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− | '''Faculty''' (formerly '''ASI Data Science''' and '''Advanced Skills Initiative Ltd''') is a British technology company based in [[London]], founded in 2014, by [[Marc Warner]], a | + | '''Faculty Science Ltd''' (formerly '''ASI Data Science''' and '''Advanced Skills Initiative Ltd''') is a British technology company based in [[London]], founded in 2014, by [[Marc Warner]], a research fellow at [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and researcher at the [[London Centre for Nanotechnology]] at [[University College London]]. |
Faculty has worked on more than 200 [[artificial intelligence]] projects that included partners such as [[Amnesty International]], [[NHS]], [[World Bank]] and the [[BBC]].<ref>''[https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2018/02/13/who-are-asi-data-science-the-company-behind-the-governments-terror-content-blocking-tool/ "Who are ASI Data Science, the company behind the Government’s terror content blocking tool?"]''</ref> | Faculty has worked on more than 200 [[artificial intelligence]] projects that included partners such as [[Amnesty International]], [[NHS]], [[World Bank]] and the [[BBC]].<ref>''[https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2018/02/13/who-are-asi-data-science-the-company-behind-the-governments-terror-content-blocking-tool/ "Who are ASI Data Science, the company behind the Government’s terror content blocking tool?"]''</ref> | ||
− | In February 2019, [[ASI Data Science]] and | + | In February 2019, [[ASI Data Science]] and Advanced Skills Initiative Ltd rebranded as [[Faculty Science Ltd]].<ref>''[https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190206005798/en/New-AI-Leader-Faculty-Launches-Pledge-AI "New AI Leader, Faculty, Launches with Pledge to 'Make AI Real’"]''</ref><ref>''[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/08873131 "Faculty Science Ltd"]''</ref> |
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− | [[Artificial intelligence]] is the most important technology of our age, but it is valuable only when it is applied in the real world – enhancing products, improving services and saving lives. | + | "[[Artificial intelligence]] is the most important technology of our age, but it is valuable only when it is applied in the real world – enhancing products, improving services and saving lives. To make [[AI]] real we help organisations work out what they could do with AI, and then help to do it. This requires three things: the right strategy, the right skills and the right software. We help with all three."<ref>''[https://faculty.ai/about-us/ "Faculty - about us"]''</ref> |
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− | To make [[AI]] real we help organisations work out what they could do with AI, and then help to do it. This requires three things: the right strategy, the right skills and the right software. We help with all three.<ref>''[https://faculty.ai/about-us/ "Faculty - about us"]''</ref> | ||
== SherlockML == | == SherlockML == | ||
− | '''SherlockML''', is a python-based [[AI]] software tool, which was unveiled during an event at the Python Conference in October 2017. In February 2018, [[Home Office]] and ASI developed a [[terrorist]] content blocking tool that identifies 94% of [[Daesh]] propaganda that prevents it from being uploaded to the [[Internet]].<ref>''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43037899 "UK unveils extremism blocking tool"]''</ref> | + | '''SherlockML''', is a python-based [[AI]] software tool, which was unveiled during an event at the Python Conference in October 2017. In February 2018, [[Home Office]] and ASI developed a "[[terrorist]]" content blocking tool that identifies 94% of [[Daesh]] propaganda that prevents it from being uploaded to the [[Internet]].<ref>''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43037899 "UK unveils extremism blocking tool"]''</ref> |
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Faculty Science Ltd (formerly ASI Data Science and Advanced Skills Initiative Ltd) is a British technology company based in London, founded in 2014, by Marc Warner, a research fellow at Harvard and researcher at the London Centre for Nanotechnology at University College London.
Faculty has worked on more than 200 artificial intelligence projects that included partners such as Amnesty International, NHS, World Bank and the BBC.[1]
In February 2019, ASI Data Science and Advanced Skills Initiative Ltd rebranded as Faculty Science Ltd.[2][3]
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Own words
"Artificial intelligence is the most important technology of our age, but it is valuable only when it is applied in the real world – enhancing products, improving services and saving lives. To make AI real we help organisations work out what they could do with AI, and then help to do it. This requires three things: the right strategy, the right skills and the right software. We help with all three."[4]
SherlockML
SherlockML, is a python-based AI software tool, which was unveiled during an event at the Python Conference in October 2017. In February 2018, Home Office and ASI developed a "terrorist" content blocking tool that identifies 94% of Daesh propaganda that prevents it from being uploaded to the Internet.[5]
An Office Holder on Wikispooks
Name | From |
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Jing Tsu | September 2022 |
Employees on Wikispooks
Employee | Job | Appointed |
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Ben Warner | Commercial Principal | 2016 |
Marc Warner | CEO | 3 February 2014 |
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Why the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app failed | Article | 19 June 2020 | Matt Burgess | On 18 June 2020, Matt Hancock announced that the planned centralised NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app, which has been trialled on the Isle of Wight and downloaded by tens of thousands of people, has been ditched in favour of a decentralised system developed by Google and Apple. |
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