For decades, technology has relentlessly made phones, laptops, apps and entire industries cheaper and better—while health care has stubbornly loitered in an alternate universe where tech makes everything more expensive and more complex. Now startups are
2018-12-26
When AlphaGo topped the grandmaster Lee Sedol last year in Seoul, South Korea, becoming the first machine to beat a professional at the ancient game of Go, it grabbed the attention of the entire country—and beyond. This surprisingly powerful machine, built
2018-12-26
It’s not about artificial intelligence (AI) taking over — it’s about AI improving human performance, a new study by Yale University researchers has shown. “Much of the current conversation about artificial intelligence has to do with whether AI is a
2018-12-26
The AI revolution is upon us and nowhere does it manifest more powerfully than in the realm of data analytics. Cutting edge developments and innovative new ways to use the immense amount of data generated daily, means that humans are no longer qualified to
2018-12-25
Artificial Intelligence is playing an ever increasing role in the lives of civilized nations, though most citizens probably don’t realize it. It’s now commonplace to speak with a computer when calling a business. Facebook is becoming scary accurate at
2018-12-25
At the UNESCO Forum on Artificial Intelligence in Morocco, experts reiterated the urgent need for a framework that recognises the peculiarities of the African continent. African countries, they said, cannot afford to wait and hope to ‘leapfrog’ what the
2018-12-24
Corti must agree because they built, tested and deployed an AI-enabled system that helps emergency dispatchers make life-saving decisions. Currently, Corti’s expertise is in identifying cardiac arrest—when the heart has fully stopped—but the company has
2018-12-24
From firing off an API call to resetting a server, chatbots are a way to trigger a set of automations using chat functionality. Let’s get started! It’s time for a chatbot when third-party integrations are: There are several well-known chatbots available
2018-12-24
Embed AI Deep Learning for Banks As businesses begin to rely more on data-driven Artificial Intelligence applications, the new applications lead to new business issues, security, and privacy concerns. Each bank also needs to have a transparent system for
2018-12-24
