The last two components of Google's investment plan in France announced last January by its CEO, Sundar Pichai, have become a reality with the expansion of Google's premises and the inauguration of the fundamental research centre dedicated to Artificial Intelligence (AI) - the first in France. Google continues to
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That intelligence knows how to see and drive cars, that it knows how to talk and exchange with us, that it knows how to play Go better than we do... All this doesn't impress us anymore and has almost become part of our daily life. In the AI's skill set, we can also add the sense of smell. British researchers claim to have
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Let's go for a month. That's all we're gonna talk about now: the World Cup. The fans have taken out their flags and are already seated in front of their TV sets. In the pubs, conversations and predictions are going well. Who's going to win? Everyone is in it.
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The digital think tank HUB Institute today published its HUBREPORT "Future of Artificial Intelligence", produced in partnership with IBM. The report provides an overview of the state of the art of AI and looks at five key areas where AI is revolutionizing the customer experience, while reflecting on the virtuous potential of
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Artificial intelligence has managed to be better than experienced dermatologists at spotting skin cancers in a series of photos, a team of researchers announced on May 28. The machine is effective in 95 % cases, better than the performance of human doctors.
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As with any new technology, artificial intelligence is the subject of both hopes and fears, and what it encompasses today presents major challenges (Villani et al., 2018). It also raises profound questions about our own humanity. Will the machine surpass the intelligence of the humans who designed it? What will be the
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Is it necessary to develop legal liability for robots? The European Commission is currently working on the draft of a new law for robots, but more than 200 members of civil society are opposed to the creation of an "electronic personality". An open letter has just been published in an attempt to dissuade the
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Le CEA s’associe au premier challenge international de la région Ile-de-France à destination des startups, doté d’un million d’euros. Les candidatures pourront être déposées en ligne, exclusivement sur la plateforme dédiée dès maintenant et seront clôturées le 17 juin. Valérie Pécresse, Présidente de la Région Île-de-France, a lancé le
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Imagine turkeys in a pen. At first they are afraid of the farmer bringing them food. Then they get used to him. Especially as food has become more and more plentiful lately. This gentleman is really nice. The situation of the turkeys has never been
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Dans un rapport voté en assemblée plénière le 14 mars, l’Académie des technologies* estime nécessaire de construire un « plan IA » à l’échelle européenne et nationale qui permette de renforcer les investissements dans les moyens de calcul et la recherche technologique. L’Académie recommande de soutenir et encourager une approche
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As part of its Future of Work initiative, the OECD has just published a working paper that examines the proportion of jobs that are highly exposed to the risk of automation by computers and algorithms. The study, which covers 32 countries and is based on a detailed analysis from the
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L’École polytechnique et Google France annoncent la création d’une Chaire internationale d’enseignement et de recherche dans le domaine de l’intelligence artificielle. La chaire « Artificial Intelligence and Visual Computing » a vocation à renforcer l’écosystème d’excellence en France en IA, en attirant les talents internationaux et en formant les chercheurs
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L’Université d’Amsterdam (UvA) créera un centre de classe mondiale dans le domaine de l’intelligence artificielle au parc scientifique d’Amsterdam. Le nouvel espace de recherche et co-création sera le lieu privilégié pour l’éducation, la recherche et l’esprit d’entreprise dans le domaine de l’intelligence artificielle. Il donnera un énorme coup de pouce
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What are the links between new technologies and public policy? Jérôme Pesenti, Facebook's vice-president of artificial intelligence, presented his report to the British government on the development of the artificial intelligence industry in the United Kingdom on 27 February at Sciences Po. The opportunity for a debate on this
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Not a day goes by without Artificial Intelligence making headlines. We are proud of its prowess but at the same time we fear it, we promote it, but we are also worried about its progress, which could be devastating. This week, two contradictory pieces of information complete the news
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The proliferation of software packages, fads and the absence of standards are creating a joyful confusion about digital in general and about tools such as RPA (Robotic Process Automation) or Artificial Intelligence in particular. It is not always easy to apprehend the service really covered by these new softwares.
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In the field of Artificial Intelligence, many French people have been and still are remarkably at the forefront. But most of our talents remain confined to their research labs and have great difficulty in exploiting their work in operational applications. The valorization of research is therefore
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What if we mix creativity, imagination and critical thinking, leading to unexpected returns on the implications of smart technologies, such as AI, for example? Stereolux's Arts and Technologies Laboratory, a space dedicated to experimentation at the junction of digital arts, research and industry,
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The beginning of 2018 is resolutely placed under the sign of Artificial Intelligence. Several events are making headlines in France and on the international scene: in Las Vegas, voice and artificial intelligence were the driving forces behind CES 2018 and Cédric Villani's eagerly awaited report,
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From morning to night, we are confronted with algorithms. But this exposure is not without danger. Their influence on our political opinions, our moods or our choices is proven. Far from being neutral, algorithms make the value judgements of their developers, and subject us to them.
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