There’s an old Swiss motto that says, “money may not make you happy, but it makes you rich.” And rich they are. With a population of just over 8 million and a geographic area of about 41,000 square kilometers (that’s about a third the size of Pennsylvania for all you muppets out there that don’t use the metric system) Switzerland is small but has the sixteenth highest GDP-per-capita in the world. The country is built on services and traditional industries like banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals, and precision instruments (with a notable history in watchmaking as well).
IBM is launching a new tool today that will let decision makers talk through complex decisions with an AI. Named Project Debater, the tool is designed to help people practice their reasoning, develop well-informed arguments, and reach reliable conclusions.
Denmark might not be a leader in many key economic indicators on the global stage. Nor is it the flashiest country in terms of technology, startups, or finances. However, it is commonly referred to as the happiest country in the world. Among the many reasons cited are the strong welfare system, a superb education system, work-life balance, and the concept of hygge.
CLARA analytics (“CLARA”), a leading artificial intelligence (AI) and data science company specializing in building easy-to-use AI-based solutions focused on claims operations for the Property & Casualty and Disability insurance industries, today announced a $11.5 million Series A funding round led by
In a prime example of the promise of artificial intelligence to improve human capabilities, rather than just replace them, Textio is bringing its “augmented writing” technology to e-mails, sales and marketing communications, and other forms of business writing, and just raised $20 million to do it.
What is the best way to describe Rupert Murdoch having a foam pie thrown at his face? This wasn’t much of a problem for the world’s press, who were content to run articles depicting the incident during the media mogul’s testimony at a 2011 parliamentary committee hearing as everything from high drama to low comedy. It was another matter for the hearing’s official transcriptionist. Typically, a transcriptionist’s job only involves typing out the words as they were actually said.
In the world’s wealthiest neighbourhoods, artificial intelligence (AI) systems are starting to steer self-driving cars down the streets, and homeowners are giving orders to their smart voice-controlled speakers. But the AI revolution has yet to offer much help to the 3 billion people globally who live in poverty.
In science, we use statistics and experiments to figure out causal relationships. Researchers in artificial intelligence and machine learning have started to design software that allows computers to learn about causes the way that scientists do. Over the past 15 years, researchers in my laboratory have shown that children learn in much the same way.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has permeated many industries from finance to healthcare, and sales is no exception. Within sales tech, there are a number of startups using AI and machine learning capabilities to help facilitate and streamline the sales process, particularly in the area of voice call and speech analytics.
Google today said that it’s acquired API.ai, a startup with tools for speech recognition and natural language understanding. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
In addition to its developers tools, Api.ai offers a conversational assistant app with more than 20 million users.
