� TRAFFIC HAZARD REPORTING AI is being used to predict when road traffic incidents are most likely to occur . The software , which requires information from Android and Apple phones has collected as many as 4,500 observations in a month on a trial on the A14 in Cambridgeshire , UK .

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I ’ m sorry , I don ’ t speak binary . Well , you ’ re missing out . ‘ Data fluency ’ is the new catchphrase of the wise corporate mind .

Don ’ t we have computers for that ? Yes , and that ’ s the point . With the explosion of data as a corporate asset in recent years and the impending boom as AI models get better at data mining , we ’ re about to be positively swimming in the stuff .

Is it lovely once you ’ re in ? Probably , if you ’ re data fluent . The World Economic Forum estimates automation will displace 75 million jobs by the end of 2022 and create 133 million others . Most of the new ones will require data skills .

And that ’ s data fluency ? Exactly . Companies need to upskill workers in data immediately to stay ahead of the stampede for data talent that lies ahead . Those that train become data fluent .

Now you ’ re talking my language .

� IMAGINATION AI While humans can easily put together mental images of things they have never seen , AI has struggled with the recombinative process of applying , say , shape and colour to an artefact . A USC team has developed AI that allows computers to ‘ imagine ’.

� DEEP FAKE DOCUMENTARIES A documentary maker who used a deep fake company to replicate the voice of Anthony Bourdain has been censured by critics , including the dead celebrity chef ’ s ex-wife . Filmmaker Morgan Neville described the technology as a “ modern storytelling technique ”.

� AI DIAGNOSTICS Healthcare has been a primary sector for the AI industry ’ s affections , with promises of rapid diagnoses , drug delivery and public health analysis . But a new report published in Science argues that the benefits of AI in health are oversold .

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