How Intel Is Empowering Students With AI Skills For Employability
Intel’s AI for Workforce program provides industry support for community colleges to empower students with AI skills.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence in Marketing
Is artificial intelligence the next big thing, or just another gimmick?
Google Assistant Can Now Understand Unique Names, Context In Conversations
Google says it has made improvements to Google Assistant that bolster the company’s artificial intelligence assistant’s natural language capabilities, including correctly understanding and pronouncing unique names. Starting over the next few days, users can teach Google Assistant to enunciate and recognize names of contacts the way they pronounce them. Without keeping a record of the […]
What Microsoft’s Acquisition of Nuance Could Mean For The Future of Workplace AI
Microsoft’s recent announcement that it is acquiring healthcare artificial intelligence and voice recognition company Nuance could signal a new era of voice-enabled technologies in the enterprise. Nuance’s speech recognition technology for medical dictation is currently used in 77% of U.S. hospitals, and Microsoft plans to integrate those technologies with its Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare offering […]
EU Publishes Framework for Artificial Intelligence Regulation
The EU has proposed a set of regulations that will regulate artificial intelligence based on each application’s inherent risk in order to avoid the potential problems with AI systems.
Banks Turn to Monitoring Technology for Surveillance
Banks are quickly adopting sophisticated surveillance systems and artificial intelligence to better monitor employees and customers.
Microsoft Acquires Healthcare AI, Voice Recognition Company
Microsoft is acquiring conversational AI company Nuance, a company that offers speech recognition software that is used in 77% of U.S. hospitals, in a deal worth $19.7 billion. According to Microsoft’s announcement, the company plans to integrate Nuance’s solutions with its Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare offering that was introduced last year. Nuance provides conversational artificial […]
AI Researchers Say There are Problems with Machine Learning COVID Diagnosis
AI and healthcare professionals are warning of concerns over a machine learning algorithm made for diagnosing COVID-19. The idea behind these technologies was to help health professionals tell the difference between coronavirus and other similarly-presenting ailments like pneumonia. But concerned professionals say changes need to be made before the COVID diagnosis machine learning is used […]
New AI Rewards Good Dogs
It’s easy to program something to give your pets some food or treats. You’ve probably seen these devices for sale online. But AI has made an advancement on that concept: it can now help encourage good behavior by rewarding your pet with a treat if certain conditions are met. A recent VentureBeat report chronicles the computer science […]
Facebook AI Changes Image Recognition By Teaching Itself to See Without Much Human Aid
AI isn’t this self-possessed thing that many consumers assume it is. If you work in the technology field, you likely are aware of the fact that every artificial intelligence algorithm has a whole slew of human progenitors behind it. Banks of images need to be hand-labelled in order to create an image recognition algorithm, for […]
