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June 19, 1968: First software patent awarded to Martin Goetz
...computer community held that software wasn’t a separate category from computer hardware. The legal community refused to recognize software as patentable because they considered the programs little more than operationalized...
April 4, 1973: Geologists use natural language system to study moon samples
...published in Computerworld Volume 7, Issue 14 on April 4, 1973 Natural language processing is an interdisciplinary field combining linguistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence. Modern voice assistants like Apple’s...
New Global Alliance Takes On Complex COVID-19 Data
https://vimeo.com/439382461 The alliance will provide an AI-supported decision-making platform to help the world’s policy leaders mitigate the pandemic’s impact on lives and livelihoods PALO ALTO, Calif. and NEW YORK —...
New grants support community efforts to end growing hunger across U.S.
...response efforts in the U.S. and globally. The new grants include: Commonwealth Kitchen: Commonwealth Kitchen’s CommonTable Initiative is a community-led response to feed neighbors in need by mobilizing local food...
New grants target climate action and digital health
...data and artificial intelligence to ensure healthier communities and enable us to be better stewards of our planet.” The 14 grants reflect the Foundation’s commitment to strengthening data science and...
Looking ahead: COVID-19 and the future of data governance
...very different but also because technology advances our analytical capacity, which also means there are changes in contexts.” – Claudia Juech In the latest installment, Cloudera Foundation CEO and President...
Location, Location, Location: WattTime uses AI & data to determine best places to source clean energy
...creating new solutions, programs, platforms, best practices and products to help their companies—or other companies—achieve greater success in commercial and industrial environment and energy management.”[PB3] He was also a 2018...
Accelerating the Use of Data for Equality
...officially launch the Cloudera Foundation’s new Data4Change Accelerator program, designed to be a more accessible form of support than the intensive multi-year partnerships that have marked the Foundation’s first three...
Inside Philanthropy: AI and data science are top of mind as two grantmakers join forces
...The point is, these latest innovations are evolving fast in the hotbeds of business, science and government, and it can be difficult for regular citizens and civil society to keep...