Previously defying attempts at automation , chip floorplanning – the process of deciding where elements of memory and logic are located on a microprocessor – has been achieved by AI with results that superior to humans ’ efforts . In a paper in Nature , researchers from Google Brain reported that the machine learning approach took just hours , versus weeks or months it would take a human .

Big Brother is driving with you

UK-based MiX Telematics has upgraded its AI video telematics service to include details of driver fatigue , phone use , distraction , smoking and seat belt use . The new platform can live stream driver behaviour , giving fleet managers more visibility . Richard Adams , Sales Director at MiX Telematics Europe , said : “ We have demonstrated that the return values of this solution are very high for our customers .”

12 August 2021