Artificial intelligence is at the heart of the fourth industrial revolution, given its impact on various aspects of human life. From enhancing personal assistants, healthcare services, delivery and transportation, the technology has given rise to the new era of digitization. The technology has since found its way deep into the sea, to map and monitor pipelines carrying fuel and cables for power and communication.
While there have been concerns that huge stretches of these critical connectors lay unprotected deep in the sea, things are slowly changing. Just as drones have had a significant impact in transforming the way modern warfare is conducted, artificial intelligence is about to transform how the deep sea is monitored.
Seabed defense and warfare are already being transformed by AI-powered underwater systems. The military and governments are deploying drones and anti-mine robots in conjunction with surface ships, underwater sensors, and satellites. AI is increasingly used in these navigation, mapping, and underwater defense systems to evaluate and combine data from various sources.
North.io is a company leveraging AI to create systems that protect undersea technology and infrastructure. The company’s ultimate goal is to ensure transparency in the sea by monitoring thousands of miles of cable and other installations in real-time.
“In the future, unmanned maritime systems in the air and underwater are going to be active. AI will help us develop the systems that will enable us to identify and combat suspicious behavior underwater,” said Lt. Col. Rene Heise, a staff officer in the Critical Undersea Infrastructure Coordination Cell.
Nevertheless, the kind of accurate, real-time map of the ocean and objects that would be necessary for total undersea autonomy still faces several challenges. For example, today’s mine-clearing underwater vehicles usually only recognize familiar objects. Therefore, a threatening object may not be identified if it is not in the AI’s catalog.
The mapping and monitoring of the deep sea using AI underscores the role AI is likely to play in the future and the impact it is likely to have. Likewise, its free use underlines and affirms the growing calls for fewer regulations that spur innovation and development in the nascent sector.
The push comes as US tech giants call out Europe’s artificial intelligence industry, reiterating it is being held back by excessive regulation. Executives of two US tech giants have already raised concerns about the block’s strict approach to AI and machine learning.
“I think there is now broad consensus that European regulation around technology has its issues, and sometimes it’s too fragmented, like GDPR [General Data Protection Regulation], sometimes it goes too far, like the AI Act,” Chris Yiu, Meta’s director of public policy, told an audience of tech founders and investors at Techarena. In an effort to soften some aspects of the AI Act, big tech companies, in general, have been increasing their lobbying efforts and using more rhetoric against the EU’s approach to tech regulation.
For this article, we selected AI stocks by going through news articles, stock analysis, and press releases. These stocks are also popular among hedge funds in Q4 2024.
Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 275% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 150 percentage points (see more details here).
A group of analysts studying data on a large monitor.
10. Gauzy Ltd. (NASDAQ:GAUZ)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 7
Gauzy Ltd. (NASDAQ:GAUZ) is an integrated light and vision control company that develops, manufactures, and supplies liquid crystal controllers and films. The company also utilizes artificial intelligence to develop and implement advanced driver assistance systems. On February 20, the company confirmed the inking of a strategic collaboration with MABA Industrial.
The strategic collaboration paves the way for Gauzy Ltd. (NASDAQ:GAUZ) to expand its footprint into South Korea as it seeks to accelerate the adoption of its AI-powered smart vision camera monitoring system for commercial vehicles. Gauzy is to leverage MABA Industrial’s expertise in mobility and established relationships with Hyundai and other OEMs to capture a substantial market share in the country’s commercial vehicle market with the AI-powered solution.
“We are thrilled to have MABA Industrial as one of our partners and bolster our presence in South Korea,” stated Eyal Peso, CEO of Gauzy. “Our expansion in APAC affords us a number of strategic benefits, including the opportunity to generate a sizable and steady new source of revenue for our growing Safety Tech division. “
9. Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 14
Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) is a technology company that offers information management products and services that help businesses manage, protect and integrate data and content. Additionally, the company utilizes artificial intelligence to develop intelligent content management solutions. The company launched the OpenText Core Threat Detection and Response system on February 21.
Available on Microsoft Azure, the AI-powered cybersecurity solution is designed to address external and internal threats. OpenText Core Threat Detection and Response stands out by leveraging AI algorithms to enhance threat detection and accuracy. It also comes with features that are adaptive to an organization’s unique environment. The new AI-powered solution should strengthen Open Text Corporation’s (NASDAQ:OTEX) prospects in the global Extended Detection and Response (XDR) market, valued at $1.7 billion in 2023, according to estimates from Research and Markets.
Muhi Majzoub, OpenText EVP of Security Products, explained, “Enterprises need a way to continuously adapt threat analysis to the unique behaviors of their organization without further straining security teams.”
