Tech News - Artificial Intelligence

We know machine learning is being used to do a whole lot of things from spam filtering to self-driving cars. 15 applications of machine learning Following are ML applications that have become newsworthy on Twitter over a duration of one month. Our favorite is automatic multimedia tagging (duh! which editor wouldn’t like that!?). 1.  Sepsis (Hospital's silent killer) detection Using machine learning for real time understanding of patient safety risks via @maxwele2 2.  Multimedia Content Scaling Automatically tagging multimedia using AI would make searching for content so much easier. via @AnujRajbhandari 3. Making roads safe Using machine learning to make zebra crossings safer (caveat: as long as onus not on peds & cyclists to change) via @AlixKroeger 4. Managing Retail supply chain Manufacturing has been using #AI for some time, it is really now just starting to spread to retail supply chain. via @PaaSDev 5.  Tracking and surveillance for law enforcement Is part of the future of #journalism big-data analysis? EG using Machine Learning & data to uncover hidden stories? via @LeonLidigu 6.  Identifying cancers through gene study Using machine learning algorithms to identify genes essential for cell survival. via @dobebig 7. Designing animal product substitutes The Not Company (NotCo) is using machine learning to create vegetarian substitutes for animal products. Via @MarinaSpindler 8. Improving crop yield Phenotyping: Using Machine Learning for Improved Pairwise Genotype Classification Based on Root Traits. via @lukelliw 9. Rapidly discover new drug treatments for diseases Very cool approach to using machine learning to find new therapies. via @HighResBio 10. Engineering wood Materialize.X is using machine learning to disrupt the $300B engineered wood industry. via @prafiles 11. Profiling voters Using machine learning to profile German party voters. via @HalukaMB 12. Facial Recognition Apple is using machine learning for Face ID. via @VentureBeat 13. Managing e-commerce backend Amazon has big plans for using machine learning to improve their supply chain. via @boxtoninc 14.  Insurance pricing Using machine learning for insurance pricing optimization via @Ronald_vanLoon 15. Code free accounting Rod Drury on using machine learning and AI for code free accounting.  via @DamiaanvZ   What is your favorite use case for machine learning?