Tag: AI
CES 2020: Bosch Virtual Visor to replace traditional sun visor
Bosch has developed a Virtual Visor comprising transparent LCD screen and intuitive camera, to replace the traditional in-vehicle sun visor completely. The German company is rethinking driver safety and comfort, bringing one of the most overlooked interior components into the spotlight. The sun causes twice as many car accidents as any other weather-related condition due…
Bosch AI will help to keep an eye on car drivers and passengers
Bosch has developed an AI system that detects driver drowsiness and distraction and provides driving assistance. The Bosch AI technology will warn inattentive drivers, recommend a break if they are getting tired, and even reduce the speed of vehicles. Scheduled to go into production in 2022, the system comprises a camera integrated in the steering…
Champion Go player quits because AI ‘cannot be defeated’
A former world champion player of strategy game Go has retired because artificial intelligence “cannot be defeated”. In 2016, Lee Sedol lost a best-of-five series against AI software created by Google firm DeepMind. The South Korean is an 18-time world champion and considered one of the greatest Go players of the modern age – but…
Apple resumes human reviews of Siri audio with iPhone update
Apple is resuming the use of humans to review Siri audio commands and dictation with the latest iPhone software update. In August, the company suspended the practice and apologised for the way it used people, rather than just machines, to review the audio. While common in the tech industry, the practice undermined Apple’s attempts to…
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone invests in AI project
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has spoken about his decision to invest in artificial intelligence as part of a project which aims to create “a new type of media”. Mr Stone was joined by AI Foundation co-founder and chief executive Lars Buttler at the One Young World conference to introduce the concept of “personal media”. The…
UK businesses must get serious about AI to compete globally – Microsoft report
Businesses in the UK need to move beyond tinkering with artificial intelligence (AI) and get on with seriously harnessing the technology at scale to compete on the global stage, a report by Microsoft has said. The tech giant has found that organisations already using AI at scale are performing better than those which are not,…
Meet Laura, the Skoda in-car digital assistant
Czech car company Skoda is premiering a new Digital Assistant which goes by the name of Laura (why is it always women who are used as voice assistants?) Part of the Amundsen infotainment system, it is available for the new Kamiq as well as the compact Scala. Skoda claims the introduction of the new Digital…
Intel to use facial recognition, 3D athlete-tracking at Tokyo Olympics
Facial recognition technology and 3D athlete-tracking will be used during Tokyo 2020 Olympics to enhance the viewing experience , Intel has said. The computer chip-maker, which is a leading partner of the major international multi-sport event, will be able to identify more than 300,000 people at the Games in Japan, including athletes, volunteers, media and…
DeepMind co-founder ‘taking time out’ from company
The co-founder of British artificial intelligence firm DeepMind, now owned by Google’s parent firm Alphabet, has gone on leave from the company. Mustafa Suleyman is head of the company’s “applied” division, which looks for practical ways to implement the firm’s research into AI. In a statement, DeepMind said: “Mustafa’s taking some time out right now…
Young people believe their future jobs don’t yet exist, says BAE Systems survey
Many young people believe the speed of technological advances means they will one day have a job that does not yet exist, according to new research. A survey of young people, coinciding with A-level results day yesterday, found that almost half (47%) of 16 to 24-year-olds believe they will work in a role that does…