How AI Is Impacting Wealth Management
The financial industry is in the midst of unprecedented change. Many big banks and entrenched institutions are directing their IT budgets towards the support of legacy systems written in COBOL. But customers clearly want something else: convenient, more efficient digital banking experiences. This is opening up a disruption opportunity for young FinTech startups that are […]
Thanks to AI, Cars May Soon Be Able to Sense Your Emotions
Pretend you’re on your daily work commute. Stuck in the stop-and-go traffic on your local highway, you start getting a little nervous — you have a big presentation today at your job, and it could be the difference between a promotion and staying in the same role for yet another year. As you ponder this […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Artificial Neural Networks – Part 3
Welcome to the third part of our special series on artificial neural networks! These computing systems have spurred numerous innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) development over the last decade. In our previous post, we explored how artificial neural networks function and learn. Did you miss it? Check it out here. For this final entry of […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Artificial Neural Networks – Part 2
Over the last decade, artificial intelligence (AI) development has been moving at the speed of light. As a result, chatbots, self-driving cars, and deepfakes have now all become viable. Artificial neural networks are behind many of these advancements. Welcome to the second part of our special series on artificial neural networks! In our first chapter, […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Artificial Neural Networks – Part 1
The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) development has made neural networks more ubiquitous than ever before. Even if you don’t work in data science or software engineering, you encounter this innovation regularly. Whether it’s chatbots, e-commerce platforms, personal finance, or medical imaging, artificial neural networks are now everywhere. But what exactly is an artificial […]
Clearview AI: A Look at the Frightening Reality of Facial Recognition
Would you feel comfortable if a stranger could snap your picture and identify you with an app? The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has yielded both amazing and terrifying technological capabilities. And a mobile app from a startup known as Clearview AI precariously straddles the line between these two sides. Using facial recognition, Clearview […]
Machine Learning Can’t Fix Algorithmic Bias — but Humans Can
Original article featured in Quartz at Work. The fact that tech has a long way to go when it comes to its lack of diversity shouldn’t be news to anyone at this point. The technology sector is the third biggest contributor to the US economy. And the people behind it—from founders to hiring managers to […]
How COVID-19 Became a Business Boon for Deepfakes
The coronavirus pandemic has made it complicated and costly to shoot videos. Consequently, many companies have now turned to the capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) development to fulfill their communication needs. Thanks to COVID-19, Deepfakes Have Gone Corporate Earlier this month, major advertising corporation WPP sent new training videos to thousands of its employees across […]
4 Ways To Prime Your AI Strategy For Growth
Original article featured in Forbes. Futurism has always fascinated me. When I was young, I would pore through science-fiction novels and dream about how far-flung technologies could improve our lives. As an adult now working in tech, I’ve been able to explore what the world’s leading minds believe the coming decades will encompass. To my […]
Why the AI Race Depends on Math
China has taken artificial intelligence (AI) and ran with it. The country started using the technology for facial recognition and law enforcement in 2017. Since then, what used to take AI minutes to solve now takes only a few seconds. But how did China’s AI become so fast so quickly? With constant tweaking of AI […]