Artificial Intelligence is one of the most critical technologies of this century.

The development and application of AI technology change daily. To be ahead of the curve, I spend a lot of time analysing, filtering and distilling the latest insights for all my clients.

Here are just a few interesting AI, ML, Big data, analytics, business, and technology news articles that caught my eye this month. Please feel free to share with others.

AI in business – January 2022

UK stats on AI adoption

The UK government has just released the latest stats on AI adoption and stats on AI adoption, as well as projected growth.

Thoughts and insights – It looks like 15% of UK businesses are using AI, which is projected to grow fast. This is a relatively low and massive opportunity for companies to create a lead in their industry.

A small business using AI

A quarter of small businesses in the US are using AI for all aspects of their business. More

Thoughts and insights – AI is not the reserve of large multinationals. There are plenty of applications where AI can have huge benefits. Please feel free to talk to me, and we can explore this further.

Manufacturing resilience with AI/ML

I had a great discussion with Paul Calver regarding harnessing the power of AI/ML in manufacturing.

AI News – January 2022

New Centre for Artificial Intelligence

New AI institute opens in Austria. It will look at all aspects of AI research, helping push the technology further. More – Press release here. Or institute here

Thoughts and insights – Having new frontiers in AI is a must. We should keep developing ideas and technologies for the future. Any new institute is a must today.

193 countries sign up to UNESCO global agreement on AI Ethics

One hundred ninety-three countries have signed up for the UNESCO AI. Apparently, “AI is also supporting the decision-making of governments and the private sector, as well as helping combat global problems such as climate change and world hunger.” Having this policy will help reduce ethical AI issues. More here

Thoughts and insights – AI ethics is an important issue. Having a unified strategy for AI ethics is a good idea. Although it may be seen as a restriction, the unified ethics will give confidence to the industry.

United AI strategy for Arab states.

Initiatives are being implemented to create a unified AI strategy for Arab states. More here

AI Science and Research News – January 2022

AI used to predict tsunamis
The University of Cardiff uses AI and acoustic technology to help predict future tsunamis. More from official paper or as reported in phys.org

Thoughts and insights – Great use of the power of AI technology. They use classification and regression to process and predict vast amounts of data efficiently, quickly and accurately.

AI technology – January 2022

New AI-Language model

DeepMind has announced Gopher, a 280-billion parameter AI natural language processing (NLP) model. The model is trained on a 10.5TB corpus called MassiveText. The model showed benefits in knowledge-intensive tasks and reduced ‘toxic language’.

Thoughts and insights – The more we use different AI models, the more we find limitations. New models like these will appear for specific applications. One of Gopher’s encouraging things is ethical awareness, which gives confidence in its application.

AI is used to check other AI.

Chelsea Flinn of Stanford University has designed an algorithm to check her student’s algorithms. This way, she can fit many more students’ works with greater accuracy.

Thoughts and insights – AI will be increasingly used in tuition and grading. The benefits can grade faster. You can spot many more aspects of coding with detailed algorithms and continually grade if needed.

Microsoft using AI for bug-checking software
Unique algorithms are being used to spot errors in software code. More

Thoughts and insights – AI is going to be central to software development. The technology can speed up and reduce development costs.

Data labelling is critical.
Good algorithm models need quality labelled data—great article on the importance of data labelling.

Thoughts and insights – Good data labelling is worth its weight in gold. Having suitable labels can reduce errors and speed up results.

AI painting detection
AI is being used to decipher contested paintings by analysing brush strokes. The AI, once trained, is 96% accurate.

Thoughts and insights – This is impressive technology. With ANNs, they have a fantastic ability to spot detail and compare quickly and easily. The speed and accuracy of this technology can help any business where these skills are needed.

AI used to craft jokes – Time magazine.
Oregon State University is developing AI technology that can help write linguistic humour. More profound article on developing AI jokes here.

Thoughts and insights – It is exceedingly complex for machines to develop humour. Using AI, algorithms could take cues from various datasets, sound and video, and the popularity of certain jokes. Developing this technology could have numerous applications in deeper interactions with automated bots and systems.

AI IoT and what is it? – Marktechpost
The Internet of things (IoT) is where devices connect, creating an intelligence network. The new AI versions allow devices to collect data, allowing AI to process and give more significant insights. More on this

Thoughts and insights – With the massive growth of AI, 5G and AI edge technology, devices will become more intelligent. Where data is a problem, these devices will help collect and process data at huge rates creating enormous AI opportunities for most industries. I foresee a time when all devices will become intelligent and interconnected.

Breakthrough AI-based image signal processing
Ambarella has just released a new video processor that uses AI to improve the live video. This enables cameras to have better definition or quality under various conditions, i.e. low light up to 4K resolution.

Photography made simple
NVIDIA has updated their AI Canvas software, allowing you to create photographs with simple drawings. Now with higher resolution images.

Thoughts and insights – This will be very useful in creative industries, from visualisation to creating artwork.

About AI – January 2022

Discussion about AI with Prof Stuart Russell
Interesting discussion with leading AI expert Professor Russell. He discusses the promise and perils of AI with WEF at DAVOS.