With the acquisition of the new NVIDIA DGX-2™, the University of Antwerp has become the first institution in the Benelux to own a supercomputer of the latest generation. The two-petaflops device significantly outperforms existing supercomputers in terms of computing power, its potential applications including everything from AI and deep learning to faster malaria research and diagnosis.
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A new study by the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) suggests that the phenomenon of pump-and-dump within the crypto community is widespread, thus raising a number of important concerns for industry regulators.
What is pump-and-dump?
Pump-and-dump schemes are based on the artificial increase of an asset price, typically by a group of traders looking to make a quick profit. By coordinating...
A new study shows that bees can solve complex counting tasks using a very limited number of nerve cells – a discovery which could help AI and robot scientists create autonomous robots with relatively inexpensive computation algorithms.
Counting With Four Nerve Cells
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London created a computer simulation based on the bee brain. With only four...
Miami-based digital startup MyCrowdArt is working on the development of the first art investment and ownership mobile app, scheduled for release by mid 2019. The app will offer the larger public easy access to attractive art works with a significant annual growth potential.
Buying art has, until now, been associated with a relatively high degree of experience both in investment...
SDL’s 2018 year-in-review report reveals that the company’s five predictions on potential online content development and optimization trends have become a reality, with important implications in content marketing, business-to-consumer communication, and various other areas.
SDL’s concept of “machine-first, human-optimized” content solutions translates into artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-based content development applications, offering better opportunities for companies to provide...
The Montreal Artificial Intelligence Ethics Institute (MAIEI) announced a worldwide call for applications for its inaugural 2019-2020 MAIEI Fellowship. The multi-disciplinary program is an opportunity for researchers, software engineers, scholars, artists and other professionals in the fields of AI to promote their work on ethical and social aspects of artificial intelligence.
Potential topics of interested include social inclusion in AI,...
Chris Munch from PressCable announced the upcoming launch of VidBullet, a new online marketing video maker tool that is completely automated and allows users to create professionally-looking videos within just a couple of minutes.
According to hte official launch page, the new software features a number of high-quality templates that each user can customize to their preferences to make a...
The Japanese Fijitsu Limited, the leading information and communication technology company, announced the launch of an innovative AI-equipped daycare admissions screening technology. The device is aimed at helping municipal employees perform child daycare screening tasks.
The Japanese company releases a powerful solution for daycare centers that features "Fujitsu Human Centric AI Zinrai," which is how Fujitsu has termed its AI...
ABB, a pioneering technology leader in power grids, electrification products, industrial automation and robotics and motion, has recently received an award of $79 million by China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC). The money has been granted for an integrated automation, electrification and telecommunication order in Q2 2018 for the upgrade of the Bab Onshore Field in Abu Dhabi.
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During the Empirical Methods in Natural Language Prorcessing Conference, MIT researched introduced an innovative idea of a parser that mimic a child's language-acquisition process. According the presenters, a parser is capable of learning and developing its own capabilities through observation.
Such parsers are becoming increasingly important for web searches, natural-language database querying, and voice-recognition systems such as Alexa and Siri....
