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Helsinki trials AI and automation as part of its drive to digital services

29 Jan 2021

Trials were based on ideas submitted by employees and mayor Jan Vapaavuori said they also represent a shift in thinking to an operating culture more conducive to experimentation.

Data mined from IoT devices will ‘breed’ next new Uber

28 Jan 2021

Data mined from user interactions with ‘things’ rather than digital services will create a wealth of rich data, enabling new business models, and the creation of new products and services.

Pandemic drives £500m into top GovTech start-ups

21 Jan 2021

Core to the boom in GovTech development and investment is the recognition of a new digital focus by governments which have been forced towards digital adoption through the pandemic.

Saudi Arabia unveils its vision for a city without cars and streets

13 Jan 2021

The Line is a zero-carbon, hyper-connected city in a 170km straight line on the Neom development near the Red Sea that will “reimagine and revitalise the future of urban living”.

Companies partner to offer smart cities blockchain-enabled global data exchange

09 Dec 2020

The companies want to deliver a new level of trust and control for cities and provide municipal and commercial clients with unaltered and traceable data that ties back to its original source.

AI factory programme launched to produce solutions at speed

30 Nov 2020

Inspired by the concept of a conventional factory, Nexus FrontierTech wants to help organisations kickstart their AI journey and progress from roadmap into proof-of-concepts in three months.

University of Helsinki launches Ethics of AI online course

27 Nov 2020

Course has been designed in partnership with the cities of Helsinki, Amsterdam and London and aims to help public administration, businesses and the public understand what the ethical use of AI means.

Micro-mobility company launches research fund for use of e-scooters

26 Nov 2020

Research will focus on the various safety aspects of e-scooter use as well as rider travel behaviour and the challenges and opportunities of the integration of e-scooters within a city.

Dubai utility adopts Smart Dubai ethical AI toolkit

18 Nov 2020

The toolkit was launched to set clear guidelines on the ethical use of AI to prevent having a fragmented, incoherent approach to ethics, where every entity sets its own rules.

Greentech companies join forces to build renewable energy certificate ecosystem

17 Nov 2020

The companies claim that their end-to-end approach reduces the time taken for renewable energy asset owners to acquire Recs, from three months to less than a week.

Munich to use autonomous agents in smart city infrastructure trials

12 Nov 2020

Trials kick off on a commercial real-estate development in the city centre where agents will negotiate the price of parking spaces with users able to earn rewards in a digital currency.

Port of Tyne sets up clean energy park

09 Nov 2020

The park, which has already welcomed its first tenant, will play an important role in supporting the government’s goal to power every UK home with offshore wind electricity.

Greater Manchester deploys AI-controlled road junctions

06 Nov 2020

The technology anonymously identifies different types of road users at selected junctions and controls traffic signals to allow different modes of transportation to be prioritised as and when required.

Installed connected building automation systems to surpass 34 million in 2024

05 Nov 2020

IoT analyst firm Berg Insight said there is a new urgency in the market due to factors such as energy conservation and mandates for green construction.

Global smart hospitals market to surpass $103bn by 2027

05 Nov 2020

Companies are focusing on launching new applications in order to establish smart hospitals through artificial intelligence which is expected to drive the growth of the global market.

Customer engagement firm joins smart city ecosystem

13 Oct 2020

CSG has joined the joined the global technology and innovation accelerator, the Innovation Corridor, to support the development and proliferation of smart cities.

Predictive AI tools aim to help utilities make transition to green energy

07 Oct 2020

By applying advanced models, rules and learning to weather forecast, energy demand, pricing, and device data, Veritone Energy helps utilities automatically predict the optimal energy supply mix.

Cityzenith to donate digital twin platform to key cities

28 Sep 2020

The technology provider is launching the Clean Cities – Clean Future campaign to help the world’s most polluted urban centres become carbon neutral.

Sioux Falls deploys smart city platform to tackle Covid-19

18 Sep 2020

The city in North Dakota is using the Quantela platform to analyse and visualise real-time data relating to the outbreak to identify patterns and trends and respond to the situation.

$9m “people-centric” smart city research project for Singapore

16 Sep 2020

The National University of Singapore and ST Engineering are collaborating on the multi-year digital technologies programme to address evolving urban challenges.

Resource recommends a common data-sharing approach for smart cities

26 Aug 2020

ATIS and US Ignite are publishing the Smart Cities Data Catalogue Specification, which aims to extend the value of data beyond governmental boundaries.

Houston expands digital alliance with Microsoft

25 Aug 2020

The partnership aims to help the city innovate in areas such as big data and AI to create new economic opportunity, close equity and skills gaps, and prepare a workforce for the 21st century.

Smart Dubai evolves its plans for human-centred, ethical AI

20 Aug 2020

The future roll-out of tools for better AI and the potential of AI audit practices were among the core themes addressed by the Smart Dubai’s second virtual meeting of its Artificial Intelligence Ethics Advisory Board.

AI-based lifeguard system aims to bring smart city tech to the beach

04 Aug 2020

The core system is based on deep-learning computer-vision technology and transmits real-time information to monitors in the lifeguard tower, sounding an alarm when swimmers are in danger.