Most Notable AI Advances in 2016
Soon the year 2016 will officially and finally be over. So before the year ends, let's evaluate what technology has been in the year...
Ensuring a Diversity of Data in AI-Led Self-Service
“Diversity” is a common theme today, and it often manifests in public and private organizations seeking to bring a wide variety of faces and...
Here Are 10 AI Technologies That Will Dominate In 2019
The implications of recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have spurred heated debate globally. As science fiction starts to become reality, AI products are...
Microsoft speech recognition software just as good as a human
It’s a red-letter day at Microsoft Research: a team working on speech recognition has hit a serious symbolic goal with a system that’s as...
Microsoft Snaps Up Wand Labs For Intelligent Communication Tech
Microsoft has confirmed its acquisition of messaging app company Wand Labs. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Wand Labs is focused on developing...
IBM’s Cognitive Social Media Command Center is bringing Wimbledon to you
Most tennis fans would salivate over the chance to witness Serena Williams attempt to win Wimbledon and tie Steffi Graf's 22 Grand Slams, pulling within two...
AI will eliminate tedious jobs, but also create new class of knowledge worker
Meet your newest employee, Amelia. She's intelligent, well groomed, and responsive to your moods. If she seems a little robotic, well, that's because she's...
This AI startup turns Slack into SmarterChild on steroids
API.ai, an intelligent speech interface company for apps, devices, and the web is announcing an integration with Slack that could be a major stepping...
Platforms that make your bots language-intelligent
Natural language is a fundamental element of bot technologies. As a result, there has been a direct correlation between the evolution of bot platforms...
Amazon Echo: A Rising Rock Star?
Perhaps it's only Apple envy, but it's been evident for a long time that Amazon wished it had its own market-leading consumer device.
It's possible...