Regulating algorithms We need no further proof that AI has made inroads in our lives than to see fresh regulations being contemplated by New York City. The city has proposed […]

Let me start by wishing everyone the very best for 2021! As vaccines begin to be distributed, with any luck we will return to a new normal by early summer. […]

To say 2020 has been an “unprecedented” year is an understatement. We hope our COVID-19 resources and blogs have helped you navigate the pandemic. Take a look back at Inside […]

This week’s AI Talk… Gig Worker I saw this article in MIT Technology Review this week about the plight of the gig worker. The article features an interview with Professor […]

This week’s AI Talk… AlphaFold – Solution to a 50-year-old grand challenge DeepMind, a subsidiary of Google, has released some groundbreaking research! University of Maryland Professor John Moult, who created […]

As the number of cases of COVID-19 surge, it is easy to get lost in the negative aspects of the pandemic. This week, I am focusing on three stories that […]

This week’s blog focuses on COVID-19, highlighting stories that shed light on how AI is helping folks deal with the pandemic. COVID-19 Cough Sensor A team at MIT has developed […]

This week’s AI Talk… Federal Health IT Strategic Plan The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published their latest five-year strategic plan for the 2020-2025 period. I’ve reviewed […]

This week’s AI Talk… My friend sent me an article a few weeks ago on how Spotify recommends music to its listeners. It was an excellent article and it got […]

Over the weekend I came across a nice summarization of recent advances in Conversational AI Agents and found these advances interesting. I covered GPT-3 in an earlier blog post, but […]

Bias in AI From time to time I have explored the topic of bias in AI. I came across another article on this front recently which has a nice summary […]

Speech to Text The Economist had a recent article on how dictation can be used to write text. The article makes some good points. Anyone who has actually tried to […]