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Bjorn Hansen<\/p>\n

KUCHING: After rapid year of tech world advancements, setbacks and successes, Telenor Group\u2019s research arm, Telenor Research, has identified several tech trends to study up on for 2019.<\/p>\n

In a press statement, it said, while there is no shortage of staggering high-tech feats identified for the year, the notion of \u2018responsibility\u2019 resonates through many of this year\u2019s trends.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world of technology is constantly on the go. With exciting innovation \u2013 which we point to this year in greater scale than ever \u2013 comes the need for reflection, pragmatism and perspective. We think that the tech pendulum is swinging in that direction in 2019. People are taking a step back and assessing \u2018what do these deeper developments in technology and connectivity mean to me, to my family, my community?\u2019\u201d Telenor Research vice president Bjorn Hansen, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end, we all want the assurance that technology \u2013 no matter how many steps ahead of us it might seem \u2013 can fit into our lives safely, sensibly and positively,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

One of the trends identified by Telenor Research is the concept of \u2018deepfake\u2019.<\/p>\n

Telenor Research said: \u201cMasks, shades and filters have been all the rage on social media and messaging apps. The iPhone X took the idea further with facial recognition, but as the technology makes even more advances, why stop there? Remember Tom Cruise\u2019s masks in Mission Impossible? Well, doing this in cyberspace is no longer \u2018mission impossible\u2019. It\u2019s made very much possible by something the tech world has coined \u201cdeepfake\u201d. It\u2019s when Deep Learning meets Fake News (or doctored photos and videos, for that matter).<\/p>\n

\u201c2019 will bring us more deepfake content because a large amount of work is going into algorithms called generative adversarial networks (GANs1). A plethora of variants is emerging, and the systems as a whole are learning a lot faster. It is these algorithms that will enable the creation of deepfake content so advanced that we could have a difficult time differentiating between what\u2019s real and what\u2019s fake in the digital world. If people had trouble telling fake news posts apart from real news on social media between 2016 and 2018, it\u2019s very possible that the boundaries will be blurred even more in 2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

It highlighted that 2019 could see internet service providers, operators and regulators look seriously into mitigating \u2018deepfake\u2019 content, and widespread public awareness campaigns against \u2018deepfake\u2019.<\/p>\n

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is also set to be a notable trend in 2019, Telenor Research said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the coming year, we will see public and private bodies setting AI governance frameworks and adopting new codes of conduct to ensure that they operate with high ethical standards. This will be done in order to ensure that AI systems are non-discriminatory, transparent, traceable and secure, and that there are always humans in the loop who are accountable for its design, development and adoption.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnabling this, we will also see new venues for AI dialogues happening at all levels of politics, new platforms for education and training in AI, as well as investments in tools and systems that enable ethical AI development,\u201d it predicted.<\/p>\n

Another tech trend is the much-talked-about 5G network.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2018, we saw pioneering uses of 5G \u2013 like the 5G drone coverage of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. And coming in 2019, we\u2019ll see \u20185G islands\u2019 emerge across the world as large-scale pilots and trials \u2013 from Europe to North America and northeast Asia \u2013 connect selected communities and business networks.<\/p>\n

\u201cDigitising societies has been buzzword among operators, industry bodies and governments over the past few years, but 2019 will be the first year when communities will experience what this actually means, taking towns like Norway\u2019s Kongsberg, a 5G pilot town, as a first example.<\/p>\n

\u201cThough 2020 is the year that 5G\u2019s global standard will release, 2019 will see commercial advances in 5G, which we see in the US and areas of Asia already. We\u2019ll also see some of the first marketing campaigns based on 5G. From the first self-driving, 5G-steered buses to automated fisheries, from 5G-driven TV and fixed broadband to potential applications of 5G-powered remote surgery \u2013 the 5G floodgates will open in 2019, paving the way for commercial services to hit the market in 2020,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

The internet of things (IoT) is also expected to take a wider bite out of the market via industrial IoT.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the LPWA ecosystem matures and as developers have vetted much of its tech stack, we can expect to see industries to roll out large scale IoT, particularly within the arenas of smart cities, industrial manufacturing and process industries, such as shipping, traffic and transport monitoring and fisheries,\u201d said the research group.<\/p>\n

Green tech development could also make a more solid ground in 2019 as consumers grow more aware about climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs climate change worries and awareness of consumption both skyrocket in society, a wave of mobile-driven green technology will help people live and consume more smartly than ever. In 2019, this wave will reach its much needed crest,\u201d Telenor Group said.<\/p>\n