AI spells out the end of truth in politics 2024-09-30 This is a very big year for world politics. There are more than 64 countries (plus the EU) holding elections in 2024, representing 49% of the world’s population. The US elections are drawing ever closer, and all the while the use of AI... Read more
Levelling Up: How AI is Powering the Future of Gaming 2024-09-23 Recently, I watched a video published in 2022 of a man using at least 3 different generative AI programs to create a video game. Honestly, he put in more effort to use AI than he would have had he done it all manually.... Read more
Is AI free to say whatever it wants? 2024-09-16 Recently SCOTi answered the following controversial questions: If large language models (LLMs) like SCOTi are beginning to ‘express opinions’ on such controversial topics, then does SCOTi have the right to free speech? Who is responsible for SCOTi’s opinions and what right(s) does SCOTi have... Read more
Freedom of Expression and AI Censorship: Is this the end of free speech? 2024-08-05 The first amendment. Article 19. Freedom of Expression. The ability to say what you think without fear or unlawful interference is known by many names. It’s perhaps one of the most valued rights across democratic societies, but many of us take it for... Read more
AI and the Olympics: what’s next? 2024-07-30 Sports, an activity defined by human movement, may not appear to have much to do with AI. But if there is one thing we know about the impact of AI, is that it is pervasive. Certainly, the sports industry will be no exception.... Read more
Common sense isn’t that common, especially in AI 2024-07-24 Internet forums are rife with parents completely frustrated with their child’s apparent lack of common sense. ‘She knows she has to wash her hands after she uses the toilet, but she also washes her hands after using the shower.’ ... Read more
Myth buster: will AI take over all the jobs? 2024-07-01 The World Economic Forum predicts that AI is expected to displace 85 million jobs by 2025. Yet, what is often left out of the picture is that 97 million new roles may emerge over the same period. The loss of jobs created by... Read more
Where are we headed with AI and the challenges of copyright and IP laws? 2024-06-18 I was recently lucky enough to have an interesting discussion with smartR AI’s founder, CEO and engineer, Oliver King-Smith, about one of the most fascinating conundrums in the field of AI. Strict copyright and IP laws are making AI products more biased because... Read more
Cybercrime and LLMs: Friend or Foe 2024-06-06 Cybercrime. For many, the mention of this word might raise the semi-comic image of a far-off ‘prince’ emailing vulnerable individuals to request money in exchange for grandiose rewards. But cybercrime takes many forms, is far more common than you would think and in... Read more
AI software ownership, evolution or revolution? 2024-05-15 For a long time, software has been exclusively owned by its producers and distributed to individuals through licensing agreements or Software as a Service (‘SaaS’). Yet, the safety concerns associated with SaaS products have led some companies, like smartR AI, to transfer model ownership... Read more
A safe environment or an environment of fear? 2024-04-28 Worker safety has become a top priority for most companies. Technology plays a big role in improving workplace safety and it does so in all kinds of ways. But does using technology create an even bigger risk than it solves? Some uses of technology... Read more
GPT: PARTNERING WITH EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY EPCC TO COMPARE TWO ADVANCED HARDWARE SETUPS DESIGNED FOR OPTIMIZED PARALLEL COMPUTATION 2024-01-15 smartR AI™ and EPCC, part of the University of Edinburgh, are partnering together on a super computer trial project using the Cerebras CS-2 Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) system. EPCC is the UK’s leading centre of Supercomputing and Data Science expertise and conducts research at the... Read more
WHY IS QUALITY DATA IMPORTANT FOR AI? 2023-12-06 Put simply: there is no AI without data. Quality data is essential to the functioning of any AI program, without it the program will likely be inaccurate and unreliable. This is where the common place saying “garbage in, garbage out” (GIGO) comes from. A... Read more
THE AI MENU 2023-11-23 Two of the main causes of unhealthy diets are a lack of education and a lack of resources. Yet, a lot of individuals now have access to both and still suffer from an unhealthy diet. Why is this? And how can AI redefine... Read more
