artificial intelligence

Robots haven't taken over the world, at least not yet, but one exchange traded fund powered by artificial intelligence is performing pretty well. The AI Powered Equity ETF (NYSE: AIEQ) is higher by nearly 19% year to date. What Happened Backed by IBM's famous Watson supercomputer, AIEQ,...

Collaborative logistics platform Turvo has acquired artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled visibility platform ODYN. Through this acquisition, announced on July 31, Turvo will accelerate the integration of connected sensors into its end-to-end platform.  "With our platform approach we sit at a...

Technology is a sector that houses some of the biggest investment opportunities ever seen. In fact, outside of the banking industry, more tech companies are among the 50 largest companies in the world by market cap than any other industry, with companies like Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Amazon.com,...

Serious safety issues have been revealed about failures in human-machine interaction to safely navigate ships and watercraft of all kinds around the ocean. The issue came to light in an Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) investigation report "Grounding of ABFC Roebuck Bay." The report...

At the Autonomous Ship Technology conference in Amsterdam, Joseph Beel, the strategic programs manager at Cisco, spoke on how advancements in the domains of Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and mobility systems are disrupting the way the maritime industry operates – while...

The implementation of precision scheduled railroading (PSR) has contributed to dwindling morale and could result in creating unsafe working conditions should the federal government withhold intervention, according to union witnesses at a June 20th Congressional hearing on rail safety. "If [the...

Join us this weekend on FreightWaves Radio on SiriusXM Road Dog Trucking! On this week's show, co-hosts John Kingston and Chad Prevost will be chatting with: – Kenny Veith, the President of ACT Research, about the sharp dropoff in Class 8 truck orders as well as any signs pointing to whether the...

Daimler was the world's first automobile manufacturer to design, develop and sell a "commercial truck" in 1896 and, ever since, trucks from all vehicle manufacturers, in all parts of the world, were built and sold as products. The simple governing theory in the global commercial industry was to...

The Volvo Group and Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) have announced a joint partnership to develop artificial intelligence (AI) for self-driving trucks. Work will begin immediately in Gothenburg, Sweden and Santa Clara, California. The announcement comes a week after Volvo, the world's second-...

FreightWaves features Market Voices – a forum for market experts with unique knowledge of transportation and logistics sectors, as well as other critical expertise. There was significant excitement in the container shipping industry in April. The reason for this excitement was the formation and...

Texas-based Athena Security is a startup technology company that uses artificial intelligence to teach existing security cameras to identify crimes with 99% accuracy. On Thursday, the company announced the completion of $5.5 million in seed funding. What Happened Athena's capital raise was led...

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The rationale behind Tableau Software Inc (NYSE: DATA)'s tie-up with salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE: CRM) is simple: Tableau's "very broad and deep" analytics platform can be coupled with Salesforce's machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies, Tableau CEO Adam...

A biotech that's using artificial intelligence to identify neuroscience and immuno-oncology medicines received FDA approval for an investigational new drug application this week, and Benzinga connected with its CEO for more insight on the company's innovation efforts.  New Haven,...

Luminous is a startup producing artificial intelligence chips that use silicon photonics to quickly transfer data through light inside small settings such as servers. The company is now backed by a roster of tech innovators, including Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates...