INTRODUCTION Sentiment analysis (or opinion mining) aims to automatically extract and classify sentiments (the subjective part of an opinion) and/or emotions (the projections or display of a feeling) expressed in text. There are several language features that we use to indicate sentiment…
The much-ballyhooed artificial intelligence approach boasts impressive feats but still falls short of human brainpower. Researchers are determined to figure out what’s missing. There’s no mistaking the image: It’s a banana—a big, ripe, bright-yellow banana. Yet the artificial intelligence (AI) identifies it…
FAO, IBM and Microsoft focus on concrete and sustainable ways Artificial Intelligence can be used in line with ethical principles endorsed by Pope Francis 24 September 2020, Rome – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), IBM and Microsoft, at…
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. In this installment of the AI in Supply Chain series (#AIinSupplyChain), we explore how artificial intelligence is being used to…
The deadline for the end of Libor is fast approaching and many financial institutions are struggling to address the complexities that this creates. Libor is ubiquitous in modern financial markets and this raises the stakes for managing the process of identifying and…
In June, a crisis erupted in the artificial intelligence world. Conversation on Twitter exploded after a new tool for creating realistic, high-resolution images of people from pixelated photos showed its racial bias, turning a pixelated yet recognizable photo of former President Barack Obama…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a thing of science fiction, it exists in the world all around us, automating simple tasks and dramatically improving our lives. But as AI and automation becomes increasingly capable, how will this alternative labor source affect…
As business, government and civil society make progress in addressing the human rights impacts and ethical questions arising from the use of artificial intelligence (AI), we believe that one supremely important constituency needs to participate much more actively: the “non-technology” companies integrating…
If you’ve eaten vegan burgers that taste like meat or used synthetic collagen in your beauty routine—both products that are “grown” in the lab—then you’ve benefited from synthetic biology. It’s a field rife with potential, as it allows scientists to design biological…
Though banks don’t create AI strategies, they are increasingly using artificial intelligence and machine learning in their day-to-day business. We frequently work with them on ideation workshops, PoC, and solution implementation. Santander Consumer Bank, for example, is running workshops and researching how…