WHAT DO SHERLOCK HOLMES, A SELF-OBSESSED MUSICAL AUTOMATON AND A ROBOTIC BIN HAVE IN COMMON? 2023-10-31 What do Sherlock Holmes, a self-obsessed musical automaton and a robotic bin have in common? The TEDx University of Edinburgh conference, of course.For those of you who weren’t able to attend this weird and wonderful event, I will be covering the best and strangest... Read more
TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT: A RECIPE FOR DISASTER? 2023-10-26 AI for health is a rapidly expanding area and one of the most exciting applications is the way technology can improve healthcare provision in developing countries. By providing even the simplest resources, such as free access to online research subscriptions for medical students, individuals... Read more
TURNING THE AI BLACK BOX INTO A GLASS BOX 2023-10-18 One of the biggest difficulties with Artificial Intelligence systems is that the internal workings are often unknown to even the coders themselves. We know what we put into the AI and what comes out of it, but how AI decides on the output... Read more
COULD THE NEXT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT LET YOU CHAT WITH YOUR SERVICE ANIMAL OR PET? 2023-10-04 Developments in technology are improving communication between the human and animal kingdom in several new and exciting ways. Advancements range from using AI to decode the sonar sounds of sperm whales, to enabling dogs to ask humans for help, and vice versa.... Read more
GOOD VS EVIL ROBOTS 16 September 2023 The representations of artificial intelligence and robots in pop culture vary significantly between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. The West’s obsession with ‘evil robot’ films forms a stark contrast with the robot saviors often found in the media of the East. Countries in Asia, such... Read more
BEHIND THE SCENES AT SMARTR AI 2023-08-29 In the green and luscious medieval town of Edinburgh lies the powerhouse of AI advancements: smartR AI. Here the engineers Matthew Malek, Jonah Ramponi and Kornelija Sukyte, under the guidance of CEO and engineer Oliver King-Smith, are the driving soul behind the companies’ inspirations,... Read more
CHATGPT: OVERHYPED OR BADLY USED? 2023-08-01 Wouldn’t we all love a personal assistant? Someone to sort through our emails, to manage our appointments and to remind us of all the important things we need to do. Some fortunate ones can afford assistants, but most of us simply have to... Read more
THE EYES YOU CAN’T HIDE FROM 2023-07-06 We go about life using passwords, pins and biometrics to protect our images, our bank details and other aspects of our personal data we feel are worthy of our protection. Yet, information like browsing patterns or images of us in public spaces often... Read more
FROM STONE AGE TO CUTTING EDGE TECH: DISPARITIES IN DIGITAL MATURITY ACROSS HEALTHCARE 2023-06-18 The scheduling system used by my GP is antiquated at best. To book what is usually a telephone appointment you have to phone the practice up−and it needs to be immediately on opening if you are to have any chance of a phone... Read more
THE DOCTOR ON YOUR WRIST 2023-06-05 Wearable technology doesn’t just have the potential to save lives, it is already saving lives. Take, for example, the story of a woman who was alerted to her irregular heart rhythms by her apple watch and after further tests was diagnosed with a... Read more
STAYING ALERT – THE ALARM THAT SAVES ENTIRE REGIONS 2023-05-22 In the year I spent living by the seashore in the north of New Zealand, I spent the nights listening to the waves and fearing the tsunami siren would go off at any second. At eight years old this felt like the scariest... Read more
THE THERAPIST WITHOUT EMOTIONS 2023-05-08 In suggesting that Artificial Intelligence might be able to help us improve our mental health the first reactions I receive are often puzzled or confused looks: as if I had just asked your toaster to drive us to the airport. How can a... Read more
HOW TO PUT THE CARE BACK INTO HEALTHCARE 2023-04-24 Consumers are increasingly dictating what they want and demand personalized services with an opportunity to shape what they consume. While personalized services and products are not a new creation, Artificial Intelligence has enabled us to implement personalization in sectors and at a scale not... Read more
DECODING HUMANS 2023-04-11 We build our lives not around humans, but around machines. In order to cross a road, open a door or dry our hands, we rely on pressing buttons or activating sensors so a machine can recognise and read our movements. Our cities are... Read more
A WORLD OF LIES: LIVING IN THE AGE OF GENERATIVE DATA 2023-03-29 I was sitting with a friend and former crush that I hadn’t seen in years, when he starts telling me about this amazing AI programme. “It can do anything you ask it to”, he says, “For example, I am going to ask it... Read more
SYNTHETIC DATA: THE GENERATIVE AI CURE FOR MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS 2023-03-06 The modern-day party trick: give me any image you want to see, any at all… A painting resembling Starry Night with a hamster as the centrepiece? Voilà, Dall-e 2 can produce it. Or perhaps rather than an image, a song about how much a possum loves... Read more
MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS: AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERSONALIZE HEALTHCARE 2023-02-27 Self-driving cars, Siri and space-exploring robots. All forms of machine learning artificial intelligence (‘AI’) driving the tech revolution. By analysing vast amounts of data and identifying patterns and relationships, machine learning can make predictions based on new data and behaviour analysis. The raw power... Read more
TeckNexus Publishes "Is AI free to say what it wants?" Celene’s latest blog has been published on the TeckNexus platform. Find out how Large Language Models are beginning to ‘express opinions’ on controversial topics, whether they have the right to free speech, and what happens if an AI defames someone? This article also... 2024-10-04
Finextra Publishes smartR AI Articles Oliver’s “Doomsday Data Drought: Data Scientist Shortage Gets Worse As Generative AI Supercharges Data” that delves into why smartR AI believes generative AI will increase the productivity of data scientists, and will lead to even more demand for data scientists. Check out Oliver King-Smith's... 2024-10-02
“The State of AI: Challenges, Adoption, and Future Prospects” published on Informationworth Oliver King-Smith’s latest article discussing the complex situation where tech giants and startups face AI challenges has been published on Informationworth.com. The article examines the current state of AI through the lens of the innovation adoption cycle, exploring the challenges and opportunities as the technology... 2024-09-30
Oliver speaks on the panel at the Cyber Security in Financial Services Summit, London 16.09.2024 On the 16 September Oliver King-Smith, Neil Gentleman-Hobbs and SCOTi visited London to attend the City & Financial Global’s 10th edition of the Cyber Security in Financial Services Summit. Oliver was a part of a panel discussing the practical implications of using AI and... 2024-09-26
TeckNexus published “AI’s Reality Check” Oliver’s article “AI’s Reality Check: When the Hype Train Hits a Brick Wall” looks at how AI projects are struggling to deliver expected benefits due to complexity, cost, time, technical challenges, and market dynamics. And how a fundamental shift in perspective is needed: AI... 2024-09-23
Finextra publishes Oliver’s article “Is the End of AI Near?” Not by a long shot. But we’re certainly witnessing the end of the AI hype bubble, and that might just be the best thing for the technology’s long-term success. The AI revolution isn’t ending – it’s just getting started. The road ahead will be... 2024-09-16
Press Release: Unlock Hidden Relationships in Your Data with SCOTi’s new Graph Creator Function Edinburgh, July 29th 2024. At the request of ex government minsters, smartR AI has developed SCOTi Graph Creator, the latest addition to the SCOTi® AI suite. Graph Creator allows organizations to trace complex relationships in unstructured data and transform those relationships into actionable insights,... 2024-08-06
Demystifying GDPR & AI in DIGIT News Is your personal data at risk? Oliver King-Smith’s latest article “Demystifying GDPR & AI: Safeguarding Personal Data in the Age of LLMs” talks you through the challenges. Find out why private LLMs might be the safest choice for your data in this break... 2024-08-03
Oliver’s take on relying on third-party AI is published on TeckedIn Imagine fine-tuning your prompts and workflows to achieve the perfect output, only to find that a seemingly minor update has altered the AI’s tone, changed its response patterns, or even broken previously functional features. In a world where AI capabilities can make or... 2024-08-03
Hyperight publishes smartR AI article: My Take on the EU AI Act Free up your weekend reading by letting Oliver King-Smith break down the beast of a document that is the EU AI Act. This short and snappy piece covers the noteworthy aspects of the document from the unique perspective of the head of a... 2024-08-03
Finextra published Oliver’s “Navigating Personal Data in LLMs: A GDPR Perspective” Do you ever think about how much of your personal data you share with GPT-style LLMs like ChatGPT? Is it really safe? Find out in our latest article by Oliver King-Smith at: https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/26462/navigating-personal-data-in-llms-a-gdpr-perspective ... 2024-08-03
Finextra publishes Oliver’s take on the EU AI Act Free up your weekend reading by letting Oliver King-Smith break down the beast of a document that is the EU AI Act. This short and snappy piece covers the noteworthy aspects of the document from the unique perspective of the head of a... 2024-07-30
smartR AI article “Demystifying GDPR and AI” in Hyperight Concerned about safeguarding personal data in the age of large language models? smartR AI has opinions, read Oliver’s latest article published in Hyperight to find out how you can protect yourself and your organization. ... 2024-07-14
FinExtra publishes smartR AI article: Decoding AI Adoption Oliver King-Smith’s, Founder and CEO of smartR AI, article “6 Key Rules to Separate Authentic Innovation from the Hype” discussing how can you tell whether a company is a poser or the real deal has been published in their blog area. Take a... 2024-07-14
TeckNexus published smartR AI article on AI and GDPR GDPR AND AI: SAFEGUARDING PERSONAL DATA WITH LLMS \ Can you safely input personal data into AI models? The answer: it depends. ✨ Key Takeaways: 📚 Understanding LLMs: Training vs. Inference. 🔍 GDPR copmliance: Ensuring lawfulness, fairness, transparency, and purpose limitation.... 2024-07-09
smartR AI on The Lucent Persepective Podcast Why experienced teams are crucial for successful AI implementation! In their latest episode, Rebecca Hastings had a conversation with Oliver King-Smith{#ember46.ember-view}, smartR AI Founder and CEO, where they discussed and uncovered the pitfalls of inexperienced AI teams and the value of seasoned professionals in... 2024-07-04
smartR AI blog posted on TeckedIn platform TeckedIn has published smartR AI’s latest blog, “Where are we headed with AI and the challenges of copyright and IP laws?“ Pleased to see smartR AI’s Celene Sandiford great work promoted on an internation forum. ... 2024-07-04
smartR AI published on TeckedIn: Did your copilot just crash? SaaS has been the gold standard in software for a long time, however with the AI revolution comes the evolution of software ownership. The abrupt cancellation of the CoPilot Pro GPT Builder after just three months evidences some of the issues associated with SaaS... 2024-06-28
smartR AI featured in Data & Analytics Newsletter We’re thrilled that Oliver’s article “Data chaos? AI to the rescue” on “messy data” has been featured on the Data & Analytics page and their Artificial Intelligence Newsletter, thank you. At smartR AI we always worry about data when we start a project;... 2024-06-20
smartR AI in the press: Computer Weekly quotes Oliver on Green AI A recent article discussing making software development greener, published by Computer Weekly, has quoted Oliver, founder and CEO of smartR AI, extensively, amongst other AI experts, on the approaches to making AI greener. Check out the article by Cliff Saran, Managing Editor and Adrian Bridgwater where... 2024-06-17
smartR AI blog features on TeckedIn platform smartR AI’s recent blog post, Cybercrime and LLMs: Friend or Foe, has been featured on the TeckedIn platform. Teckedin.com offers organizations the shortest path to staying up on business technology. It provides hand-curated technology content from multiple sources in one place. Debby K is... 2024-06-17
smartR AI in the press: CEO Monthly published Oliver’s article on AI ownership Oliver King-Smith, smartR AI’s founder and CEO, article “AI Ownership, an Evolution or Revolution?” has been published in the June 5th issue of CEO Monthly. Check out smartR AI’s advice today and see how you can ensure AI is an asset for your organization. ... 2024-06-06
smartR AI in the news: Oliver’s article published in Corporate Vision Magazine In the May 30th issue of Corporate Vision Magazine, Oliver’s article “Decoding AI Adoption: 6 Key Rules to Separate Authentic Innovation from the Hype” has been published. There are 6 rules that equip investors, boards, and management to critically evaluate AI efforts. With rigorous... 2024-05-31
