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Artificial Intelligence
What is hybrid autonomous manufacturing and how can it benefit companies?
This method uses multiple processes, without human intervention and can be used in many areas, such as the creation of materials to treat bone fractures.
Cybersecurity
4 ways AI can help us enter a new age of cybersecurity
The growing importance of artificial intelligence in business is causing new cybersecurity dilemmas – but it can be used to solve those too
Cybercrime
Digital harm is on the rise – here's how we can give victims a pathway to justice
New forms of harm require new forms of redress. We need cohesive, systemic mechanisms that consider the rights and duties of actors in the data ecosystem.
Artificial Intelligence
10 steps to educate your company on AI fairness
As companies increasingly apply artificial intelligence, they must address concerns about trust. Here are 10 practical interventions companies can employ.
Space
From space squid to saliva: what's inside NASA's cargo missions and why
A recent SpaceX cargo mission has brought 7,300lbs of equipment and experiments to the International Space Station. Here's what you need to know.
Artificial Intelligence
Are your children’s toys smarter than you? This week's Radio Davos, with will.i.am
Radio Davos hears from 2 Smart Toy Awards judges on the promise and pitfalls of smart toys, musician will.i.am and child development expert Ron Dahl.
Future of Food
Waste less, sell more - how one startup is using AI to transform food retail
Tech startup Wasteless uses AI software to change the prices of perishable food products before the “best by” date, reducing waste while increasing sales.
Artificial Intelligence
How can we stem the spread of disinformation online?
MIT launched the Reconnaissance of Influence Operations (RIO) program to automatically detect disinformation narratives online - this is how it works.
Tech for Good
This start-up is using blockchain to help smallholder farmers prosper
Many workers in emerging economies are unbanked because they can’t prove their existence in the supply chain. A US-based start-up wants to change this.
Artificial Intelligence
How 7 'smart toys' are protecting kids' data and safety
The seven finalists for the Smart Toy Awards are: ROYBI, Intelino, Leka, Twin Science, CoderMindz, PlayShifu and LEGO. The winner will be chosen 22 May.
Artificial Intelligence
The iTeam: How researchers created a group of robots that work together
The method of Distributed Local Search improves the robot team’s performance by adding or removing individual robot’s trajectories from the group’s overall plan.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
Researchers control Venus flytraps using electric signals
This non-invasive technology detects electric signals from the surfaces of plants without damaging them and was controlled by scientists using a smartphone.
Future of Health and Healthcare
AI and nanotechnology could make cancer cell therapy affordable for all
CAR-T therapy can cure cancer patients but it's costly. Advances in nanotechnology could help scientists re-engineer the immune system more affordably.
UpLink
To succeed - 'get comfortable with failure'. Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on this week's Radio Davos
The co-founder of Wikipedia had a Q&A with entrepreneurs from the World Economic Forum’s UpLink programme. His key word of advice: don’t be scared to try.
Artificial Intelligence
10 surprising things that rely on artificial intelligence
It is all around us, powering our digital world and helping us manage our day-to-day lives. From social media to medicine, here are 10 things you may not realize rely on AI.