FirstBank digital lab to discuss artificial intelligence in banking at second fireside chat
Adesola Afolabi
August 29, 2018
FirstBank has announced that its digital lab will convene for its second fireside chat on Friday 31 August 2018. The bank’s digital lab would play host to the event with the topic “Artificial Intelligence in Banking & Payments”, facilitated by Ope Adeoye, managing partner, 2iLabs. The FirstBank digital lab fireside chat is a public conversation […]
Bluechip urges businesses to leverage AI, deep learning for effective decisions
Justice OkamgbaAugust 28, 2018
The rise of deep learning and artificial intelligence will reshape and transform the patterns at which growing volumes of data are generated to provide real-time data insights for businesses to make better decisions, according to Kazeem Tewogbade, managing director, Bluechip Technologies Limited. Tewogbade, who spoke to business a.m. on the sidelines of Bluechip Technologies 10th […]
Google to rake in $250m from military drone AI research
Businessam StaffJune 2, 2018
Google’s involvement in the Pentagon’s controversial Project Maven kicked up a storm within the company, prompting more than 3,000 employees to sign a letter in opposition and more than a dozen to resign. Despite the protests, internal emails obtained by The Intercept show that the Mountain View company planned to ramp up military drone artificial […]
Elon Musk right about, AI, self-driving cars, Zuckerberg says
Businessam StaffMay 26, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, both CEOs of Facebook (FB) and Tesla (TSLA) respectively, might not see eye-to-eye on everything involving the use of artificial intelligence, but Zuckerberg said they can agree on one thing about self-driving cars: they will absolutely save lives and need to become a reality. During the Viva Technology in Paris, […]
Reasons enterprises, Artificial Intelligence need to connect better
Businessam StaffMay 23, 2018
Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic across the board. Everyone, from developer to data scientists, journalists, and general user-bases of all profiles are talking about it on a global scale. Entrepreneurs have taken notice of the benefits of AI in most areas of everyday life, whether assistants, mobile, entertainment, and even healthcare or insurance. In […]
LinkedIn launches AI academy to educate employees
Businessam StaffMay 19, 2018
Artificial intelligence has become a mainstay in modern electronics so it should come as no shock that LinkedIn, the social network for professionals too is taking notice and launching a new initiative centred around the technology. The new program is not at all meant for the platform’s users. Instead, the aptly dubbed “AI Academy” is […]
Microsoft launches Artificial Intelligence initiative for people with disabilities
Businessam StaffMay 8, 2018
Microsoft has announced the launch of an AI-based accessibility initiative to build better technology for people with disabilities. Satya Nadella, the company’s CEO, kicked off Microsoft’s annual conference for software developers where he mentioned about the new “AI for Accessibility” initiative. The five-year initiative for accessibility will have seed grants for startups, non-profit organizations and […]
JP Morgan appoints top AI expert, says ready for adoption
Businessam StaffMay 4, 2018
Top American multinational investment bank and financial services company, J.P. Morgan Chase, announced Friday that Manuela Veloso will be joining the bank’s corporate and investment bank team as head of its Artificial intelligence (AI) Research. The bank said the move is in line with its aim of exploring new opportunities through machine learning technology so […]
Search giant Google to invest in digital assistant startups
Businessam StaffMay 3, 2018
Google announced an investment programme for early-stage startups to boost its digital assistant ecosystem, which will include mentoring and partnership initiatives. “We’re welcoming companies across a diverse range of fields, including startups that are developing technologies that broaden the Assistant’s set of features, or are building new hardware devices for digital assistants,” the search giant […]
Google cofounder, Sergey Brin warns of AI’s dark side
Businessam StaffApril 29, 2018
Google co-founder Sergey Brin says advances in artificial intelligence bring new questions and responsibilities. Artificial Intelligence is a recurring theme in recent remarks by top executives at Alphabet. The company’s latest Founders’ Letter, penned by Sergey Brin, is no exception but he also finds time to namecheck possible downsides around safety, jobs, and fairness. The company […]