Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2023: the global event on connectivity

What innovations will we see in the mobile phone world, and what new technologies will hit the market this year? We at AITech4T, a SME that has been working in the field of Artificial Intelligence for years, found the answer in Barcelona. From February 27th to March 2nd, the 15th edition of the world’s most important mobile phone fair – …

Workshop AIABI 2022: Artificial Intelligence between Business and Academia

1 December 2022 The AIABI workshop has reached its second edition. After last year’s entirely remote edition, this year the event will be held on Friday, 2 December 2022, at the University of Udine. The event, promoted by the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence – AIxIA as part of its 21st International Conference, is organized by Social Thingum together with …

Social Thingum among the Finalists of the Assintel Digital Awards 2022

16 September 2022 Social Thingum is a finalist in the first edition of the Assintel Digital Awards. The announcement of the six selected innovative technological projects, made on 14 September, saw the small Milanese company outpace several companies and startups active throughout Italy. The awards ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, 19 October 2022 at 2:30 PM: a live event in …

How Meta addresses the gender gap on the web with Artificial Intelligence

31 May 2022 Meta is developing an algorithm to address the gender gap on Wikipedia. In fact, according to the Wikimedia Foundation, only 20% of the biographies on the world’s most famous online encyclopedia are about female figures. That’s why a researcher at the company founded by Mark Zuckerberg has launched an Artificial Intelligence project that allows Wikipedia editors to …

Social Thingum and WhoTeach among the 70 “Italian AI Software Startups” of Klondike

SocialThingum and WhoTeach are now part of the “Italian AI Software Startups” list compiled by Klondike. The list, now in its third version, was published on March 8 with the objective of “facilitating interaction between startups and companies, increasing the competitiveness of the entire ecosystem at an international level.” Being included in this list means having one’s commitment to research …

Artificial Intelligence Against Extreme Weather Events: CLImate INTelligence

The Climate Change Conference From October 31 to November 12 this year, the United Nations COP26 conference was held in Glasgow. The purpose of this gathering was to contain and limit the current climate crisis through a common agreement on interventions. A crisis that, now more than ever, is felt by public opinion and that now appears to be of …

Beethoven and Artificial Intelligence: what is creativity?

The Beethoven Decima and Artificial Intelligence: What is Creativity? On October 9, the Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn performed, for the first time, Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony in its entirety. A surprising event for classical music experts: the Tenth Symphony had remained unfinished after the German composer’s death in 1827. So who completed this composition? A totally unexpected author: a computer! You …

Artificial Intelligence and Human Resources: the Benefits in a Webinar Organized by Assintel

The webinar “Artificial Intelligence: What Benefits for the Human Resources Area?” was held on November 17, organized by Assintel and the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA). Several industry experts participated in this event. Among the speakers were the main representatives of the organizing bodies: Andrea Ardizzone, Secretary-General of Assintel; Piero Poccianti, President of AIxIA; Stefania Bandini, Chair of the …

What Web Summit 2021 taught us in 4 bullet points

We were there. Web Summit 2021 has been the most exciting event for anyone working in the Innovation and the Digital Transformation… for so many reasons. The post-pandemic is a phase where insecurity has unleashed new energies and challenges. Facebook’s rebranding in a “metaverse” has made more tangible some of the weirdest, sci-fi-like technologies. Startups and young enterpreneurs are showing their potential all over the world, …