IN 1901, ON an excavation trip to Crete, British archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed items he believed belonged to a royal game dating back millennia: a board fashioned out of ivory, gold, silver, and rock crystals, and four conical pieces nearby, assumed to be…
Of all the ways AI is expected to improve modern life, perhaps none is more intriguing than its impact on mass transit. The pandemic will not last forever. So, at some point, people around the world will once again need to move…
Nacho is the founder and CEO of BairesDev, the leading nearshore tech solutions company, and of BDev Ventures, a VC fund for B2B businesses. GETTY A lot has been said about artificial intelligence’s potential to revolutionize virtually every company in the world. The…
This piece was the winner of the inaugural Gradient Prize. Introduction AI systems are compute-intensive: the AI lifecycle often requires long-running training jobs, hyperparameter searches, inference jobs, and other costly computations. They also require massive amounts of data that might be moved…
After a pandemic year, workplace safety is top of mind for many businesses. According to one survey, employee safety and well-being replaced pre-existing priorities, like attracting top talent, as the dominant concerns for business leaders. Meanwhile, many employees are dissatisfied with existing safety…
When we mention the term ‘search’, it typically conveys finding. Counting what technology changed over the years, search serves as the very beginning of the online ecosystem that empowers billions of businesses across the internet. Primarily the main types of search forms…
Information manipulation has been around since Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote “The Art of War” in 550 BC. The Russians routinely use disinformation tactics to destabilize democracies. Events like the 2020 U.S. elections or COVID-19 vaccinations highlight how political opponents and rogue nations actively practice disinformation campaigns to…
Mentions of artificial intelligence within the filings of companies in the food industry rose 17% between the first and second quarters of 2021, according to research by GlobalData. Nevertheless, in total, the frequency of sentences related to artificial intelligence between July 2020…
In April of 2021, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission — in its “Aiming for truth, fairness, and equity in your company’s use of AI” report — issued a clear warning to tech industry players employing artificial intelligence: “Hold yourself accountable, or be ready for the…
Artificial intelligence is the capability of a machine or software to imitate intelligent human behavior. It is expected to grow and improve in the near future, which means it could soon be a contender for human content writers. Some argue that AIs…
