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Venture capital firm plants $1.8m seed for Honee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... individual stylist's calendars. Honee is also growing salon owner's business confidence through its innovative artificial intelligence system called Nectar. Salon owners can chat to Nectar 24/7 to learn about how their business is performing, act on ...

Financial services pay top dollar for compliance, IT skills

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... customers. Other areas of technology that are expanding include cybersecurity, robotic process automation and artificial intelligence. Conversely, lower-level tech roles such as manual testing and helpdesk are in decline, as they are increasingly outsourced ...

Cultural bias heavily discounts female artwork

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... avoid associating fake artist names with real paintings, the researchers 'created' the paintings using an artificial intelligence application that converts a photo into a painting. Most people rated the artworks equally, but wealthy individuals who visit ...

Institutions urged to overhaul outdated risk management practices

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... example, pulse checks of attitudes, or automated analysis of trends on social media, including the use of artificial intelligence to assess attitudes as they are expressed - but would need to be much more sensitive and relevant than current measures," ...

AI threatens financial services workers: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
An overwhelming number (83%) of Australian financial services workers are concerned artificial intelligence (AI) technology will take over their jobs. That's according to technology and consulting firm Infosys' Leadership in the Age of AI report, which ...

Commonwealth Bank launches chatbot banker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... Bank customers can now complete more than 200 banking tasks using a newly-launched chatbot. Leveraging artificial intelligence, the bank has launched Ceba, a 24/7 chatbot capable of recognising about 60,000 variations of questions regarding the 200 tasks. ...

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
Millennial super fund Spaceship, artificial intelligence and machine learning companies were among the beneficiaries of Australia's booming venture capital market in 2017, but two industry bodies have called on the Government to increase its support ...

ANZ Wealth tests AI-driven underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
ANZ Wealth is exploring artificial intelligence opportunities to improve its underwriting processes. The collaboration with the Advanced Analytics Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS AAi) will use machine learning and big data to develop ...

Siri and Alexa: The future of banking?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
Using artificial intelligence to do all your personal and business banking from the comfort of your own home may be closer than you realise, NAB predicts. NAB executive general manager, digital and innovation Jonathan Davey said the proliferation of ...

International automotive alliance launches new VC fund

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... in year one - is targeted at fostering development in mobility, autonomous vehicles, connectivity and artificial intelligence. Ownership of the fund is divided across Renault (40%), Nissan (40%) and Mitsubishi Motors (20%). The fund's first investment ...