smartR AI and Oliver published in Hyperight Lean, Mean, Green Machines: Optimizing AI for Energy Efficiency is the latest article from smartR AI’s founder and CEO, Oliver King-Smith, and published by Hyperight. The article provides techniques and suggestions for a path to a sustainable AI future. Based on the high levels... 2024-05-24
Corporate LiveWire: Innovation and Excellence Award 2024 awarded to smartR AI smartR AI is thrilled to have received the award: AI Solutions Provider of the Year by Corporate LiveWire. As a winner of the AI category, we will be featured in their magazine in July and attending their presentation event in Scotland this October. ... 2024-05-24
ComputerWeekly.com publishes smartR AI’s “Cleaning up AI training & inference” smartR AI’s CEO’s latest Green AI article, addressing the growing concerns about the rapid expansion of Artificial Intelligence and the associated power and water supply needs that come with it and what we can do to alleviate the situation, has been published this last... 2024-05-18
smartR AI provides insights on how AI in ERP can optimize productivity and predictivity Adrian Bridgwater, Technology Editor for ERP Today, has published smartR AI’s CEO and founder, Oliver King-Smith, insights on how AI in ERP will drive smarter cloud cost control Read how Oliver sees GPT models complementing ERP systems now and in the future by providing... 2024-05-18
smartR in the press: AI’s Environmental Impact and Solutions Check out the latest article penned by Oliver and published by TeckNexus, discussing the growing environmental challenges in AI technology and selecting technologies for sustainable AI, and how smartR AI and SCOTi® AI are aligned with green AI. SMALLER, FASTER, GREENER: CUTTING-EDGE... 2024-05-11
Our SCOTi has been registered! SCOTi® AI – it’s official, it’s a registered trademark. We’re all super excited, and he’s turning somersaults! Now SCOTi is a part of this important club – even more important than the kennel club. ... 2024-05-08
The Australian AI Ecosystem Discoverability Platform has discovered smartR AI and SCOTi® AI. Delighted to report smartR AI is now registered on the Australian AI Ecosystem Discoverability Platform with the> National AI Centre <. A CSIRO directory of Australian capabilities supporting business adoption of artificial intelligence technologies. Check out our listing Thanks to Steve Hansen of Applied EQ... 2024-05-08
Oliver to present a keynote at AI World Congress, May 30-31 2024 Oliver King-Smith, CEO and founder of smartR AI, has been invited to speak at the AI World Congress May 30-31, 2024 in London. Not only will he be a keynote speaker addressing “The AI-Powered Data Revolution: Unlocking Insights for Everyone”, but he’ll be... 2024-05-07
SCOTi® AI in TeckNexus SCOTi is getting famous in the press internationally. TeckNexus introduces SCOTi. ... 2024-04-17
SCOTi™ AI and smartR AI in the press smartR AI Unveils SCOTi – Scotland’s Powerful, Private, and Most Loyal AI Assistant Click on the links to see the posts. Business in the News News from Scotland UKTech News ... 2024-04-11
TeckNexus publishes Doomsday Data Drought article penned by Oliver King-Smith smartR AI believes generative AI will increase the productivity of data scientists, and will lead to even more demand for data scientists. Check out Oliver King-Smith‘s article in TeckNexus and find out how your organization can avoid the doomsday data drought. https://tecknexus.com/5g-network/doomsday-data-drought-data-scientist-shortage-gets-worse-as-generativeai-supercharges-data/ ... 2024-04-11
smartR AI in the press, with EPCC smartR AI along with EPCC have been featured in the local Scottish and UK business and technology press this last week, featuring the AI-training trial yields and the dramatic reduction in AI training times smartR AI has experienced during the trials with EPCC’s... 2024-04-08
smartR AI – Corporate Vision Award Winner, 2023 Corporate Vision has named smartR AI “Best Behavioural Intelligence-Focused AI Application Company – UK, 2023” Our winner’s profile: https://www.corporatevision-news.com/winners/smartr-ai-2/ Find us on the winners list: https://www.corporatevision-news.com/winners-list/?award=29252-2023 ... 2024-04-07
Oliver’s latest article in Global Banking and Finance Review For investors and finance, understanding whether a company uses AI properly now translates into wasting money or reaping rewards. So how can you tell whether a company is a poser or the real deal? Decoding AI adoption:... 2024-04-06
