A Futurist’s Glimpse into AI, Blockchain and Investment October 16, 2018 I’m Benjamin Boyle, COO of Drive Markets, an institutional cryptocurrency exchange that offers a trading and issuer experience more in line with the capital and forex markets. I also own a controlling stake in Caipiteal, a company that uses data analysis to develop advanced investing strategies. When I was asked to write this piece, I [...]
With Amazon’s ‘sexist’ algorithm under fire, will AI ever be able to be an unbiased decision-maker? October 15, 2018 With Amazon’s ‘sexist’ algorithm under fire, will AI ever be able to be an unbiased decision-maker? Daniel Gilbert, founder and chief executive of Brainlabs, says YES. Some artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to use biased data; there’s a lot of it out there. But both the innovators in this space and regulation in AI ethics [...]
Allianz artificial intelligence fund passes £880m mark October 15, 2018 Allianz Global Investors' artificial intelligence (AI) fund has passed the €1bn (£880m) assets under management mark 18 months after its launch. The Global Artificial Intelligence Fund, which was launched in March last year, invests in companies developing AI systems in a bid to benefit from rapid advancements in disruptive technology such as Big Data analysis, machine learning, self-driving cars [...]
Google and Atos team up to open government-backed London AI lab October 15, 2018 Google's Cloud division and digital transformation firm Atos have today launched their first artificial intelligence (AI) innovation lab, in a move backed by UK ministers. Atos said the London AI lab will bring together experts from across public and private sectors to collaborate on innovation initiatives, with the solutions built there to be made available [...]
FAANGs out: Tech stocks set to continue slide after losing $172bn in a single day October 11, 2018 Yesterday's $172bn (£130bn) tech stocks slide is set to worsen today, as pre-market trading indicates each of the so-called FAANG companies could stand to lose further value. Amazon was the worst hit overnight, losing an additional 2.24 per cent on top of yesterday's 6.15 per cent slide which wiped around $56bn off its market capitalisation. Apple [...]
UK recruitment giant Hays sees share price slip despite strong overseas performance October 11, 2018 Shares in leading recruitment firm Hays slumped more than 10 per cent in early morning trading, as a rise in net fees seemingly did little to ease investor nerves about currency headwinds and volatility in the sector’s UK market. Hays reported a nine per cent like-for-like growth in net fees in the quarter to the end [...]
First impressions from this week’s Google hardware event, which revealed the Pixel 3, Pixel Slate and Google Home Hub October 10, 2018 At this week’s Google event, the search giant opened with a rather sheepish admission, following comprehensive leaks of its latest flagship Pixel phones. “We hope you agree that we’re better at making hardware than keeping secrets.” But while the physical aspects of the new Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL phones were already known about [...]
Kyle Edmund: Can the British No1 make it to the ATP Finals in London next month? October 10, 2018 Kyle Edmund may have lost last weekend in the semi-finals of the China Open, with eventual winner Nikoloz Basilashvili denying him the opportunity to win a maiden ATP title, but an even greater prize still remains well within his reach this year. The British No1, who has risen from 50 to a career-high 14 in [...]
Amazon abandons sexist AI-powered recruiting tool October 10, 2018 Amazon has reportedly had to scrap an artificially intelligent recruitment tool built by its in-house engineering team, after sources told Reuters the results began to be skewed in favour of male candidates. Five members of the team who worked on the tool in 2014 said it began to teach itself that male candidates were preferable over [...]
Tania Bruguera in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall continues a downward trend for the once great exhibition space October 5, 2018 The Turbine Hall is the toughest gig in contemporary art. While it must feel like a dream commission, it often proves to be a poisoned chalice. Filling the largest public exhibition space in the world requires massive art and super-massive ideas. It needs to be engaging, without descending into a crowd-pleasing fairground attraction. And while [...]