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Global industrial robot sales doubled over the past five years

Published in AI Everything AI

The new World Robotics Report shows that a new record high of 381,000 units were shipped globally in 2017 – an increase of 30 percent compared to the previous year. This means that the annual sales volume of industrial robots increased by 114 percent over the last five years (2013-2017). The sales value increased by 21 percent compared to 2016 to a new peak of US$16.2 billion in 2017.

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Personalised banking goes on trial

Published in AI Everything AI

Companies to use artificial intelligence to deliver financial advice in tune with the lifestyles of bank customers in Japan.

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NCR automates age approval at the self-checkout

Published in Digital Business Everything AI

NCR Corporation will integrate the Yoti digital identity platform with its NCR FastLane SelfServ™ Checkout solution to help improve the shopping experience for customers buying age restricted items. Retailers in the US and UK are expected to trial the combined solution in the coming months.

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A third of patients in the UK are willing to have major invasive surgery performed by AI

Published in AI Everything AI

New research by PwC signals a huge opportunity to transform healthcare delivery.

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Revolutionising how technology is used in hospitals

Published in Digital Business Everything AI

A new unit set to transform the use of technology including artificial intelligence in healthcare and improve patient outcomes is being opened at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

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CA Technologies unveils autonomous AI for IT operations capabilities

Published in Everything AI IT Management + Service

CA Technologies has marked a major milestone in the company’s autonomous strategy with the availability of CA Digital Experience Insights which is now combined with the power of CA Operational Intelligence and CA Automic Service Orchestration. Together they form the new CA Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps) platform, to enable IT teams to automate and eliminate key tasks and make self-healing applications a reality.

Qlik acquires Kyndi

Qlik has acquired pivotal intellectual property (patents and technology) from Kyndi, an innovator...

University of Birmingham to deploy largest IBM POWER9 AI cluster in the UK

Researchers at the University of Birmingham are set to benefit from the largest IBM® POWER9™...

Masergy AIOps wins 2020 BIG Innovation Award

Masergy has been named a winner in the 2020 BIG Innovation Awards, presented by the Business...

HP doubles down on partner growth

HP kicks off global Amplify Partner Conference with future-ready strategy for driving greater...

NHS England and Faculty roll out pilot AI tool able to forecast A&E admissions

The NHS is set to roll out a new A&E demand forecasting tool to provide hospitals in England with...

UK data concerns soar as AI surges

Hitachi Vantara survey finds data demands to triple by 2026, highlighting critical role of data...

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