Archives for September, 2019 - Page 17

09 Sep

Hacked: Phone Numbers & IDs of 419 Million Users Leaked. Why Is Facebook Still In Denial?

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When it comes to security issues with social media platforms, Facebook has always been on top of the list. In early 2018, Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal was a major political scandal. According to reports, Cambridge Analytica was harvesting personal data of millions of Facebook users and using it for political advertising. Ever since then, the…

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09 Sep

IISc Joins Hands With BESCOM To Develop AI-Powered Voice Bot

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In today’s bleak times where Bengaluru suffers from random power outages, this new initiative by the Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) and Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Ltd (BESCOM), will bring a glimmer of hope in the lives of numerous frustrated citizens. Bescom officials are currently working with the Machine And Language Learning (MALL) Lab at…

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09 Sep

Zomato Layoffs Remind Why India Needs Immediate Upskilling To Survive The Age Of Automation

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Recently, Zomato, the popular restaurant aggregator and food delivery startup laid off 540 employees at its head office in Gurugram across its customer, merchant and delivery partner support teams. The company’s management has said that this is due to the fact that the company is fast expanding and trying to optimise its costs through automation.…

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09 Sep

Survey: Challenges Faced In Data Science Sector — 2019

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Analytics and Data Science industry has seen a sharp increase in terms of demand for insights and has opened jobs for highly-skilled professionals. Be it Fortune 500 name or startups — everyone is using analytics to garner insights from data. However, the industry is still riddled with a lot of challenges in terms of talent,…

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09 Sep

Survey: Challenges Faced In Data Science Sector — 2019

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Analytics and Data Science industry has seen a sharp increase in terms of demand for insights and has opened jobs for highly-skilled professionals. Be it Fortune 500 name or startups — everyone is using analytics to garner insights from data. However, the industry is still riddled with a lot of challenges in terms of talent,…

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09 Sep

How Singapore-Based Startup Jumper.AI Is Using NLP To Enhance Customer Experience

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In the present scenario, almost every organisation regardless of its size, is reaping the benefits of conversational AI. Tier I organisations are now open-sourcing platforms for conversational AI in order to make further enhancements of the product as well as keep up with the evolving technology. Despite the fact that conversational AI is at a…

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09 Sep

5 Reasons Why Charging Money For Linux Distributions Makes Sense

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The popularity of Linux has skyrocketed and companies dealing with Linux products/distros are making a lot of money from it. Even though Linux is synonymous with open-source, that concept is eventually moving out of the picture. While many people believe that Linux distros shouldn’t come with a price, considering the user base and the efficiency…

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09 Sep

Making AI Work In Conglomerates: How India’s Mega Companies Are Betting Big On Artificial Intelligence

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India’s top multinational conglomerates are in the midst of a digital transformation. Indian companies, not usually viewed as disruptors are now seeing a critical opportunity in leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to identify newer opportunities and adapt to the fast-changing business environment. We are seeing a trend where business leaders across industries…

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09 Sep

How Tech Companies Have Embraced Enterprise Open Source In Recent Years

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About a decade ago, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst said that the majority of software was written in the enterprise and not for resale. He further stated that the vast majority of that is never actually used and the waste in IT software development was extraordinary. Since then, things have changed and particularly in the…

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08 Sep

10 Open-Source Datasets To Learn Robotics

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Nowadays, researchers are striving to implement human-level understanding into robots. For instance, understanding the surrounding environment, hand movement, detecting and grasping objects and many more. In this article, we list down 10 open-source datasets that can be used to learn robotics in an advanced way. 1| Robot Arm Pushing Dataset The robot arm pushing dataset…

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