AI

• [New] Enterprise deployment of AI was flat compared with 2020 but that businesses plan significant investments in AI throughout the coming year. / VentureBeat
• [New] AWS' wide range of AI, ML, and even quantum computing services will continue to drive revenues for Amazon. / Analytics India Magazine
• [New] Various factors such as growth of data-based AI and advancement in deep learning and need to achieve robotic autonomy to stay competitive in a global market are expected to drive the adoption of the AI solutions and services. / The Courier
• [New] For 2021, embedded AI will be a top trend as companies focus on increasing digital transformation momentum and quickly innovating with AI via intuitive, simplified AI capabilities for business applications. / KDnuggets
• [New] Within five to ten years, new technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence and virtual reality will expand to represent over 25% of IT spending. / DatacenterDynamics
• [New] Chinese government's direct access to its firms poses advantages to the Chinese intelligence community which will prompt countries to reconsider their methods in storing big data. / 5G: Geopolitics, Global Competition & NATO
• [New] The 98,000-square-foot structure will become a hub for computer science in Southern California, creating new spaces for research in robotics, drone development and artificial intelligence. / Los Angeles Business Journal
• [New] Shenzhen will invest more than $108 billion into R&D over the next five years with a focus on artificial intelligence, 6G, quantum technology, driverless vehicles, intelligent networks and other frontier areas. / p
• [New] New technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, 5G, robotics, and nanotechnology are estimated to represent a market worth $3.2 tn by 2025. / Verdict
• [New] In the next two years, respondents said they plan to use AI to improve process automation and analytics. / GCN
• [New] The costs saved could lie anywhere between $1.5 trillion and $3 trillion a year by 2030, thanks to a range of interventions such as remote monitoring, artificial intelligence, and automation. / McKinsey & Company
• [New] China is investing heavily in research and development, competes well in some fields and aims to be the global leader in artificial intelligence by 2030. / The Strategist
• [New] Tapping artificial intelligence and related tools could help to make the onboarding process more efficient, potentially saving FIs a collective $460 million in onboarding costs, for example. / PYMNTS.com
• [New] China places particular emphasis on artificial intelligence, blockchains, quantum information science, and neuroscience applications as emerging technologies that could impact security in the future. / Japan Institute of International Affairs
• [New] AI could be New Zealand's electronic version of number 8 wire where special digital tools can be developed tools using AI to solve economic and social challenges. / Voxy
• [New] There's people all across the Postal Service and their contractors looking at the business of processing 40% of the world's mail - and how artificial intelligence and computer vision might assist. / Nextgov
• [New] Later in 2021, NBCU will expand its Contextual Intelligence offering, previously launched for linear buys, to One Digital Video and Peacock. / campaignlive
• [New] Other European institutions repeatedly expressed calls for the European Commission to take legislative action to ensure a well-functioning internal market for AI systems where both benefits and risks of artificial intelligence are adequately addressed on EU level. / The Centre for European Policy Studies
• [New] General outlook anticipates an increase in IP filings to be led by the usual top filers from China, Japan, the US and South Korea. / Baker McKenzie
• [New] As anticipated in many studies related to IP trends, 2021 will see an increase of IP filings for invention or innovation related to AI and disruptive technologies. / Baker McKenzie
• [New] While industries have been focusing on the 4th industrial revolution technologies like artificial intelligence, 3D printing, and the internet-of-things, the global trauma of 2020 will inevitably lead to massive spending in medical research in the next decade. / Baker McKenzie
• [New] U.S. intelligence agencies are warning that any gains in women's rights in Afghanistan made in the last two decades will be at risk after U.S. troops withdraw later in 2021. / West Hawaii Today

Last updated: 12 May 2021