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The World Economic Forum today announced its list of 56 companies selected as Technology Pioneers, and this year’s class demonstrates the growing embrace of artificial intelligence and machine learning across a broad range of sectors.
Of those selected, at least 20 companies say they are using AI or machine learning in some fashion to tackle challenges in fields such as advertising technology, smart cities, cleantech, supply chain, manufacturing, cybersecurity, autonomous vehicles, and drones.
California has signed a new set of laws that are the strongest digital privacy rights in the U.S. Governor Jerry Brown has signed the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, which bars law enforcement agencies or investigative entities from handing over any sort of digital communications or metadata without a warrant. The law is by far the most public-friendly in the country.
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IBM’s India Research Laboratory have developed an intelligent system that can trace and mask the sensitive information in the form of audio signals on it’s own. This means customers can now dial the helplines without being worried about the sensitive data theft they need to speak out to the representatives across the phone lines. The need to develop this kind of security system was felt owing to the fact that everyday thousands of callers just speak out their sensitive information regarding credit card numbers, social security numbers, etc. to the call center employees in India. This communication takes place through regular phone lines, which if traced by a rouge third-party cyber vandal can lead to a significant havoc.
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