The UK Government announced this month its intentions to host “the first major global summit on AI safety” in September.
SWTD has spoken to prominent AI experts in the South West to share their views.
“Breakthroughs from AI continue to improve our lives”, the Government announcement states, “from enabling paralysed people to walk to discovering superbug-killing antibiotics....
Diverse AI, a membership organisation dedicated to supporting and growing diversity in the field of Artificial Intelligence, is organising its launch event in London on 21 June at Curve Club, Westland Place, in the heart of London.
The event promises an interactive evening where attendees will hear from the organisation’s founder, Toju Duke, on Diverse AI’s vision for an inclusive AI...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been revealed as the most significant tech trend in 2023, according to a survey of over 100 business leaders in the South West.
The Tech From The Edge Report , published by Tech South West, reveals current trends, challenges and opportunities in the region’s tech sector.
According to the report, 68% of business leaders believe AI to be the...
‘I desire the Poles carnally,’ US President Jimmy Carter was interpreted to have said in a speech while visiting Poland in 1977.
And more recently Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s speech on TV was lost in translation with subtitles about ‘Nazi innings’ and various gibberish.
The first mistranslation was down to human error; the second due to speech recognition...
A duo from the University of Exeter Business School have launched what they describe as the next generation of bias detection software for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) systems.
Business School graduate Fin McCormick and 2nd year Business student Lizbeth Chandler conceived the idea for The Good Robot Company after Fin identified the problem of bias in AI...
AI has become the most talked about, most sensationalised technology in the world today, but it’s meaning and how it can be used is often misunderstood. Many people are unsure of how AI affects their own lives and industries.
For their first ‘Tech Connect’ event of 2022, not-for-profit membership organisation Software Cornwall has collaborated with members and partners to confront...
This week marks Good Divorce Week, which highlights ways in which separating and divorcing couples can reach agreements without unnecessary acrimony.
Couples looking to separate may be able to use artificial intelligence to help sort out their divorce – from dividing assets to parenting arrangements.
Technology has played a key role in resolving disputes in recent years –...
SWTD reporter Jack Wride spoke with Neill Campbell, Director of CAMERA, a motion capture research facility established at the University of Bath, about the far-reaching effects of advanced motion capture technology.
First off, what exactly is CAMERA?
The Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications (CAMERA), a research centre based at the...
Human performance specialists Virti have launched a new suite of tools designed to help businesses meaningfully engage with and learn from their employees.
The Feedback suite , accessible on the web or from within Virti’s immersive training platform, contains all the tools that employers need to build and share bespoke digital feedback forms and surveys. The platform uses sentiment...
Project Bluebird is a partnership between NATS and The Alan Turing Institute , supported through an investment from EPSRC . The research vision is to deliver the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) system to control a section of airspace in live trials, working with air traffic controllers to help manage the complexities of their role. This system will use digital twinning and machine...
