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By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider    The new phonebook is here! The new phonebook is here!  That’s what people use to exclaim when the latest iteration of the local phonebook came out and was available for use. It was exciting since the venerated document contained the latest info about how to get ahold of someone. For those of you that perchance remember the antics of Steve Martin in the movie The Jerk, I’m sure you are already …

By AI Trends Staff  AI is being implemented among manufacturers at an increasing rate, with more participation in Europe and Japan than the US. Some 51% of European manufacturers are implementing AI solutions, compared to 30% in Japan and 28% in the US, according to recent research from CapGemini.   “AI in manufacturing is a game-changer,” state the report’s authors, led by Pascal Brosset, the global CTO and North American leader for Capgemini’s Digital Manufacturing Services. The research team surveyed 300 global …

By AI Trends Staff  Green AI tries to establish the connection between compute power and carbon emissions, so that the carbon costs of massive AI computation demands can be managed to some degree.   Three things that can be controlled with the intent of reducing the AI carbon footprint: the design of AI algorithms, the hardware on which it is trained, and the availability of green electricity to the data centers in which they run, according …

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor  How effectively AI can be applied to cybersecurity was the subject of some debate at the RSA Security Conference held virtually from May 17-20.   The event featured a virtual show “floor” of some 45 vendors offering various AI and machine learning capabilities for cybersecurity, and a program track dedicated to security-focused AI, according to an account in VentureBeat.   Skepticism was high enough that Mitre Corp. developed an assessment tool …

By John P. Desmond, AI Trends Editor   The all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning, announced  recently by the Ford Motor Co., will feature hands-free driving by virtue of Blue Cruise advanced driving assistance system (ADAS).    The hands-free driving features will also be available on the 2021 internal combustion pickup truck and certain Mustang models through a software update later this year, according to an account in TechCrunch.   The hands-free capability uses cameras, radar sensors and software to provide a …

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