Six Things Newsletter | December 8, 2020

In this week's Six Things, Paul Carroll discusses Google's DeepMind, a breakthrough in AI. Plus, smart contracts in insurance; surging costs of cyber claims; 4 stages of dominance in performance; and more.

In this week's Six Things, Paul Carroll discusses Google's DeepMind, a breakthrough in AI. Plus, smart contracts in insurance; surging costs of cyber claims; 4 stages of dominance in performance; and more.

A Breakthrough in AI

Paul Carroll, Editor-in-Chief of ITL

You may have seen articles last week about a breakthrough for artificial intelligence in medicine that managed to be arcane and exciting at the same time. Google’s DeepMind solved a 50-year-old problem related to protein folding — news only for geeks, right? Not so: The solution opens up all sorts of possibilities for understanding the inner workings of the human body and for rapid development of drugs.

What I haven’t yet seen explained — amid all the speculation about just how many Nobel Prizes in Medicine will spring from the work — is that the type of AI that DeepMind developed to solve the protein-folding conundrum should also provide breakthroughs in insurance. This type of AI can take dead aim at some core issues in insurance, especially in underwriting and claims...  continue reading >

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by Thomas Kang

With home-working widespread because of COVID-19, security around access and authentication points is critical.

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