Asia’s economies are poised to benefit greatly from the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), according to MIT Technology Review · C-level executives across Asia believe that AI and robotics will significantly increase the value and efficiency of Asian business, as well…
IBM Study: Security Industry PoV on Cognitive/AI
IBM just released a study on the use of cognitive & AI technology in security, based on a survey of 700 security professionals from around the world including Singapore. The results indicate that cognitive security technologies may see a 3x increase in…
NEC launches AI software that searches video for specific individuals
NEC launches AI software that searches video for specific individuals Tokyo, Japan – October 31, 2016 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced the global launch of NeoFace Image data mining (NeoFace Idm), specialized software that utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to quickly…
World’s largest online-only grocery retailer harnesses the power of AI and the Google Cloud Platform to categorize and prioritize customer emails
World’s largest online-only grocery retailer harnesses the power of AI and the Google Cloud Platform to categorize and prioritize customer emails Today, Ocado is very excited to announce the deployment of its machine learning (ML)-enhanced contact center which employs an advanced…
Fujitsu Begins Sales of City Monitoring and Parking Management Solutions that Employ AI Technology
Fujitsu Begins Sales of City Monitoring and Parking Management Solutions that Employ AI Technology Grasps increasingly complex, real-time urban conditions with AI, supercomputer technology TOKYO, Oct 3, 2016 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu today announced development of solutions that make use of…
NEC Develops AI-based Customer Profile Estimation Technology
NEC Develops AI-based Customer Profile Estimation Technology Tokyo, September 2, 2016 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced the development of a Customer Profile Estimation Technology that automatically estimates detailed customer profiles on individual customers, including their interests and preferences to a high…
Kyushu University, Itoshima City, and Fujitsu Begin Field Trial Using Automatically Evolving AI to Facilitate Relocation
Kyushu University, Itoshima City, and Fujitsu Begin Field Trial Using Automatically Evolving AI to Facilitate Relocation Takes social acceptance of AI into account when matching people wanting to move to Itoshima with candidate locations Figure1: Field Trial Overview KAWASAKI, Japan,…
NEC announces new AI technology brand, “NEC the WISE”
NEC announces new AI technology brand, “NEC the WISE” Tokyo, July 19, 2016 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) today announced that it will be branding its lineup of artificial intelligence (hereinafter, “AI”) technologies as “NEC the WISE”(*) and globally launching this…
NEC Wins the 2015 Gold Award for Field Innovation from the Japanese Society for AI
NEC Wins the 2015 Gold Award for Field Innovation from the Japanese Society for AI – Awarded for ticket ID system using face recognition – Tokyo, June 24, 2016 – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) NEC Informatec Systems, Ltd., together with TAPIRS Co., Ltd.,…
Venn, A New Way For Gen Y And Millennials To Find Their Dream Job, Launches In Singapore
Venn, A New Way For Gen Y And Millennials To Find Their Dream Job, Launches In Singapore Online talent discovery platform matches young professionals — particularly Gen Y and millennials — to tailored career opportunities through its AI-powered matching algorithm…
LeEco Formally Announces Opening of New, 80,000 Square Foot North American Headquarters in Silicon Valley with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
LeEco Formally Announces Opening of New, 80,000 Square Foot North American Headquarters in Silicon Valley with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Chinese Consul General in San Francisco and San Jose Mayor Join LeEco to Celebrate the Unveiling of the New Facility,…
Microsoft outlines intelligence vision and announces new innovations for Windows 10
Microsoft outlines intelligence vision and announces new innovations for Windows 10 Announces previews of intelligence services and introduces Conversations as a Platform; Windows 10 Anniversary Update and SDK to deliver new features. SAN FRANCISCO — March 30, 2016…
Be that person who defines the future, not a victim of it
Be that person who defines the future, not a victim of it IBM Innovation speaker to present at CeBIT 2016 Dr. Bernard S. Meyerson, Chief Innovation Officer at IBM, will be a keynote speaker at Australasia’s largest business technology tradeshow…
Microsoft Japan offers limited edition of Windows 8
Even before the launch of Windows 8, Microsoft Japan has already thought of a great idea to market the new operating system. What else? They planned to make use of cute anime girls as mascots for the Operating System. And that was…