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Intuit bets on machine learning to make expense management for the self-employed suck less

Intuit bets on machine learning to make expense management for the self-employed suck less

Intuit, the company behind Mint, QuickBooks and TurboTax, traditionally focused on serving individuals and small businesses. But over the course of the last few years, it noticed that there is a large and growing group of freelancers, whose tax situation is

Microsoft’s new head of research has spent his career building powerful AI—and making sure it’s safe

Microsoft’s new head of research has spent his career building powerful AI—and making sure it’s safe

As director of Microsoft’s Building 99 research lab in Redmond, Washington, Eric Horvitz gave each of his employees a copy of David McCullough’sThe Wright Brothers. “I said to them, ‘Please read every word of this book,’” Horvitz says, tapping the

Cars with electronic ears would be safer and more reliable

Cars with electronic ears would be safer and more reliable

Most car owners know what it’s like to hear a new clink or grinding noise coming from the engine and wonder how costly the fix will be. Startup OtoSense is working with major automakers on software that could give cars their own sense of hearing to

Fisher & Paykel looks to AI for customer experience | ZDNet

Fisher & Paykel looks to AI for customer experience | ZDNet

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the future for improving customer experience, according to home appliances manufacturer Fisher & Paykel. As a result, the New Zealand-based company is following up its cloud computing overhaul by looking into implementing both

AI Predicts Heart Attacks and Strokes More Accurately Than Standard Doctor's Method

AI Predicts Heart Attacks and Strokes More Accurately Than Standard Doctor's Method

Here at The Human OS, we are slightly obsessed with matchups between artificial intelligence and doctors. In many experiments (though not yet in many clinics), AI systems are showing great promise in diagnosing diseases, analyzing medical images, and

AI algorithms are creating a frighteningly realistic fake future

AI algorithms are creating a frighteningly realistic fake future

News headlines might not be the only things that are fake in the future. Powerful machine-learning techniques (see “The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI”) are making it increasingly easy to manipulate or generate realistic video and audio, and to

Financial institutions turning to artificial intelligence for data mining, cost savings

Financial institutions turning to artificial intelligence for data mining, cost savings

Financial institutions turning to artificial intelligence for data mining, cost savings 29 min ago (…) BB&T Corp. has a well-earned reputation for being deliberate when it comes to adopting technological advances. That’s why BB&T executives’ enthusiasm

APPLYING MACHINE LEARNING TO ADVANCE CYBER SECURITY ANALYTICS – Cyber Security Review

APPLYING MACHINE LEARNING TO ADVANCE CYBER SECURITY ANALYTICS – Cyber Security Review

Technology moves swiftly. Nowhere is that more accurate than in the current state of machine learning. One merely has to look at a variety of ubiquitous technological experiences they undergo each day, and find a myriad of machine learning applications at

Microsoft announces AI model builder, key driver analysis, and Azure Machine Learning integration for Power BI

Microsoft announces AI model builder, key driver analysis, and Azure Machine Learning integration for Power BI

Microsoft’s Power BI, a business analytics service that enables users to create reports, dashboards, and more without coding experience or deep technical expertise, is getting a dose of hefty artificial intelligence (AI). The Seattle company announced today