Accenture Boosts Analytics Skills With Mudano Acquisition
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Accenture has agreed to buy Mudano, a data consultancy that works with UK financial services firms. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Scotiabank Gifts $750,000 to University of Ottawa to Support AI Research
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Today, Scotiabank announced a donation of $750,000 to the University of Ottawa to launch the Scotiabank Fund for the AI & Society Initiative.
Itiviti partners with AI innovator Imandra to integrate machine learning into client onboarding and testing tools
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Itiviti, a leading technology, and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with Imandra Inc., the AI pioneer behind the Imandra automated reasoning engine. Imandra’s technology will initially be applied to improving the onboarding process for our clients to Itiviti’s Managed FIX global connectivity platform, with further plans to swiftly expand the AI capabilities across a... more
MarketAxess Deploys H20.ai Machine Learning Tech
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
H2O.ai, the open source leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), today announced that its open source platform, H2O, provides critical machine learning capabilities to MarketAxess, the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities and the provider of market data and post-trade services for the global fixed-income markets.
Intel Examines Whether AI Can Recognise Faces Using Thermal Imaging
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Researchers from Intel have published a study examining whether AI can recognise people’s faces using thermal imaging. Thermal imaging is often used to protect privacy because it obscures personally identifying details such as eye colour. In some places, like medical facilities, it’s often compulsory to use images which obscure such details. AI is opening up many new possibilities so Intel’s researchers set out to determine whether thermal... more
Google CEO Calls For AI Governance
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
In a Sunday opinion column in The Financial Times (FT), Google and Alphabet chief executive officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai wrote about the importance of having government oversight regarding artificial technology (AI). “Growing up in India, I was fascinated by technology. Each new invention changed my family’s life in meaningful ways,” he wrote. Now that he is in the position to frame new tech advances, he said he believes that international... more
Appian Announces Partnership with Celonis
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Appian (APPN) today announced a technology partnership and integration initiatives with Celonis, the market leader in AI-enhanced Process Mining and Process Excellence software, to unite Appian’s low-code application development platform with the powerful process mining technology of the Celonis Intelligent Business Cloud (IBC). The partnership will accelerate digital business process transformation and continuous process improvement for joint... more
Apple Buys Edge AI Experts Xnor.ai For a Reported $200 Million
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Apple has acquired Seattle-based edge AI experts Xnor.ai for a reported $200 million. If you recognise Xnor.ai, it’s likely because the company’s technology once powered the person-detection feature on Wyze’s popular cameras. Xnor.ai abruptly cancelled their contract with Wyze back in November – and now we know why. In layman’s terms, edge computing means the processing is done on-device. On-device computation has significant advantages when it... more
World’s first AI-powered company deal-flow search engine, mnAI, launches for UK investors
- 5 years 9 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Data
Built for the investment and acquisition markets, mnAI, a new AI-powered company intelligence platform, has launched in the UK today. mnAI reduces the time it takes companies and individuals to identify and understand relevant businesses from months to minutes.
Orange opens its new Orange Middle East and Africa headquarters in Morocco, confirming its desire to strengthen its presence in Africa
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Data, Infrastructure
Today, Orange (http://www.Orange.com) officially inaugurates the Orange Middle East and Africa operational head office in Morocco in the presence of Stéphane Richard, Chairman and CEO of Orange; Alioune Ndiaye, CEO Orange Middle East and Africa; the members of Orange’s Executive Committee and local officials.
Smart Eye receives design win from second Chinese OEM
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Smart Eye AB (Nasdaq: SEYE), the market leader in Driver Monitoring Systems, receives one new design wins, from a second Chinese OEM customer. The estimated revenue of the order is MSEK 50, based on forecasts of the estimated product life cycle, the company has now received a total of 57 design wins.
Horizons Ventures Continues to Lead Series A+ Financing Into MioTech, A Leading AI Provider of Financial Data and Analytics
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
MioTech announced today that it has closed its Series A+ funding round led by existing investor Horizons Ventures, the private investment arm of Mr. Li Ka-shing. “The financing will be used to recruit more talents and invest in R&D. It will further strengthen MioTech’s data and technology edge, and help MioTech become the industry acknowledged platform for Green Finance and Sustainable Investment in Asia,” said Jason Tu, Co-founder and CEO... more
Reuters Events’ Insurance AI and Innovative Tech Summit Returns to Chicago in 2020 – USAA, Nationwide, The Hartford AXA, Swiss Re, American Family and More Confirmed
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Insurance
As insurance carriers look to technology to meet customer demands at scale, how carriers react to competition and rising customer expectations today will define their success tomorrow. From providing bespoke products, instant customer service and real-time risk monitoring, the likes of AI, machine learning and other innovative technologies are proving the only means through which insurance carriers can meet the high demands of consumers today.
Icertis Announces Winner of India’s Largest AI and Blockchain Hackathon
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
Icertis, the leading provider of enterprise contract management in the cloud, today announced the winners of Icertis’ AI/ML and Blockchain Hackathon, at the grand finale held in Pune. The winning team’s innovative solution utilized machine learning models to analyze crop distress and weather patterns.
99% of AI decision makers think deep learning will transform their industry, but less than 1% have extensively deployed it
- 5 years 10 months ago
- Artificial Intelligence
Peltarion, leading AI innovator and creator of an operational deep learning platform, today released a new report discussing AI decision makers’ understanding of deep learning versus other types of machine learning practices, and examines the barriers preventing them from taking deep learning from ideal to reality.
