How to approach AI more responsibly, according to a top AI ethicist

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Women in the AI field are making research breakthroughs, spearheading vital ethical discussions, and inspiring the next generation of AI professionals. We created the VentureBeat Women in AI Awards to emphasize the importance of their voices, work, and experience, and to shine a […]

Can you teach AI common sense?

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Even before they speak their first words, human babies develop mental models about objects and people. This is one of the key capabilities that allows us humans to learn to live socially and cooperate (or compete) with each other. But for artificial intelligence, […]

Employees want more AI to boost productivity, study finds

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Eighty-one percent of employees believe that AI improves their overall performance at work. As a result, more than two thirds — 68% — are calling on their employers to deploy more AI-based technologies to help them execute tasks. That’s the top-level finding from […]

VentureBeat presents AI Innovation Awards nominees at Transform 2021

Did you miss today’s livestream? Watch the AI at the Edge & IoT Summit on demand now. There is a consistent theme that runs through the agenda for VentureBeat’s Transform 2021 virtual conference, and that is artificial intelligence and data analytics are being used in many different areas and in creative ways. AI is being […]

AI ethics champion Margaret Mitchell on self-regulation and ‘foresight’

Join executive leaders at the Conversational AI & Intelligent AI Assistants Summit, presented by Five9. Watch now! Ethics and artificial intelligence have become increasingly intertwined due to the pervasiveness of AI. But researchers, creators, corporations, and governments still face major challenges if they hope to address some of the more pressing concerns around AI’s impact […]

How AI can enable better health care outcomes

Join executive leaders at the Data, Analytics, & Intelligent Automation Summit, presented by Accenture. Register here. Artificial intelligence isn’t just a tool for pure tech — health care providers can use it too. Clinical practice and AI go together, three top health care leaders at national enterprises agreed during a panel at Transform 2021 hosted […]

AI has become a design problem

Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 on July 12th for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. Register today. AI is facing new calls for regulation now that it has emerged from the laboratory and is becoming more widely deployed across our daily lives. The public does not trust the technology. Nor should they. The […]

AI brings promise and peril to customer relations management

Join AI & data leaders at Transform 2021 on July 12th for the AI/ML Automation Technology Summit. Register today. Artificial intelligence is proving to be most valuable when it is applied to rote, predictable functions. At first blush, this may not sound like an ideal fit for customer relations management (CRM), but keeping customers happy […]

AI experts refute Cvedia’s claim its synthetic data eliminates bias

Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. Most of AI’s critical challenges aren’t actually about AI; they’re about data. It’s biased. It’s collected and used without regard for privacy and consent. And machine learning systems require astronomical amounts of it. Now as privacy laws proliferate, […]

AI Weekly: WHO outlines steps for creating inclusive AI health care systems

Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its first global report on AI in health, along with six guiding principles for design, development, and deployment. The fruit of two years of consultations with WHO-appointed experts, the work […]