Meet RSC, Meta’s New Supercomputer
Supercomputers are impressive machines capable of performing amazing feats of computing power. They are not a particularly new technology, with the first supercomputers coming online in the mid-1960s. Supercomputers run or support many of today’s largest companies and industries across the globe. IBM’s Watson is a famous example of a supercomputer that combines artificial intelligence […]
So, You Want to Develop a Paid App? Here are 3 Ways You Can Collect Payments
With over 1.96 million apps available for download on The App Store, and thousands more being added every day, you would think that monetizing an app would be an easy process. However, the fact of the matter is that it can actually be quite difficult figuring out the best method of collecting payments for your […]
2021 Cybersecurity Attacks that are Threatening Businesses
It seems as though every day we hear about another business that’s victimized by a data breach. In the first half of 2021 there were 1767 publicly reported data breaches which led to the exposure of over 18 billion confidential records. Yes, we said billion. And, the businesses that were lucky enough to not become […]
GitHub Copilot: The Future of Code
This past week the Seattle-based development Microsoft company With the support of OpenAI – a research laboratory that aims to drive innovative AI research and development to ensure that artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity – this release of Copilot marks a major advancement in the development of artificial intelligence. At its core functionality, Copilot […]
Adversarial Machine Learning: A Looming Threat to AI Security
Machine learning is great for niched-down problems that require an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to pay attention to very specific details. For that reason, it’s becoming a very popular technology. But machine learning applications used in essential fields like healthcare, transportation, and finance carry a lot of responsibility. If one of these algorithms were to […]
Can AI’s Racial & Gender Bias Problem Be Solved?
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are complex packets of code that strive to learn on given training data. But when this training data is flawed, not well-rounded, or biased, the algorithm quickly spirals into discrimination too. For women and minorities, these systemic AI issues can quickly become harmful. Where Does Bias Come From? Bias in AI […]
A New AI Milestone: Passing an 8th Grade Science Exam
In 2015, 700 artificial intelligence (AI) developers competed to win $80,000 in prize money. Their objective? To build an AI system capable of passing an eighth-grade science exam. Unfortunately, all submitted systems failed to accomplish this, with the best contender answering only 60% of questions on the test correctly. At the time, AI was no […]
Is AI Ready to Recruit Job Candidates? LinkedIn and Amazon Have Different Opinions
These days, each job opening garners hundreds of applications. Sifting through resumes and cover letters often leads to recruiter burn-out, which can directly affect the company’s incoming talent pool. To help, artificial intelligence (AI) app developers at LinkedIn and Amazon are working on automating some of the day-to-day work of recruiters. So far, their results […]
Alibaba Is Doubling Down on AI Chips and Quantum Computing
At Alibaba’s 2018 computing conference, the company showed off their Tmall app, an AI mobile app developed to identify the variations between different kinds of tea leaves and their roasting quality level. While this use case was subtle, it foreshadowed an announcement later on in the four-day conference. Alibaba revealed its plans to invest in and […]
Is It Time to Regulate AI-Fueled Facial Recognition?
Facial recognition is blooming; it’s already used in airports and police stations, on China’s streets, and as training data for new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. As AI developers continue applying the technology to facial recognition, it’s becoming readily apparent that the potential for abuse is growing as well. So why isn’t there any regulation in place? […]