We need a humanitarian vision for AI and robotics March 9, 2021 Robotics and artificial intelligence are beginning to transform a broad spectrum of industries, and I believe that in time, given its near-endless applications, omnipresent AI will contribute $150 trillion to the global economy. I also believe that humanitarian efforts all over the world will be greatly advanced by emerging artificial intelligence and robotics technologies as [...]
Bitcoin highlights the opportunity for sustainable data processing March 9, 2021 The price of Bitcoin is not the only thing that is surging. According to an analysis by Cambridge University and reported on by BBC News, the computer processing power that is now required to “mine” the cryptocurrency is 126.35 terawatt-hours each year. Or put another way: if Bitcoin was a country, it would be in [...]
Financial Services Bill: Time to act March 8, 2021 Crypto AM Parliamentary Special, with Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE who calls for action on the Financial Services Bill.
Is technology a new asset class? February 23, 2021 With Covid-19 accelerating digitalisation, the question facing many companies is no longer whether technology is important, but just how important? What percentage of their time should a bank or retailer’s top executives spend thinking about technology? How much investment should a company make in tech? What weighting should institutional and retail investors give the sector? [...]
You Sex-AI thing – why relationships could be next to go digital February 20, 2021 It is fair to suggest that the art of dating and formulating new relationships has undergone a paradigm shift over the past year. The notion of digitised matchmaking is nothing new of course, but that stage of the journey is traditionally followed by face-to-face interactions and experiences to complete the process. However, with COVID-19 expediting [...]
Dr Ben Goertzel: The crusade against the oligopolies February 18, 2021 SingularityNET CEO Dr Ben Goertzel explains how, once AGI is achieved, it must not fall into the hands of individuals with their own agendas.
Labour should become the party of AI and tech under Keir Starmer February 16, 2021 Sir Keir Starmer has had a rough start to 2020. The Labour leader has taken a battering in the past few weeks for a perception that Starmerism has no impetus or direction, leaving some pundits to question whether he has cut through beyond the SW1 bubble. While much of this criticism should be dismissed when [...]
Serco agrees on $295m acquisition of WBB February 16, 2021 International service company Serco has today announced an agreement to acquire Whitney, Bradley & Brown (WBB) for $295m. The purchase, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2021, will strengthen Serco’s position providing programme management services to the Department of Defence. This has been a critical growth area for the company in [...]
Electronic trading surges with traders eyeing the impact of machine learning February 9, 2021 Professional traders are anticipating artificial intelligence and machine learning to be the most influential technology over the next three years. JP Morgan’s flagship survey reveals more than half of professional and institutional traders anticipate machine learning to lead technology. Currently a third of client traders predict mobile trading applications to be the most influential this [...]
‘Robots will take our jobs’: Eigen boss Lewis Liu on the future of the City worker January 26, 2021 It’s very rare a chief executive will say their work will lead to mass job cuts, not least one of an artificial intelligence firm. But Eigen Technologies’ Lewis Liu is not like your everyday boss. He is surprisingly frank in an industry that does an impressive job of spinning mass job cuts. “I’m not going [...]