EmTech Digital 2019 Coverage14 Stories

Everything you need to know from EmTech Digital 2019, where the sharpest minds in the technology, management, startup, engineering, and academic communities converge.

  1. Tech companies must anticipate the looming risks as AI gets creative

    Governments will need to enact stricter regulations as well, says one Microsoft AI expert.
    March 25, 2019

  2. AI researchers must confront “missed opportunities” to achieve social good

    Deeper collaboration with social sciences and underserved communities is required to make sure that AI tools don’t cause more problems than they solve.
    March 25, 2019

  3. Deepfakes are solvable—but don’t forget that “shallowfakes” are already pervasive

    Malicious synthetic videos are not yet mainstream, which gives tech companies a chance to prevent future misinformation. But it won’t fix our current flood of fake news.
    March 25, 2019

  4. Robots won’t make it into our houses until they get common sense

    AI’s big advances have so far relied on algorithms that train on huge piles of data. If robots are going to work in the real world, that will have to change.
    March 25, 2019

  5. How malevolent machine learning could derail AI

    AI security expert Dawn Song warns that “adversarial machine learning” could be used to reverse-engineer systems—including those used in defense.
    March 25, 2019

  6. How machine learning is accelerating last-mile, and last-meter, delivery

    Wise Systems’ routing software helped one company cut late deliveries by 85%.
    March 25, 2019

  7. Your next car could have a built-in road-rage detector

    Affectiva, a startup focused on detecting emotion, is testing its technology in vehicles.
    March 25, 2019

  8. New drugs are too expensive. Can AI can fix that?

    The cost of developing medications is soaring. Machine learning could help—but only if good data is available.
    March 26, 2019

  9. The next AI explosion will be defined by the chips we build for it

    Specialized AI chips are the future, and chipmakers are scrambling to figure out which designs will prevail.
    March 26, 2019

  10. Why AI researchers should reconsider protesting involvement in military projects

    One Defense Department advisor suggests that “constructive engagement” will be more successful than opting out.
    March 26, 2019

  11. Alexa needs a robot body to escape the confines of today’s AI

    The man behind Amazon’s voice assistant says AI programs need to see and explore the world if they’re ever going to attain real understanding.
    March 26, 2019

  12. How artificial intelligence is helping farmers and babies in the developing world

    Health workers are using smartphones and AI tools to spot low-birth-weight babies in India.
    March 26, 2019

  13. Google appoints an “AI council” to head off controversy, but it proves controversial

    A team that includes philosophers, engineers, and policy experts will determine how ethical Google’s AI projects are—but some have already criticized its makeup.
    March 26, 2019

  14. If you’re thinking about embracing AI: just jump in

    Andrew Ng had some stirring words of advice for any businesses that might be toying with the idea of introducing artificial intelligence into how they work.
    March 27, 2019