Best Practices for Building the AI Development Platform in Government
(Thu, 28 Oct 2021)
By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor The AI stack defined by Carnegie Mellon University is fundamental to the approach being taken by the US Army for
its AI development platform efforts, according to Isaac Faber, Chief Data Scientist at the US Army AI Integration Center, speaking at the AI World Government event held in-person and
virtually […]
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Advance Trustworthy AI and ML, and Identify Best Practices for Scaling AI
(Thu, 28 Oct 2021)
By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor Advancing trustworthy AI and machine learning to mitigate agency risk is a priority for the US Department of
Energy (DOE), and identifying best practices for implementing AI at scale is a priority for the US General Services Administration (GSA). That’s what attendees learned in two sessions at
the AI […]
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Promise and Perils of Using AI for Hiring: Guard Against Data Bias
(Thu, 28 Oct 2021)
By AI Trends Staff While AI in hiring is now widely used for writing job descriptions, screening candidates, and automating
interviews, it poses a risk of wide discrimination if not implemented carefully. That was the message from Keith Sonderling, Commissioner with the US Equal Opportunity Commision, speaking at
the AI World Government event held live and virtually in […]
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Predictive Maintenance Proving Out as Successful AI Use Case
(Thu, 28 Oct 2021)
By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor More companies are successfully exploiting predictive maintenance systems that combine AI and IoT sensors to
collect data that anticipates breakdowns and recommends preventive action before break or machines fail, in a demonstration of an AI use case with proven value. This growth is reflected
in optimistic market forecasts. […]
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Novelty In The Game Of Go Provides Bright Insights For AI And Autonomous Vehicles
(Thu, 28 Oct 2021)
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider We already expect that humans to exhibit flashes of brilliance. It might not happen all the time, but
the act itself is welcomed and not altogether disturbing when it occurs. What about when Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to display an act of novelty? Any such instance
is bound to get our attention; […]
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Getting Government AI Engineers to Tune into AI Ethics Seen as Challenge
(Thu, 21 Oct 2021)
By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor Engineers tend to see things in unambiguous terms, which some may call Black and White terms, such as a
choice between right or wrong and good and bad. The consideration of ethics in AI is highly nuanced, with vast gray areas, making it challenging for AI software engineers to […]
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Digital Natives Seen Having Advantages as Part of Government AI Engineering Teams
(Thu, 21 Oct 2021)
By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor AI is more accessible to young people in the workforce who grew up as ‘digital natives’ with Alexa and
self-driving cars as part of the landscape, giving them expectations grounded in their experience of what is possible. That idea set the foundation for a panel discussion at AI World
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How Accountability Practices Are Pursued by AI Engineers in the Federal Government
(Thu, 21 Oct 2021)
By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor Two experiences of how AI developers within the federal government are pursuing AI
accountability practices were outlined at the AI World Government event held virtually and in-person this week in Alexandria, Va. Taka Ariga, chief data scientist and director at the
US Government Accountability Office, described an AI accountability framework he uses within his agency […]
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Startup: AssemblyAI Represents New Generation Speech Recognition
(Thu, 21 Oct 2021)
By AI Trends Staff Advances in the AI behind speech recognition are driving growth in the market, attracting venture capital and funding startups,
posing challenges to established players. The growing acceptance and use of speech recognition devices are driving the market, which according to an estimate by Meticulous Research is
expected to reach $26.8 billion […]
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Pursuit of Autonomous Cars May Pose Risk of AI Tapping Forbidden Knowledge
(Thu, 21 Oct 2021)
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider Are there things that we must not know? This is an age-old
question. Some assert that there is the potential for knowledge that ought to not be known. In other words, there are ideas, concepts, or mental formulations that should we become aware of that
knowledge it could be […]
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