokia people looked at the first iPhone, they saw a not-great phone with some cool features that they were going to build… read more

AI for Claims Processing and Underwriting in Insurance – A Comparison of 6 Applications

Willis Tower Watson found that $728 million was invested into insurtech companies in Q1 of 2018 across 66 transactions… read more

Leaders in AI

In case you missed our 2018 BootstrapLabs Applied AI Conference, we’re sharing this recently released panel conversation with Industry 4.0 experts discussing AI for Industrial and Manufacturing Applications and other relevant use cases. Watch the video below.

Panel: Industrial & Manufacturing AI Applications

Moderator: Macario Namie, Head of IoT Strategy, Cisco

Speakers: Karen Kerr, Executive Managing Director, GE Ventures George Matthew, CEO, Kespry Matt Man, Founder, Indus.ai Ramya Ravichandar, Director Product Management, FogHorn Systems Inc

For more video content like this, please check out our YouTube Channel

Upcoming Events

 

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Join us for our next Applied AI Insiders Series event, Cybersecurity & AI: Risks and Opportunities. Tickets are almost sold out so request your invite today.

Event Summary

Date and Time: Tuesday September 18, 2018 | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: The Google Launchpad Space, 543 Howard St., San Francisco, California 94105
Registration: This event is INVITE ONLY. If you did not receive an invitation you can request one below.

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Artificial Intelligence Is Now a Pentagon Priority. Will Silicon Valley Help?

In a May memo to President Trump, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis implored him to create a national strategy for artificial intelligence. Mr. Mattis argued that the US was not keeping pace with the ambitious plans of China… read more

AI is helping find lead pipes in Flint, Michigan

The algorithm is saving about $10 million as part of an effort to replace the city’s water infrastructure… read more

The International 2018: Results

OpenAI Five lost two games against top Dota 2 players at The International in Vancouver this week, maintaining a good chance of winning for the first 20-35 minutes of both games… read more

AI Can Manipulate Video to Make Everybody Dance Now

In a paper posted to the arXiv preprint server this week, researchers at the University of California Berkeley demonstrate how they designed AI that, given video of an expert dancer and an amateur, can transfer the moves… read more

Facial recognition edges toward the mainstream

Companies are planning to use facial scans to identify you in stores, restaurants, and sports arenas, and tag you for specialized ads and custom coupons — widening the potential for privacy breaches… read more

Upcoming Events

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BootstrapLabs is excited to announce our next Applied AI Insiders Series event, Cybersecurity & AI: Risks and Opportunities

Event Summary

Date and Time: Tuesday September 18, 2018 | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: The Google Launchpad Space, 543 Howard St., San Francisco, California 94105
Registration: This event is INVITE ONLY. If you did not receive an invitation you can request one below.

Future of ML

Vidora & BootstrapLabs Invite You To: The Future of Machine Learning in Business

Event Summary

Date and Time: Thursday September 20, 2018 | 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Location: The Google Launchpad Space, 543 Howard St., San Francisco, California 94105
Registration: Use early bird access code: FutureofML 5$ ticket price below!

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BootstrapLabs AAI18 Keynote and Fireside Chat – Autonomous Vehicles for Fleet-Based, On-Demand Mobility

During our annual 2018  BootstrapLabs Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference, Evangelos Simoudis, Founder and Managing Director of Synapse Partners, explores the future of mobility with industry leaders John Absmeier, Head of Autonomous Mobility from Samsung and Nadeem Sheikh, VP of Self Driving Programs from Lyft.

During this session, the speakers discussed the impact of autonomous driving long term, the steps required to make autonomous driving successful and all the challenges we’re still facing to adopt this technology

APPLIED AI INSIDERS SERIES EVENT

BootstrapLabs is excited to announce our next Applied AI Insiders Series event on Cybersecurity & AI: Risks and Opportunities

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Event Date: Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Event Description: 
US organization are expected to spend over $100 billion per year in cybersecurity, a number that is projected to grow significantly given the massive adoption of cloud, the number of connected devices, and increasing cyber-crimes activities. While cybersecurity startups brought in around $4.2 billion in VC funding — breaking a 2015 high, even with a similar number of deals compared to the previous two years, the need for data privacy and protection grows. So does the need for secure and intelligent communication networks, reliable and fast authentication, fail safe and redundancy planning and certified and established regulatory systems. The future of cybersecurity offers many risks, but also business opportunities enabled by applying artificial intelligence to protect people, operations, organization and nation states. Join us for the evening where we will deep dive into the different dimension related to the intersection of AI and cybersecurity.

