Hundreds of schools. Thousands of students. Millions of kilometres driven. When Boston needed to streamline school bus services, it turned to automation.

Sean Fleming 22 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

OK computer: why the machine age still needs humans

Machine workers and humans should be mutually reinforcing on the factory floor – leading to a more productive future.

Prasad Akella 19 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

5 challenges for government adoption of AI

Widespread adoption of AI has been slower in government than in the private sector. Given the magnitude of the impact that AI could have on public entities, it is important to understand ...

Julian Torres Santeli and Sabine Gerdon 16 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Made by AI: how technology has learnt to knit

MIT researchers have found a new use for Artificial Intelligence: creating machine-knitted garments. What does this mean for the future of knitting?

TechCrunch 13 Aug 2019

Africa

3 lessons from running an AI-powered start-up in Africa

Building an artificial intelligence-led business in Africa comes with a unique set of challenges not experienced by entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley

Jaco Maritz 12 Aug 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

The new assembly lines: Why AI needs low-skilled workers too

It's often said that AI revolution will only benefit the highly skilled workers. But there is a hidden army of labor labelling the data on which it relies

Nicola Croce and Moh Musa 12 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Cameroonian entrepreneurs are using AI to fight crop disease

African farmers lose around 49% of all yearly crop yield to pests and disease. This startup is using artificial intelligence to fight back.

Quartz 12 Aug 2019

Education, Gender and Work

What does an AI ethicist do?

The ethics surrounding artificial intelligence has sparked so much discussion and controversy that jobs have been created specifically to research, study and inform on the matter. But wha...

Thomas Davenport · MIT Sloan School of Management 09 Aug 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

This robot boat delivered a box of oysters in a breakthrough for unmanned shipping

A cargo ship with no crew aboard has sailed from England to Belgium in what is claimed to be a world first for autonomous vessels.

Douglas Broom 08 Aug 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Al funding grew 592% in four years

The amount of money being spent on funding start-ups has reached record highs in 2019, according to new research.

Sarah Feldman · Statista 08 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This is how AI can assess the performance of surgeons

Machine learning algorithms can accurately assess the capabilities of neurosurgeons during virtual surgery before they step into an actual operating room, a new study shows.

Shawn Hayward-McGill 08 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

How a bionic arm is helping one little girl enjoy the things most take for granted

An eight-year-old girl in the US has become the youngest person in the country to receive a bionic arm. And her family say it’s making a big difference.

Douglas Broom 07 Aug 2019

Technological Transformation

By 2030, AI will contribute $15 trillion to the global economy

AI is starting to be employed across many sectors. Nations are also developing strategies on how to embrace the new technologies which are set to contribute roughly the combined GDP of Ch...

Juliet A Gerrard, Kyle Webster, Stuart McNaughton, and Tahu Kukutai · The Conversation 07 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This model can predict if you're at risk of Alzheimer’s

A model developed at MIT predicts the cognitive decline of patients at risk for Alzheimer’s disease by forecasting their cognition test scores up to two years in the future, which could h...

Rob Matheson 07 Aug 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Automation for autonomy: this software gives factory workers more power

Apps developed by MIT spinout Tulip help manufacturers augment employee production rather than automating it away.

Zach Winn · MIT News 05 Aug 2019

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