AI ethics comes into sharp focus for Singapore Government

To drive adoption and maximise the benefits of AI, it is absolutely critical that trust is built through responsible use. A new paradigm has emerged with COVID-19 accelerating digitalisation communities and the business landscape. According to S Iswaran, Minister for Communications and Information, Singapore businesses are compelled to adopt digital solutions…

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AI used to help India and Bangladesh with flood forecasts.

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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Resorts World Genting integrates AI for peak customer experience

AI and Cloud feature heavily in new tech deployment. Genting Malaysia Berhad has gone with Alibaba Cloud to deploy its Virtual Queue (VQ) Solution at Resorts World Genting’s upcoming outdoor theme park, Genting SkyWorlds. The newly developed system will integrate Alibaba Cloud’s advanced technology with a reservation system for individual…

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Columbia Asia Hospitals has a new CIO

Keen use of technology at the hospital. Columbia Asia Hospitals has appointed Shuvankar Pramanick as its CIO. Pramanick was previously CIO of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. According to Pramanick’s LinkedIn page he has been associated with different digital transformation in healthcare, artificial intelligence , process automation by using BOTs and…

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India banks on AI and tech to help digital economy reach US$1 trillion of GDP by 2025

Accelerated adoption of communication technologies and AI. AI and other emerging technologies will play a key role in achieving government’s vision of making digital economy reach US$1 trillion of GDP by 2025, said Dr Rajendra Kumar, additional secretary at the Ministry of Electronics and IT Government of India. According to…

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Fujitsu and Tokyo Shinagawa Hospital to develop AI for COVID-19 support diagnosis

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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Insight into robots

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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