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Google Cuts Its Giant Electricity Bill With DeepMind-Powered AI
July 22, 2016
Google just paid for part of its acquisition of DeepMind in a surprising way. The internet giant is using technology from the DeepMind artificial intelligence subsidiary for big savings on the power consumed by its data centers, according to DeepMind Co-Founder Demis Hassabis. In recent months, the Alphabet Inc. unit put a DeepMind AI system in control of parts of its data centers to reduce power consumption by manipulating computer servers and related equipment like cooling systems. It uses...
July 22, 2016
Google just paid for part of its acquisition of DeepMind in a surprising way. The internet giant is using technology from the DeepMind artificial intelligence subsidiary for big savings on the power consumed by its data centers, according to DeepMind Co-Founder Demis Hassabis. In recent months, the Alphabet Inc. unit put a DeepMind AI system in control of parts of its data centers to reduce power consumption by manipulating computer servers and related equipment like cooling systems. It uses...
West Point Taps Artificial Intelligence to Help Cadets Negotiate
July 22, 2016
A company that sells software that analyzes the human voice and touts the virtues of empathy, rapport and emotional intelligence is joining forces with West Point United States Military Academy in an effort to help cadets become better negotiators. Cogito Corp. is a Boston-based company that makes software that can analyze a person’s voice in real-time. That information, the company says, can help customer service representatives show more empathy; the result is phone conversations that are more...
July 22, 2016
A company that sells software that analyzes the human voice and touts the virtues of empathy, rapport and emotional intelligence is joining forces with West Point United States Military Academy in an effort to help cadets become better negotiators. Cogito Corp. is a Boston-based company that makes software that can analyze a person’s voice in real-time. That information, the company says, can help customer service representatives show more empathy; the result is phone conversations that are more...
Trusting Intuition
July 20, 2016
In his bestselling book, Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2011) notes that our brains contain two systems of thought: System 1 which “… operates automatically and quickly, with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control” (Id. at 20) and System 2 which “…allocates attention to the effortful mental activities that demand it, including complex computations….” (Id. at 21.) Thus, while System 1 is quick, automatic and requires little...
July 20, 2016
In his bestselling book, Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2011) notes that our brains contain two systems of thought: System 1 which “… operates automatically and quickly, with little or no effort and no sense of voluntary control” (Id. at 20) and System 2 which “…allocates attention to the effortful mental activities that demand it, including complex computations….” (Id. at 21.) Thus, while System 1 is quick, automatic and requires little...
Bexar County by the Numbers: Recent Bexar County District Court Statistics
July 19, 2016
In any gathering of lawyers, the discussion inevitably turns to what’s happening at the courthouse. Are case filings up? How many...
July 19, 2016
In any gathering of lawyers, the discussion inevitably turns to what’s happening at the courthouse. Are case filings up? How many...
Norton Rose to Pioneer Smart Contracts
July 18, 2016
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has agreed to collaborate with a group of smart contract pioneers, including Barclays,...
July 18, 2016
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has agreed to collaborate with a group of smart contract pioneers, including Barclays,...
Artificial Intelligence Swarms Silicon Valley on Wings and Wheels
July 17, 2016
For more than a decade, Silicon Valley’s technology investors and entrepreneurs obsessed over social media and mobile apps that helped people do things like find new friends, fetch a ride home or crowdsource a review of a product or a movie. Now Silicon Valley has found its next shiny new thing. And it does not have a “Like” button. The new era in Silicon Valley centers on artificial intelligence and robots, a transformation that many believe will have a payoff on the scale of the personal...
July 17, 2016
For more than a decade, Silicon Valley’s technology investors and entrepreneurs obsessed over social media and mobile apps that helped people do things like find new friends, fetch a ride home or crowdsource a review of a product or a movie. Now Silicon Valley has found its next shiny new thing. And it does not have a “Like” button. The new era in Silicon Valley centers on artificial intelligence and robots, a transformation that many believe will have a payoff on the scale of the personal...
Half of GC Expect AI Impact in 5 Years
July 16, 2016
Research by UK-based legal directory The Legal 500 has found that over 50% of General Counsel (GC) believe AI will have some impact on their inhouse teams within five years. However, around 7% still believed AI would have no impact at all, now or in the future. That said, if one factors in those who were unsure, then around 80% of GC believe there will be some impact from the use of AI. Fundamentally, using applied AI for cognition, extraction and then transforming the data into meaningful...
July 16, 2016
Research by UK-based legal directory The Legal 500 has found that over 50% of General Counsel (GC) believe AI will have some impact on their inhouse teams within five years. However, around 7% still believed AI would have no impact at all, now or in the future. That said, if one factors in those who were unsure, then around 80% of GC believe there will be some impact from the use of AI. Fundamentally, using applied AI for cognition, extraction and then transforming the data into meaningful...
The News of Attorneys’ Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
July 15, 2016
Some warn that the world’s first artificially intelligent attorney is imminent, but replacing lawyers is not on the horizon There has been a great deal of coverage about the possibility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) replacing the legal profession, stimulated in part by a recent conference at Vanderbilt Law School titled “Watson, Esq.: Will Your Next Lawyer Be a Machine?” Some warn that the world’s first artificially intelligent attorney is imminent and that it is only a matter of time...
July 15, 2016
Some warn that the world’s first artificially intelligent attorney is imminent, but replacing lawyers is not on the horizon There has been a great deal of coverage about the possibility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) replacing the legal profession, stimulated in part by a recent conference at Vanderbilt Law School titled “Watson, Esq.: Will Your Next Lawyer Be a Machine?” Some warn that the world’s first artificially intelligent attorney is imminent and that it is only a matter of time...
First Half US Patent Litigation Down Dramatically With New Suits Falling by Almost 1,000
July 10, 2016
New patent lawsuit in the US were down by close to 1,000 filings in the first half of 2016 compared with the first six months...
July 10, 2016
New patent lawsuit in the US were down by close to 1,000 filings in the first half of 2016 compared with the first six months...
Waze for Jets: IBM and Gogo Join Forces to Dodge In-Flight Turbulence
June 26, 2016
In what might seem like an unlikely partnership, IBM's Watson division and Gogo Inc. (the people who bring you in-flight WiFi) have joined up to make flying a little bit smoother for everyone. As the Wall Street Journal reports, IBM is leveraging its $2 billion purchase of The Weather Company and Gogo's internet connection to give airline pilots a heads up on turbulence. According to The Weather Company CEO and General Manager Cameron Clayton, the concept is fairly...
June 26, 2016
In what might seem like an unlikely partnership, IBM's Watson division and Gogo Inc. (the people who bring you in-flight WiFi) have joined up to make flying a little bit smoother for everyone. As the Wall Street Journal reports, IBM is leveraging its $2 billion purchase of The Weather Company and Gogo's internet connection to give airline pilots a heads up on turbulence. According to The Weather Company CEO and General Manager Cameron Clayton, the concept is fairly...
