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Illustrative 3D Illustration of Futuristic Robotic Walking Drones in Desert (richard eppedio; iStock by Getty Images)
Military sees surge in AI use, but not yet for critical missions
By Shoshanna Solomon
Artificial intelligence technology is still in its infancy, biased and unreliable; though its growth is explosive, it’s not ready for life and death decisions, experts warn
Illustrative 3D Illustration of Futuristic Robotic Walking Drones in Desert (richard eppedio; iStock by Getty Images)
October 29, 2018, 3:42 pm
Military sees surge in AI use, but not yet for critical missions
Artificial intelligence technology is still in its infancy, biased and unreliable; though its growth is explosive, it’s not ready for life and death decisions, experts warn
By Shoshanna Solomon
Rahul Dutta
October 28, 2018, 3:57 pm
Rahul Dutta
A bit of Israeli chutzpah — a way forward for AI applications in healthcare
It is becoming impossible to imagine the future of the healthcare sector without AI, and the sector armed with AI is sitting on a data goldmine
Jorge Cuadros, left, gives a demonstration of a robotic retinal camera to a reporter at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, California, on May 8, 2018 (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
September 24, 2018, 5:20 pm
At 20, Google looks to the future with AI, driverless cars and more
Tech giant has become ubiquitous in modern life with its search features, thought its dominance has also brought concerns by regulators
By Glenn Chapman
Zebra's Medical Vision's scan analysis technology in action (Courtesy)
July 11, 2018, 4:00 pm
Israel’s Zebra gets FDA nod for product that detects coronary calcium
Approval will allow the startup to market its AI-based algorithm in the US, to help physicians diagnose heart disease
By Shoshanna Solomon
Dan Zafrir, left, and Noa Ovadia, right, prepare for their debate against the IBM Project Debater on June 18, 2018, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
June 19, 2018, 9:28 am
Israeli-led IBM project pits computer against human debaters
Company say Project Debater, built out of Haifa lab, able to use AI to conduct complex human practices like rhetoric and analysis
By AP
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses while testifying before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
April 11, 2018, 4:47 am
Zuckerberg: Facebook will predict hate speech content within the next decade
Founder says his social media platform is already using AI to knock down terrorist recruitment as soon as it is posted
By JTA
Illustrative: Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'The Terminator' (Publicity)
April 9, 2018, 6:29 pm
UN reopens talks on defining ‘killer robots’
Israel, along with the US, China and Russia, has not committed to any form of binding mechanism restricting their use
By AFP
The Verbit team (Courtesy)
March 29, 2018, 12:23 pm
Israeli transcribing startup raises first $11 million in seed funding
One-year-old Verbit combines software with human transcribers to improve quality, speed and price of service
By Shoshanna Solomon
Vinay Lohar
March 11, 2018, 5:54 pm
Vinay Lohar
Artificial intelligence: Pandora descanting the failures
Artificial Intelligence is not that accessible, thus the AI-based solutions we use are far inferior to what we expect in the next two to three decades
Pathologists examine the tissues and cells taken from the body during biopsy by looking at the fragments of tissue on a slide through a microscope (Motortion; iStock by Getty Images)
March 6, 2018, 2:44 pm
Israeli startup aims at disease diagnosis, helping pathologists process biopsies
Physicians searching body tissue for cancer is like analysts’ looking at satellite images for missiles, requiring similar technology, CEO of Nucleai says
By Shoshanna Solomon
Screenshot of the cover page of the LawGeex study (Courtesy)
February 26, 2018, 4:19 pm
Israeli AI software whips expert lawyers in contract analysis
Technology developed by LawGeex had a 94% accuracy rate vs 85% for experienced lawyers, multinational study shows
By Urvashi Verma
A foldout illustration from page 88v of the Beinecke MS 408, aka the Voynich Manuscript. (Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
February 1, 2018, 7:32 am
Scientists claim to crack an elusive centuries-old code — and it’s Hebrew
Not so fast, say language, medieval and computer science scholars, who break down the so-called decryption breakthrough
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Deadly car crash on Road 60 leaves on man dead and five injured on December 29, 2016 (Magen David Adom)
From the WebJanuary 31, 2018, 4:15 pm
New AI software predicts where the next car accident is most likely to happen
Calcalist: Israel’s police will soon be using a new AI-based crash-prediction software to battle the country’s growing road accident problem
Illustrative image of a robot hand typing on a keyboard (iLexx, iStock by Getty Images)
From the WebJanuary 23, 2018, 3:36 pm
Element.AI opens London outpost with focus on ‘AI for good’
TechCrunch: The Canadian startup is opening its first international outpost, positioning AI as a technology that can be used to help people
Founders of Akeneo and members of the Sigmento team together at company’s headquarters in France. (Courtesy of Akeneo)
January 18, 2018, 1:01 pm
French e-commerce company buys Israeli AI startup Sigmento
France’s Akeneo does not disclose deal amount; Sigmento uses machine learning to help online vendors better describe their products
By Urvashi Verma
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