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Fujitsu and Hokkaido University develop ‘ Explainable AI ’ technology providing users with concrete steps to achieve desired outcomes
While AI technologies can automatically make decisions from data , ‘ Explainable AI ’ also provides individual reasons for these decisions – this helps avoid the so-called ‘ black box ’ phenomenon , in which AI reaches conclusions through unclear and potentially problematic means .
While certain techniques can also provide hypothetical improvements one could take when an undesirable outcome occurs for individual items , these do not provide any concrete steps to improve .
Fujitsu Laboratories and Hokkaido University in Japan have announced the development of a new technology based on the principle of ‘ Explainable AI ’.
This automatically presents users with steps needed to achieve a desired outcome based on AI results about data , for example , from medical check-ups .
For example , if an AI that makes judgements about the subject ’ s health status determines that a person is unhealthy , the new technology can be applied to first explain the reason for the outcome from health examination data like height , weight and blood pressure .
Ultimately , this new technology offers the potential to improve the transparency and reliability of decisions made by AI , allowing more people in the future to interact with technologies that utilize AI with a sense of trust and peace of mind .
‘ Explainable AI ’ represents an area of increasing interest in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning .
Further details were presented at the AAAI-21 , the thirty-fifth AAAI Conference on AI which took place in February .
DCI secures Development Approval for new Sydney data centre
DCI Data Centers has confirmed its latest
Asia Pacific data centre development , announcing its development approval for a 36-megawatt ( MW ) facility in Sydney , Australia . The facility is scheduled for service readiness in the fourth quarter of 2022 and will be located in Eastern Creek in close proximity to Sydney ’ s key data centres and connectivity hubs , thereby enabling direct and low latency access to Sydney .
The state-of-the-art A $ 400 million facility , named SYD02 , will be a new purpose-built project , specifically designed for hyperscale cloud , content and managed service providers . DCI expects the facility will also set industry-leading benchmarks for water and energy efficiency .
DCI ’ s Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Roe said : “ The team are delighted to have secured this approval which will be a crucial part of our three-stage strategy for this key site . We are also very excited to be leading the industry in delivering new cooling technologies to significantly enhance our power utilisation effectiveness and minimising our impact on the environment .”
DCI ’ s continued investment into Australia will bring significant benefits to the local economy via the creation of jobs throughout both the construction phase and ongoing operational management of the site .
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