Startup in China uses gait recognition technology to identify people. Said to be accurate even with disguise and faked limps. Currently it is tested for criminal investigations, but it screams intrusion, especially in CN. Deep learning optimizes based on parameters and weights of a neural network through a stochastic gradient descent (backpropagation) which can be …
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QDNC Issue #6
WeWork culls 3% of its workforce for ‘performance-related’ reasons. Although its bonds are trading at a lower offer price year to year, Softbank committed an additional $2 billion earlier this January, bringing its total investments up to $10 billion. SpaceX successfully launches Crew Dragon in an uncrewed flight test. It is the first of SpaceX’s …
QDNC Issue #5
DBS digiPortfolio: a team of portfolio managers curates the portfolio and monitors the market, initiating rebalances where required. This is supplemented by automation of back-testing, rebalancing, monitoring, and display of all trade activities. It aims to attract non-investors and will be implemented end 2019. Developed in partnership with HK based robo-advice startup, Quantifeed. Razer opens …
QDNC Issue #4
McKinsey Insights has a compilation of amazing articles. Today’s list is – unintentionally – centred around fintech. Because McKinsey articles are so comprehensive, I find it hard to summarize its essence, but the quality content compelled me to highlight them anyway! I highly recommend reading the articles in full instead. Financial and regulatory risks associated …
QDNC Issue #3
Project Leo is an AI-powered copywriter by Singapore based data innovation center under Dentsu Aegis. It leverages on Google’s machine learning and matches customer intent to generate Google search ads. Side note, Alibaba also uses NLG to generate its product copy on Tmall and Taobao. Singtel partners with China Mobile International, allows China Mobile enterprise …
QDNC Issue #2
Current AI projects have humans tag data set. Superb AI generates customized tagged data for companies. Microsoft has launched a dedicated quantum programming language, Q#. IBM offers an integrated quantum computing system for commercial use, making up part of IBM Q System One that runs on the Q network. Programmers can use Qiskit to submit …
Q.uark: Creativity in AI
Entrepreneur: Elon Musk Predicted Artificial Intelligence Would Be ‘Seriously Dangerous’ by 2019. How Close Is That to Reality?. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/323278 A great point brought up here – that AI could be narrow (trained to do a specific set of tasks) or general (intelligence that is fluid, creative, like humans are). The current state of AI is, …
QDNC Issue #1
Chinese scientists use CRISPR to delete CCR5 genes in twins before conception, aim to create HIV resistance. The consequence is improved cognitive functions. Previous studies have found links between CCR5 and memory, learning. Adyen launches direct consumer to merchant payments powered by open banking, leveraging EU’s Payment Service Directive (PSD2). UOB previously partnered with Razer …
What is Q.bit?
In a bid to keep up with the new, Q.bit is a personal project to aggregate news I read daily that are most intriguing or relevant. The topics I follow include: technology — big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, data analytics, innovations entrepreneurship — the startup scene, new innovations and businesses, agile methodologies …
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