Artificial intelligence

IIT researchers develop AI-based mobile app for Covid patients
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In addition to the quarantine management, this application can also serve as an unbreachable mobile phone platform for normal (non-Covid) mobile users, situations like under curfew, or any national emergency, for identifying the violators or lawbreakers.
Data companies to become more intrusive in 2021: Report
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As users find themselves in a fix over how to safeguard their personal data from being mined by tech giants, a Kaspersky report said that finally, public awareness of the perils of unfettered data collection is growing, and the free market is taking notice. Apple has publicly clashed with Facebook claiming it has to protect its users' privacy, while the latter is wrestling with regulators to implement end-to-end encryption in its messaging apps.
84% Indian consumers feel AI drives better customer experience
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Indian consumers generally trust new technologies like AI if they see the potential to improve their productivity and make things simpler. But at the same time, respondents still worry about the ethics behind AI and the potential for it to act with bias, the company said in a statement.
AI likely to replace humans in cybersecurity space by 2030
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Cloud security firm 'Trend Micro' in a new report said more than two-fifth (41 per cent) of IT leaders believe that AI would replace their role by 2030.
Amazon opens Alexa AI for firms to build their own assistants
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‘Alexa Custom Assistant' is a comprehensive new solution that lets device makers and service providers create intelligent assistants tailored to their brand personality and customer needs. A unique feature of the Alexa Custom Assistant is that it allows the brand's assistant and Alexa to cooperate to fulfill the customer's request.
How to improve computer's learning ability
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Even three- to four-month-old babies can easily learn to recognize zebras and distinguish them from cats, horses, and giraffes. But computers typically need to "see" many examples of the same object to know what it is, the researcher explained.
Researchers develop AI helmet to prevent seizure disorders
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The detection system from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO)'s Data61 has been developed and trained using traumatic brain injury data to monitor brain activity for seizures. According to zdnet.com, the research team said using wireless communication, the helmet can transfer any collected data to a healthcare practitioner.
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