Artificial intelligence ‘did not miss a single urgent case’

A study by Moorfields Eye Hospital in London and the Google company DeepMind found that a machine could learn to read complex eye scans and detect more than 50 eye conditions.

Doctors hope artificial intelligence could soon play a major role in helping to identify patients who need urgent treatment….read more

Amazon Alexa completes its tie-up with Microsoft Cortana

Users of Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana can now access features of the other’s virtual assistant, the companies announced Wednesday.

The integration gives Alexa and Cortana greater powers as they compete with Apple’s Siri and Alphabet’s Google Assistant… read more

Artificial Intelligence Still Isn’t All That Smart

In the business world, machine learning often goes by the annoying moniker of “artificial intelligence.” That science-fiction buzzword evokes visions of godlike sentient computers, when in fact, the product is much closer to a statistical regression… read more

Innovations in Finance with
Machine Learning, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

Bigger data and more intelligent algorithms are being processed and analyzed faster in an API-enabled, open source environment. J.P. Morganis committed to understanding how this technology-driven landscape could differentiate your stock, sector, portfolio, and asset class strategies… read more

How to Automate Surveillance Easily with Deep Learning

This article is a quick tutorial for implementing a surveillance system using Object Detection based on Deep Learning. It also compares the performance of different Object Detection models using GPU multiprocessing for inference, on Pedestrian Detection… read more

Portfolio Update

Indus.ai raises $3.7 mln in round led by Pierre Omidyar’s UP2398

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 23, 2018: indus.ai, the world’s most advanced construction intelligence-as-a-service solution, announced today their $3.7 million (USD) Seed Round of financing led by Pierre Omidyar’s UP2398. The new round of funding will be used to accelerate product development & engineering, marketing, and sales… read more

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AAI18 Opening Keynote | Human + Machine : Reimagining Work in the Age of AI

During our annual Artificial Intelligence Conference, Paul Daugherty presented the opening keynote speech which shared ideas for reimagining the Future of Work using Applied AI. Mr. Daugherty highlighted AI as the alpha trend in technology and communicated the importance of labor distribution amongst humans and our machine counterparts. While he identified opportunities for businesses to prepare for the impact of artificial intelligence, he also addressed new approaches to work utilizing collaborative intelligence that will inevitably shape our future in astounding ways. To gain insight into his vision, watch Mr. Daugherty’s full conference presentation below.

Paul Daugherty is the Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at Accenture and leads the company’s Technology Innovation & Ecosystem group.

Collaborative Intelligence: Humans and AI Are Joining Forces

Artificial intelligence is becoming good at many “human” jobs—diagnosing disease, translating languages, providing customer service—and it’s improving fast…read more

11 Ways AI Can Be Used By The Government

There is much debate surrounding artificial intelligence and how it should be used in multiple settings. Recently, even members of Congress weighed in on what they believe AI would and would not be useful for… read more

Confronting Demons of the Computer Age

In a shift that is roiling typically cocooned computer scientists, some researchers — uneasy in part about the role of technology in the 2016 election — are urging colleagues to determine and mitigate the societal impact of their peer-reviewed work before it’s published… read more

The State of AI Applications in Healthcare – An Overview of Trends

The healthcare industry has for a while now been a bit of a hotspot for artificial intelligence. It is particularly primed to benefit from the potentialities of AI because it deals with huge amounts of data on a daily basis… read more

Are Autonomous Cars Safer? New Guidelines Probably Won’t Tell Us

The introduction of autonomous features on cars has at its core a laudable goal: saving lives. But so far, there is a lack of independent data to judge whether the technology is working… read more

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 Applied AI Digest Review – a recap of all the major AI news and trends of 2017.

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AAI18 Closing Keynote – Where AI Is Today and Where it’s Going

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 authentication, leveraging AI to prevent and detect threats and security around databases that collect our information.

Strategic Competition in an Era of Artificial Intelligence

Understanding what artificial intelligence “is” from a historical perspective is critical to assessing the ways that it will likely impact the international security… read more

Learning Math for Machine Learning

It’s not entirely clear what level of mathematics is necessary to get started in machine learning, especially for those who didn’t study math… read more

Uber’s self-driving trucks division is dead, long live Uber self-driving cars

Uber is shuttering its self-driving trucks unit, a beleaguered program borne out of the company’s controversial acquisition… read more

Empirical Computation – Part 1

To many in the tech community, it’s a given that empirical compute will cause a seismic shift in the status quo. To everyone else, the question most commonly… read more

The Reality Behind Voice Shopping Hype

Amazon and Google both tout voice shopping—the ability to make purchases and check on the status of orders with verbal commands—as significant features of their smart speakers… read more

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