Computation as a National Resource: An effort to estimate computing capacity for 37 nations.
State of AI

Computation as a National Resource: An effort to estimate computing capacity for 37 nations.

How much processing power do various nations have on hand to drive their AI strategy? An international trade group aims to find out. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is launching an effort to measure the computing capacity available in countries around the world.

February 17, 20211 min read
Computation as a National Resource: An effort to estimate computing capacity for 37 nations.
State of AI

Computation as a National Resource: An effort to estimate computing capacity for 37 nations.

How much processing power do various nations have on hand to drive their AI strategy? An international trade group aims to find out. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is launching an effort to measure the computing capacity available in countries around the world.

February 17, 20211 min read
Fairness East and West: Looking at issues of AI bias and fairness in India.
State of AI

Fairness East and West: Looking at issues of AI bias and fairness in India.

Western governments and institutions struggling to formulate principles of algorithmic fairness tend to focus on issues like race and gender. A new study of AI in India found a different set of key issues.

February 10, 20212 min read
Fairness East and West: Looking at issues of AI bias and fairness in India.
State of AI

Fairness East and West: Looking at issues of AI bias and fairness in India.

Western governments and institutions struggling to formulate principles of algorithmic fairness tend to focus on issues like race and gender. A new study of AI in India found a different set of key issues.

February 10, 20212 min read
Enterprise AI on the Rise: A 2021 survey of how business leaders are using AI.
State of AI

Enterprise AI on the Rise: A 2021 survey of how business leaders are using AI.

A survey of AI in large companies sees boom times ahead — if AI teams can get past issues that surround implementation. Businesses of all sizes are using more machine learning, spending more on it, and hiring more engineers to wrangle it.

January 6, 20212 min read
U.S. New Year’s Resolutions for AI: All the AI programs authorized in the 2021 NDAA.
State of AI

U.S. New Year’s Resolutions for AI: All the AI programs authorized in the 2021 NDAA.

U.S. lawmakers authorized a slew of national programs that promote artificial intelligence research, development, and deployment, and support efforts to make sure the results are ethical and trustworthy.

January 6, 20212 min read
U.S. New Year’s Resolutions for AI: All the AI programs authorized in the 2021 NDAA.
State of AI

U.S. New Year’s Resolutions for AI: All the AI programs authorized in the 2021 NDAA.

U.S. lawmakers authorized a slew of national programs that promote artificial intelligence research, development, and deployment, and support efforts to make sure the results are ethical and trustworthy.

January 6, 20212 min read
Enterprise AI on the Rise: A 2021 survey of how business leaders are using AI.
State of AI

Enterprise AI on the Rise: A 2021 survey of how business leaders are using AI.

A survey of AI in large companies sees boom times ahead — if AI teams can get past issues that surround implementation. Businesses of all sizes are using more machine learning, spending more on it, and hiring more engineers to wrangle it.

January 6, 20212 min read
Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development
State of AI

Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development

A new consortium of companies, schools, and research labs is building open tools for next-generation machine learning. MLCommons aims to foster innovation in machine learning by developing new benchmarks, datasets, and best practices.

December 9, 20201 min read
Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development
State of AI

Prosperity of the Commons: Tools from MLCommons for improved model development

A new consortium of companies, schools, and research labs is building open tools for next-generation machine learning. MLCommons aims to foster innovation in machine learning by developing new benchmarks, datasets, and best practices.

December 9, 20201 min read
Charting the AI Patent Explosion: AI patents doubled between 2012 and 2019.
State of AI

Charting the AI Patent Explosion: AI patents doubled between 2012 and 2019.

A new study used AI to track the explosive growth of AI innovation. Researchers from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office deployed natural language processing to track AI’s increasing presence in four decades of patent data.

November 18, 20201 min read
Charting the AI Patent Explosion: AI patents doubled between 2012 and 2019.
State of AI

Charting the AI Patent Explosion: AI patents doubled between 2012 and 2019.

A new study used AI to track the explosive growth of AI innovation. Researchers from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office deployed natural language processing to track AI’s increasing presence in four decades of patent data.

November 18, 20201 min read
AI Spreads Disinformation: Understanding the fear of AI-powered disinformation
State of AI

AI Spreads Disinformation: Understanding the fear of AI-powered disinformation

Will AI promote lies that deepen social divisions? Propagandists will bait online recommendation algorithms with sensationalized falsehoods. People who snap at the clickbait will be reeled into opposing ideological silos.

October 28, 20202 min read
AI Spreads Disinformation: Understanding the fear of AI-powered disinformation
State of AI

AI Spreads Disinformation: Understanding the fear of AI-powered disinformation

Will AI promote lies that deepen social divisions? Propagandists will bait online recommendation algorithms with sensationalized falsehoods. People who snap at the clickbait will be reeled into opposing ideological silos.

October 28, 20202 min read
AI in Regions Rich and Poor: How companies in Africa and the Middle East use AI
State of AI

AI in Regions Rich and Poor: How companies in Africa and the Middle East use AI

Companies in Africa and the Middle East are building AI capacity in very different ways, a new study found. AI is growing fast in both regions despite shortages of talent and data.

July 22, 20201 min read

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