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AI could claim 30% of jobs in next seven years

With the growth of artificial intelligence, the fears of many have started to become a reality as jobs start falling to the machines.

• 17 Jan 2017

Intel takes its IoT unit to the shops

Intel has continued its ride on the ever-growing IoT wave, as it announced a new platform to introduce the technology to the world of retail.

• 17 Jan 2017

ETSI has a go at giving IoT some context

ETSI has launched a new Industry Specification Group which will focus on the development of IoT for smart cities applications and beyond.

• 16 Jan 2017

AI set to replace data scientist jobs now too

Research from Gartner has estimated more than 40% of data science tasks will be automated by 2020, highlighting the ambitions of AI.

• 16 Jan 2017

Europe very slowly moves to prevent the machines taking over

In another example of glacial bureaucracy, a committee from the European Parliament has written a report which recommends a meeting about robots and AI.

• 12 Jan 2017

Silicon Valley reckons it can give AI a conscience

LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is one of a host of investors banking rolling a new initiative to develop ethics and governance standards for artificial intelligence.

• 11 Jan 2017

Nvidia Nvisages in-car AI with Nnormous CES Nnnouncements

A series of Nvidia announcements around AI and connected cars at CES underpin a ludicrous 12 months, in which its share value has surged by more than 200%.

• 06 Jan 2017

Amazon and Google battle for control of the living room

Among the monstrous number of announcements to come out of CES this week a major battle is emerging in the smart home arena.

• 05 Jan 2017

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Predicting 2017 – The New Year Special

The Week In Wireless gang is back for 2017 with another special episode featuring all of your favourites. Tim, Jamie, Scott, Mary, Richard, Alex and Henry all return to the podcast studio to forecast the biggest trends we can all expect in telecoms and technology across the coming 12 months. Will Nokia and Ericsson right 2016’s wrongs and renew the three-way battle with Huawei? Will anyone find a proper use for wearable? Will Mary go off on another rant? Will Tim ever get over his laryngitis?!

This episode was recorded immediately after the festivities of The Christmas Special – we’ll let you draw your own conclusions.

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• 05 Jan 2017

The impatient consumer opens the door for AI adoption

Accenture has released new research which indicates the impatient and increasingly demanding digital consumer is driving artificial intelligence adoption.

• 05 Jan 2017

IBM’s Watson starts to take human jobs in Japan

The human race thought it had a bit longer, but the end is in sight. Or at least it is in Japan, where IBM’s Watson has started taking our jobs in the insurance sector.

• 03 Jan 2017

Crazy Electronics Show – what to expect from CES 2017

It’s the first week of a new year and that can mean only one thing, another CES is just around the corner – here we have a look at what we can expect from the world’s biggest consumer tech event.

• 03 Jan 2017

Ten telecoms industry predictions for 2017

Telecoms.com partnered with mobile industry consultancy Northstream to bring you ten predictions for the telecoms industry in the coming year.

• 23 Dec 2016

2017 Predictions: What the industry thinks

While 2016 proved to be a solid year for incremental advancements in 5G, IoT and cloud computing, 2017 is set to be a big year for a number of breakthrough technologies.

• 23 Dec 2016

The Telecoms.com Podcast – The Christmas Special

It’s Christmas time and the Week in Wireless gang is here with your favourite guests from 2016. Mary Clark, Richard Fogg, Henry Burrell and Alex Wood join Tim, Scott and Jamie to go over everything the last twelve months brought us.

Full of festive cheer, Christmas dinner and lovely lovely beer, the gang reflect on the highs, the lows and the hilarious of 2016. So pour yourself a glass of sherry, sit down by the fire, get comfortable and let A Week In Wireless guide you through the year that was.

• 19 Dec 2016

Microsoft tries to increase its artificial intelligence

Software giant Microsoft has continued its diversification drive with the launch of a bunch of clever things loosely grouped into the artificial intelligence silo.

• 14 Dec 2016

Oracle predicts the end of human interaction

The way brands build their relationships with customers are set to undergo a significant change over the next couple of years thanks to the normalization of technologies such as VR and AI.

• 06 Dec 2016

AWS steps up AI focus

AWS has announced three new features for its artificial intelligence portfolio at re:Invent 2016 in Las Vegas this week.

• 01 Dec 2016

Google AI translation tool starts to teach itself

Don’t worry, Google’s AI hasn’t created its own language to hide evil intentions from its human masters, but it has started to teach itself how to translate without a human directly teaching it.

• 28 Nov 2016

Google CEO launches £1 billion UK charm offensive

Google chief Sundar Pichai has been popping up all over the place in London this week promoting the company’s expansion in the UK.

• 16 Nov 2016