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Robotics and automation are no longer reserved for huge, multi-national corporations. The introduction of affordable automation technology like collaborative robots changes the game for everyone. While most of the hype around robotics focuses on increased productivity, reduced labor costs and operational efficiency, it is imperative that small business owners become familiar with these new technologies. Robots will not take over everything. A recent study released by PwC predi …

What can you afford to pay for an Uber ride? Uber has installed AI to help it figure that out. Uber pricing is not as cut and dry as a taxi service, which, at least in Philadelphia, is based on an initial ride charge, passenger number, distance and time rate. Uber’s software considers what neighborhood you are coming from and going to, time of day and then takes a stab at what it thinks you will be willing to pay. The previous pricing algorithm calculated the price based on mileage, time, …

A company called Unanimous AI accepted a challenge from the media to use its Swarm AI to predict the president’s approval rating at 100 days in office. It worked; at least, it matched the results from polls presented by the Washington Post and ABC News.The company describes its software as “A combination of real-time human input and A.I. algorithms…Swarm A.I. system combines the knowledge, wisdom, opinions, and intuitions of live human participants as a unified emergent intelligence t …

By combining ABB’s Ability system, which gathers data digitally from machines, and IBM’s artificial intelligence and machine learning software, Watson, the companies seek to bring real-time insights to the Industrial Internet of Things. "This powerful combination marks truly the next level of industrial technology, moving beyond current connected systems that simply gather data, to industrial operations and machines that use data to sense, analyze, optimize and take actions that driv …

If the movie Ex Machina scares you about AI, understanding the three major types of artificial intelligence may help. Experts disagree on the implications of AI, largely because AI is such a broad term. As we previously reviewed in the blog about the term “IoT” and what it includes, AI is in the same boat.Artificial Narrow Intelligence (Weak AI)Ask Siri to explain herself to you because Siri’s specialized intelligence algorithm falls into the Weak AI category. Weak AI outperforms task …