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Pope: Interreligious Dialogue is necessary in the fight for peace

Pope: Interreligious Dialogue is necessary in the fight for peace

Pope Francis praises the Focolare Movement for fostering interreligious dialogue and for their efforts in unity, mutual respect, and peacebuilding. By Francesca Merlo This article was originally published on Vatican News -BGF   Greeting members of the Focolare...

Alex Pentland hosted Imagination in Action on January 21 at Davos 2020

Alex Pentland hosted Imagination in Action on January 21 at Davos 2020

MIT IDE co-founders, Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, participated in several panel discussions and interviews at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as did  IDE co-lead Sandy Pentland. In a year when the main headlines dominating the week were...

EPIC Petitions FTC for Regulations on AI Use

EPIC Petitions FTC for Regulations on AI Use

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a petition with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today seeking regulations for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. EPIC – a public interest group that focuses on data privacy issues – said it...

AI meets operations

AI meets operations

One of the biggest challenges operations groups will face over the coming year will be learning how to support AI- and ML-based applications. On one hand, ops groups are in a good position to do this; they’re already heavily invested in testing, monitoring, version...

AI healthcare companies set for exponential growth

AI healthcare companies set for exponential growth

Companies specialising in artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare are in “rude health” and are set for exponential growth over the next five years, according to a new report. The report by adviser and broker finnCap outlines the companies that are employing AI to...

How AI Will Change The Way We Work In 2020

How AI Will Change The Way We Work In 2020

If there is one technology that has become the buzzword of this decade, it would be artificial intelligence (AI). In the beginning of 2010s, consumer natural-language processing (NLP) allowed us to talk to our phones and control smart home appliances reliably. At the...