smartR AI in the media: How Banks Can Responsibly Adopt Large Language Models (LLMs) Global Banking and Finance Review has recently published and article written by Oliver King-Smith, smartR AI’s founder and CEO, discussing the risks related to data privacy, security, and ethics of publicly available LLMs, such as chatGPT, versus private LLMs which require deliberate planning around... 2024-04-05
Double recognition: smartR AI receives two new awards smartR AI has once again been recognized for their contribution to AI development. Corporate Vision has named smartR AI “Best Behavioural Intelligence-Focused AI Application Company – UK, 2023” Corporate LiveWire has awarded smartR AI “2024 AI Solutions Provider of the Year” We look forward to attending... 2024-04-04
smartR AI in the news AI-training trial yields impressive results with EPCC’s Cerebras CS-2 smartR AI™ and EPCC are working together on an AI trial using the Cerebras CS-2 Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) system. The results so far have shown a dramatic reduction... 2024-04-03
smartR AI co-operation with Edinburgh University EPCC and Cerebras PRESS RELEASE: Edinburgh, January 15, 2024. smartR AI™ and EPCC, part of the University of Edinburgh, are partnering together on a super computer trial project using the Cerebras CS-2 Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE) system. EPCC is the UK’s leading centre of Supercomputing and Data Science expertise,... 2024-04-02
smartR AI to speak at the AI World Congress 2023, London, November 27-28 Oliver King-Smith, CEO and founder of smartR AI, has been invited to speak at the AI World Congress 2023 in London. Not only will he be a keynote speaker addressing how generative AI is changing the world of data analytics, but he’ll be... 2024-04-01
smartR AI to speak at the AI World Congress 2023, London, November 27-28 Oliver King-Smith, CEO and founder of smartR AI, has been invited to speak at the AI World Congress 2023 in London. Not only will he be a keynote speaker addressing how generative AI is changing the world of data analytics, but he’ll be... 2024-03-31
Oliver King-Smith provides advice on how to implement LLMs safely Check out Computer Weekly’s recent article penned by our founder and CEO, Oliver King-Smith about implementing large language models safely within an enterprise IT environment – Mind the Gap: AI leaders pulling ahead as LLMs take off. Has your company fully embraced AI strategies,... 2024-03-30
smartR AI in the media smartR AI has been featured in the press following the award ceremony by Corporate LiveWire, Innovation and Excellence Awards 2023, for Solutions Provider of the Year, 2023. Find us in the Scottish press and UK tech news: newsfromscotland.co.uk View Post tech-user.co.uk View Post uktechnews.co.uk View Post ... 2024-03-29
Corporate Live Wire – Innovation & Excellence Awards Winners, 2023 smartR AI Awarded for AI Solutions Provider of the Year, 2023 smartR AI™ is delighted to announce its recognition as the AI Solutions Provider of the Year 2023, awarded by Corporate LiveWire, Innovation and Excellence Awards 2023. The company has been recognized particularly for... 2024-03-28
smartR AI finalist in the IET Excellence and Innovation Awards 2023 We’re very proud to announce that we’ve been chosen as a finalist for the IET Excellence and Innovation Awards 2023! We have been shortlisted in the Health Technology Award category for our innovation alertR, a behavioral intelligence-based alerting system providing speedy support and assistance to protect vulnerable individuals. The smarter... 2024-03-27
Stronger, Smarter, Together – Partnership We are excited to announce that Eike Consulting and smartR AI are working in partnership. Working together with great partners is the smartR way to live, and Randall Eike and Oliver King-Smith go back many many years. We’re bring visions to life to improve lives intelligently: With Eike’s multi-platform proficiency, experience in... 2024-03-26
Meet smartR AI at HETT, 26 – 27 September 2023 smartR AI are honoured to be invited by Facts and Dimensions to be featured on their stand at HETT this year. We will demo and discuss ready to roll AI solutions. Find out how our private smartR myGPT™ provides excellence in data analysis for the... 2024-03-25
smartR AI at AI World Congress 2023 presenting keynote speech smartR AI are honoured to be doing a keynote presentation on AI and AI powered healthcare solution , as well as being invited onto what is proving to be an eagerly anticipated panel. Meet CEO Oliver King-Smith and Head of Global Business Development... 2024-03-21