Artificial Intelligence Systems Will Need to Have Certification, CISA Official Says

A process for vetting algorithms and their input data is needed to build confidence in the tech but is still very far off.

Vendors of artificial intelligence technology should not be shielded by intellectual property claims and will have to disclose elements of their designs and be able to explain how their offering works in order to establish accountability, according to a leading official from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

“I don’t know how you can have a black-box algorithm that’s proprietary and then be able to deploy it and be able to go off and explain what’s going on,” said Martin Stanley, a senior technical advisor who leads the development of CISA’s artificial intelligence strategy. Read More

#adversarial, #cyber

AI is a Gamechanger for the Gaming Industry

Alyssa Schroer wrote a great article for Built In titled 7 AI GAME COMPANIES INTRODUCING US TO THE FUTURE OF ENTERTAINMENT. Schroer points out that AI is changing the industry in countless ways.

However, one benefit that is overlooked is the security benefits of AI. Gaming companies are at high risk of cyberattacks, so they are using AI and other big data tools to fight off hackers. Read More

#cyber

Researchers Expose Flaw in Bitcoin Wallets That Could Be Exploited for Double-Spending

Blockchain sleuths at ZenGo, a wallet startup, have found a vulnerability that affected at least three major competing crypto wallets – Ledger Live, Edge and Breadwallet (BRD) – and potentially more.

The bug, which the Tel Aviv-based firm calls BigSpender, allows a hacker to double-spend a user’s funds and possibly prevent them from ever using their wallet again. It works by exploiting how certain wallet’s handle Bitcoin’s replace-by-fee (RBF) function, a failsafe that enables users to swap an unconfirmed transaction with one that has a higher fee.  Read More

#blockchain, #cyber

In cloud clash with Alibaba, underdog Tencent adopts more aggressive tactics

For Chinese cloud services companies, the coronavirus outbreak has become a rainmaker, bringing in new business far and wide as firms shift work online and authorities develop apps and systems to help contain outbreaks and manage social restrictions.

For Tencent Holdings Ltd in particular, it has also become the perfect time to flex new muscles as it seeks to catch up with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, its arch-rival and the dominant player in the country’s cloud market by far. Read More

#big7, #china-ai

China & AI: What the World Can Learn And What It Should Be Wary of

The world needs to engage seriously with China’s AI development and take a closer look at what’s really going on.

China announced in 2017 its ambition to become the world leader in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030. While the US still leads in absolute terms, China appears to be making more rapid progress than either the US or the EU, and central and local government spending on AI in China is estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars. Read More

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AI RT Artist uses AI to create realistic-looking portraits of famous figures including Napoleon and Van Gogh

AN ARTIST has used artificial intelligence to create human-like portraits from statues and paintings of famous faces.

If you’ve ever wondered whatthe Statue of Liberty or Michelangelo’s David statue would look like as real people then take a look. Read More

#image-recognition

6 Step Guide for CIOs to Implement AI for Business Transformation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) environment has risen from data scientists to reach the boardroom as a pre-curser to digital transformation. Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, a disruptive technology adds to the premise writing AI “enables new markets to emerge” to disrupts an existing market status-quo.

The adoption path of AI needs a well thought out strategy to evolve in response to the dynamically changing technology parlance. These changes are well equated to the waves in an ocean, where either CIOs need to learn how to ride the wave or be overpowered by its force. Read More

#strategy

Top 10 Courses to Learn AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning

Supervised, semi-supervised or unsupervised deep learning is part of a broader family of machine learning methods, that teach you the basics of neural networks. Learn from the Top 10 Deep Learning Courses curated exclusively by Analytics Insight and build your deep learning models with Python and NumPy. Read More

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The main beneficiaries of artificial intelligence success are IT departments themselves

Artificial intelligence, seen as the cure-all for a plethora of enterprise shortfalls, from chatbots to better understanding customers to automating the flow of supply chains. However, it is delivering the most impressive results to information technology departments themselves, enhancing the performance of systems and making help desks more helpful. At the same time, there’s a recognition that AI efforts — and involvement — need to expand beyond the walls of IT across all parts of the enterprise. Read More

#aiops, #cyber

#mlops

AI 50: America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies

Artificial intelligence is beginning to be usefully deployed in almost every industry from customer call centers and finance to drug research. Yet the field is also plagued by relentless hype, opaque jargon and esoteric technology making it difficult for outsiders identify the most interesting companies.

To cut through the spin, Forbes partnered with venture firms Sequoia Capital and Meritech Capital to create our second annual AI 50, a list of private, U.S.-based companies that are using artificial intelligence in meaningful business-oriented ways. Read More

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