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03Apr/23

AI will soon become impossible for humans to comprehend – the story of neural networks tells us why

April 3, 2023InnovationAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Artificial neural networks, Beatrice Fazi, bell laboratories, Bing, Carver Mead, Cognitive science, Computational neuroscience, Creative Commons, Cybernetics, David Beer, David Rumelhart, Deep learning, Edward Rosenfeld, Emerging technologies, Harry Collins, IBM, Jack D. Cowan, James Anderson, Jay McClelland, Katherine Hayles, Larry Hardesty, Leon N. Cooper, London, Machine learning, Mead, Microsoft, Neural network, Richard Waters, SHUTTERSTOCK, Stephen Grossberg, Taina Bucher, Teuvo Kohonen, Walter J. Freeman, Walter Pitts, Warren McCulloch, Wilfred Taylor, Yann LeCunadmin

David Beer, University of York

In 1956, during a year-long trip to London and in his early 20s, the mathematician and theoretical biologist Jack D. Cowan visited Wilfred Taylor and his strange new “learning machine”. On his arrival he was baffled by the “huge bank of apparatus” that confronted him. Cowan could only stand by and watch “the machine doing its thing”. The thing it appeared to be doing was performing an “associative memory scheme” – it seemed to be able to learn how to find connections and retrieve data.

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02Apr/23

2023 HBS New Venture Competition: Bringing Out the Best in HBS Students and Alumni, with Ideas and Ventures to Change the World

April 2, 2023InnovationHarvard Business School, HBS, Manitoba Provincial Road 272, Meir Joe, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railwayadmin

Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Klarman Hall was packed to capacity yesterday evening, with spectators there to support the 12 student finalist teams competing in the finale of the 26th annual HBS New Venture Competition (NVC). At stake was $225,000 in cash plus in-kind prizes to fund the startups. The top prize in the Student Business Track and Student Social Enterprise Track was $75,000 each, with runner-up prizes of $25,000; two audience prizes of $5,000; and $15,000 in Tough Technology prizes. Continue reading

01Apr/23

This Week in Travel News: 11 Stories You Need to See

April 1, 2023TravelArticles, Humans, News, News media, PR Newswire, Press release, Sourceadmin

With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the travel industry stay on top of the week’s most newsworthy and popular releases, here’s a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn’t be missed. Continue reading

01Apr/23

You herd it here first: Yeo Valley Organic creates the UK’s first of many cow crossings

April 1, 2023TransportCattle, Equus, Mammals, Pedestrian crossings, United Kingdom, Zebra, Zebra crossingadmin

A makeover is underway on Britain’s roads with the introduction of the UK’s first ‘cow crossing,’ championing native animals over the traditional zebra crossing we’ve used for the past 70 years. Continue reading

31Mar/23

Xiaomi Presents its Customer Success Solutions with Xapads at the Game Developers Conference

March 31, 2023GamesArticles, Digital marketing, Internet, Marketing, Microeconomics, San Francisco, Smartphone, Smartphones, Xiaomi's Internationaladmin

Xiaomi’s International Internet Business Department (IIB), the global strategic internet business arm of the Chinese smartphone company, presented its customer success solutions for game developers in collaboration with Xapads, a leading digital marketing platform at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco last week. Both parties revealed their competitive advantages in boosting user growth, offering a brand new and one-stop solution package for game developers. Continue reading

31Mar/23

How data intelligence is tackling the climate crisis delivering better outcomes for the planet and the bottom line

March 31, 2023InnovationArticles, Carbon neutrality, Geotab, Geotab Inc., Greenhouse gas emissions, Natural environment, Nature, Renewable energy, Sustainability, Sustainable developmentadmin

Geotab Inc. (“Geotab”) — a global leader in connected transportation solutions — today released its 2022 Sustainability and Impact Report, titled “Unlocking the power of data for a sustainable future,” which outlines the company’s environmental, social and ethical impact, and highlights how data intelligence is a key driver of success in the carbon reduction journey. The report also includes examples of how organisations in the transportation sector are starting and managing carbon reduction initiatives using data intelligence to inform their decision-making and transition. Continue reading

30Mar/23

MAYA JAMA IS REVEALED AS RIMMEL LONDON’S NEW GLOBAL BRAND AMBASSADOR

March 30, 2023CelebrityCoty, Inc., London, Maya Jama, Rimmeladmin

The suspense is over! In the BIGGEST news in beauty, Maya Jama is today named as the NEW GLOBAL BRAND AMBASSADOR for Rimmel London. The truly iconic partnership sees Maya taking on the hugely coveted role as the face of Rimmel across the world. The alliance will continue to propel the entrepreneur, TV and radio broadcaster on her way to stardom and cement Rimmel as the ultimate go-to brand for bold style setters. Continue reading

30Mar/23

Industry players call for a ‘non-stop’ approach to Africa’s banking digitisation

March 30, 2023FinanceCape Town, Economy, Financial technology, Huawei, South Africa, Telecommunicationsadmin

If banks want to remain competitive in the face of neo-bank and fintech upstarts, they’ll have to fundamentally change the way they do business to be digital first. And if they’re going to achieve that goal, then working with technology partners to ensure that they have the right infrastructure in place will be crucial. That was the overriding message from the speakers at a media roundtable event hosted during the Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit for Africa 2023, recently held in Cape Town, South Africa. Continue reading

30Mar/23

KFC Spain proves with its new campaign that is possible to move people by selling fried chicken

March 30, 2023Food and DrinkBhutan Centre for Media and Democracy, KFC, Manitoba Provincial Road 272admin

Enjoyment is imperfect. This statement is the main premise of “Enjoy, it’s beautiful”, the new creativity project for KFC by PS21 creativity agency. The piece goes, in slow motion, through seven different character face-expressions while eating fried chicken, showing-off genuineness in their faces and thus, celebrating something as basic as taste. Continue reading

28Mar/23

ChatGPT struggles with Wordle puzzles, which says a lot about how it works

March 28, 2023InternetAcademic disciplines, Articles, Artificial intelligence, Chatbot, Creative Commons, Fields of mathematics, Formal language, Instant messaging, Michael G. Madden, Natural language parsing, Palindrome, SHUTTERSTOCK, the New York Timesadmin

Michael G. Madden, University of Galway

The AI chatbot known as ChatGPT, developed by the company OpenAI, has caught the public’s attention and imagination. Some applications of the technology are truly impressive, such as its ability to summarise complex topics or to engage in long conversations.

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