Using data and AI to identify potential black spots on roads for early intervention. Transport for NSW which has conducted a Proof of Concept harnessing big data and machine learning to identify potentially dangerous road intersections, allowing preventive measures to be taken before crashes happen. The Enterprise Data & Analytics…
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AI chatbot to help Chinese paitents improve knowledge for better self-management. Healthcare company, Novo Nordisk plan to develop a Chinese-speaking, AI chatbot for diabetic patients. Combining Novo Nordisk’s expertise and experience in diabetes care, and Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and AI services, the companies will collaborate to deliver an AI…
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Practical uses of AI will be front and centre to businesses. Global artificial intelligence (AI) platform revenue will reach US$52bn by 2024, up from US$28bn in 2019 as spending on AI will rise as businesses seek to accelerate digital transformation and development, notes GlobalData, a data and analytics company. GlobalData’s…
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South Asian countries work with Google on predictions and alerts. Flooding is the most common natural disaster on the planet, affecting the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the globe and causing around US$10 billion in damages each year. In collaboration with Yale, Google has been visiting flood-affected areas…
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The Pilbara is a remote and ancient landscape in the north of Western Australia. Despite COVID-19 restrictions, Australia mining company BHP was still able to innovate during lockdown. For example, Andrew Wood a BHP mechanical fitter with 30 years’ experience under his belt and he works for BHPs iron ore…
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Proposed technology supports doctors performing diagnostic imaging on patients suspected of having COVID-19. Fujitsu and Tokyo Shinagawa Hospital today announced the launch of a joint R&D project for AI technology to support diagnostic imaging via chest CT (Computed Tomography), which represents a promising candidate for the effective diagnosis of COVID-19…
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AI-based platform used to help pinpoint the location of diseases causing genes. Researchers from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has processed one trillion points of genomic data through VariantSpark, an artificial intelligence-based platform, which can help pinpoint the location of specific disease-causing genes in the human genome. The human genome…
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Worldwide spending on AI is expected to double in four years, reaching US$110 billion in 2024, according to IDC. Global spending on artificial intelligence (AI) is forecast to double over the next four years, growing from US$50.1 billion in 2020 to more than US$110 billion in 2024. According to the…
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Robots can use machine vision to interact in their surroundings. Helen Fang, robotics and automation analyst at HSBC gave an insight into robots and how they can see more clearly than ever. These types of robots can help reshape factories worldwide and benefit industries ranging from electronics to pharmaceuticals, wrote…
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AI can help enterprises be agile and adaptable, even ‘portable’ in the time of a global pandemic. Every business is now a technology business and for company leaders, that means they need to be more tech savvy than before to consider the impact of technology on their strategy. In global…
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