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IBM Watson AI XPRIZE Competition Opens Registration

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The IBM Watson AI XPRIZE , the $5M competition being run by Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , has opened up registrations to teams, and has published guidelines for the artificial intelligence competition. According to the XPRIZE foundation, the idea is to demonstrate how "AI can be used as a tool for good."

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Data Scientist Team Share Lessons Learned From Competition

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When you’re in a competition and on the spot, answering questions to industry experts can be a nerve-wrecking process. The best part is that afterward you walk away with valuable insight, experience and lessons learned. They left the competition with their lessons learned and came back to win first place in 2017. “To

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8 Priorities When Offering A New Product Or Service

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The cost of any new product these days must include education and rollout marketing, perhaps equal or greater than the development costs. These fears need to be offset by early success stories, educational case studies, or advice on ways to reduce risk. Customers won’t buy what they can’t find or don’t understand. Incent these early.

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Two Local Teams Compete For $2M Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE

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Los Angeles-based XPRIZE , which runs a number of prize-based competitions for developing technology, has named eighteen teams for its $2 million, Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE , including two local teams. The groups will go on to submit their technology to affordably and accurately measure ocean acidification.

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9 Keys To Overcoming The Fear Of Change In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

For Google, this has led to self-driving cars, based on work with Google maps and artificial intelligence. Perfection is impossible in today’s rapidly changing market, and iterations are part of educating the market as well as your team. Like Thomas Edison famously said, failure is simply learning what doesn’t work.

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9 Ways To Make Innovation Happen In This Time Of Need

Startup Professionals Musings

For Google, this has led to self-driving cars, based on work with Google maps and artificial intelligence. Perfection is impossible in today’s rapidly changing market, and iterations are part of educating the market as well as your team. Like Thomas Edison famously said, failure is simply learning what doesn’t work.

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9 Principles For Countering Innovation Assassination

Startup Professionals Musings

For Google, this has led to self-driving cars, based on work with Google maps and artificial intelligence. Perfection is impossible in today’s rapidly changing market, and iterations are part of educating the market as well as your team. Like Thomas Edison famously said, failure is simply learning what doesn’t work.