Industry — AI

Institut Polytechnique de Paris and Inria Strengthen their Leadership in Digital Science and AI    PARIS, January 2021 - Inria (French National Research Institute for Digital Science and Technology) and the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris) sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to establish a strengthened partnership, with the creation of the "Inria Center of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris". The MoU identifies and defines the first major collaborative projects on future research topics. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is signed by Bruno Sportisse, Chairman and CEO of Inria, and Eric Labaye, President of the Institut Polytechnique...

"To recover from the coronavirus crisis we'll need to combine human, artificial and economic intelligence" Joan Torrent, Professor of Economics at the UOC's Faculty of Economics and Business We spoke to Joan Torrent, Professor of Economics, principal investigator of the i2TIC group at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya's (UOC) Faculty of Economics and Business, and a specialist in ICTs and artificial intelligence. When discussing the economic and health crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, in his mind there can be no recovery without both artificial and economic intelligence. However, he adds: "But make no mistake, neither will be possible without human...

Manufacturing, supply chain see greatest cost savings from AI: McKinsey   Credit: Getty Images Dive Brief: Supply chain and manufacturing are two functions most likely to see cost savings as a result of using artificial intelligence (AI), according to a recent survey by McKinsey and Company that asked hundreds of respondents about the benefits their companies were seeing from AI and its impact on organizations. The survey found 64% of respondents saw cost reduction in the manufacturing space while 61% saw a reduction in supply chain planning costs. The report suggests the supply chain savings are the result of better spend analytics...