It’s Not Easy to Teach Robot Drivers to Think Like Humans October 9, 2018 By Gabrielle Coppola Robot cars make for annoying drivers. Relative to human motorists, the driverless vehicles now undergoing testing on public roads are...
Singapore’s Changi Airport Tests Terminal Run by Robots, Not Humans September 25, 2018 By Kyunghee Park Imagine landing at a major airport and the only human official you meet on your way through the terminal is...
Global Insurers Realize Innovation Is Critical for Future Success: A.M. Best Survey September 25, 2018 A significant majority of global insurers understand that innovation is increasingly becoming a competitive differentiator in the global marketplace, according...
Will Robots Take Your Job? It Depends on Where You Live: OECD September 20, 2018 By William Horobin Will robots take your job? The answer depends on where you live. The threat varies “strikingly” between countries and regions,...
New AI Programs Can Learn How to Beat Best Cyber Defenses August 10, 2018 By Joseph Menn The nightmare scenario for computer security – artificial intelligence programs that can learn how to evade even the best defenses...
NTT DATA UK to Provide Robotics Services for TMK’s Marine Transactions July 16, 2018 NTT DATA UK, a Tokyo-based consulting and IT services provider, announced it has entered into a partnership to provide robotics...
UK Regulator Warns Insurers, Banks About Responsible Use of Customers’ Big Data July 12, 2018 By Huw Jones and Carolyn Cohn Britain’s banks and insurers must take the lead in spelling out how they will use data collected from customers or...
Robots Portend Grim Future for Working Class: Viewpoint July 6, 2018 By Noah Smith, Bloomberg Opinion Marc Andreessen, venture capitalist and one of the pioneers of the world wide web, once declared: “The spread of computers...
Planck Re, a Commercial Insurance Data Platform Startup, Raises $12M July 6, 2018 Planck Re, a commercial insurance data platform startup, nailed down $12 million for its first formal financing. Arbor Ventures led...
Beware ‘Tsunami’ Effect of Artificial Intelligence, Warns Allstate CEO Wilson June 29, 2018 By William Mathis Artificial intelligence is coming for the service economy, according to Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson. “It’s going to...