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Microsoft and OpenAI deal fuels AI products, services on Azure

A new OpenAI partnership with Microsoft aims to provide OpenAI with an influx of capital to boost its AGI research and give Microsoft new supercomputing Azure AI capabilities.

By Mark Labbe • July 23, 2019

Agricultural equipment maker uses AI for customer experience

Using AWS services Redshift, S3 and SageMaker, as well as third-party tools, AGCO has created new AI marketing tools and a customer portal to better compete in a tight market.

By Mark Labbe • July 19, 2019

AI in financial services helps speed consumer interaction

By using AI in finance, financial organizations are able to speed processes that otherwise would require more manual input from employees or consumers.

By Mark Labbe • July 18, 2019

Automated transcription services for adaptive applications

NLP technologies have advanced in recent years. Using them, startups have been able to create automatic transcription software for adaptive applications.

By Mark Labbe • July 12, 2019

Pushing past chatbot challenges will secure their longevity

For chatbots to remain in enterprise futures, developers and data scientists need to get flexible. From open source to intelligent sharing, chatbot collaboration will boost benefits.

By Kassidy Kelley • July 10, 2019

Experts discuss pressing data science problems and solutions

Most data science projects end up facing similar problems, such as lack of robustness and data quality issues. In this feature, experts offer tips on how to overcome these challenges.

By George Lawton • July 10, 2019

spatial intelligence

Spatial intelligence is the concept of being able to successfully perceive and derive insight from visual data.

By Laura Fitzgibbons • July 10, 2019

AI and big data go perfectly together -- sometimes

The combination of big data and AI tools enables new forms of analytics and automation, but use of the technologies in enterprise applications is still evolving.

By Anthony Scriffignano, Ph.D. • July 9, 2019

The future of voice assistants is multiturn conversations

The future looks promising for voice assistants, but for them to really live up to the hype, they are going to have to improve at true multiturn conversations.

By Kathleen Walch • July 4, 2019

AI acquisitions lead to consolidation

Analytics and AI startups emerge regularly and grow quickly. Frequent acquisitions, however, seem to be creating a more consolidated industry, cementing some vendors at the top.

By Mark Labbe • July 3, 2019

AI applications in government: Virtual assistants could see uptick

Conversational AI in the form of intelligent virtual assistants and chatbots could player a bigger role in government agencies' citizen service initiatives.

By John Moore • June 28, 2019

How to improve candidate matching with AI in HR recruitment

AI in HR recruitment can source talent externally but can also be used to improve internal projects. AI platforms can match qualified existing employees to potential open projects.

By Kassidy Kelley • June 17, 2019

smart farming

Smart farming is a management concept focused on providing the agricultural industry with the infrastructure to leverage advanced technology – including big data, the cloud and the internet of things (IoT) – for tracking, monitoring, automating and analyzing operations.

By Corinne Bernstein • June 13, 2019

Machine learning consultants explore use cases

Machine learning consultants and developers are among the IT channel partners discovering AI-driven business opportunities across a range of vertical markets.

By Nicole Lewis • June 12, 2019

How to overcome the data scientist shortage

The industrywide data scientist shortage is leading companies like Schneider Electric to look internally for employees with a technical background and invest in training them.

By Kassidy Kelley • May 31, 2019

Use of AI in payments industry is set to explode

Payment processors are making wider use of AI technologies as part of an effort to make better use of their vast troves of data and connect more directly with customers.

By Kathleen Walch • May 10, 2019

Google adds Firebase AI tools to make ML mobile dev easier

A new Google Firebase update simplifies machine learning app development. The update is part of a trend of making machine learning more accessible for developers to create and deploy.

By Mark Labbe • May 8, 2019

Berklee uses SnapLogic for its AI in higher education needs

Berklee College of Music needed intelligent integration for its two student portals after a merger with the Boston Conservatory. The college chose SnapLogic to connect the systems.

By Mark Labbe • May 7, 2019

Databricks and Microsoft collaboration boosts MLflow tool

Databricks' MLflow gets support from Microsoft and new features, including easier model tracking, as the open source tool prepares for its 1.0 release next month.

By Mark Labbe • April 25, 2019

Databricks open sources data lake building tool Databricks Delta Lake

Databricks Delta is now Delta Lake, an open source tool for building in data lakes. Databricks introduced the product at Spark + AI Summit 2019, alongside the upcoming Spark 3.0.

By Mark Labbe • April 24, 2019

Better together: Predictive analytics and AI boost each other

Enterprises have long seen the value of predictive analytics, but now that AI is starting to influence forecasting tools, the benefits may start to go even deeper.

By Kathleen Walch • April 22, 2019

Wield AI to personalize consumer products and aid logistics

Companies using AI to sell consumer products seek brand loyalty by using personalization, online sales capabilities and optimized inventory management

By Kathleen Walch • April 10, 2019

Data scientists urged to take AI security threats more seriously

AI security hasn't been the top concern of most data scientists using machine learning. But as these systems move closer to the core of the business, security is becoming critical.

By George Lawton • April 4, 2019

Capital One AI VP discusses AI assistant Eno

Eno from Capital One is an AI assistant that can give customers real-time banking updates and alerts to possible fraud attempts. In this Q&A, Capital One's VP of conversational AI goes over the basics of Eno.

By Mark Labbe • March 29, 2019

AI as a service democratizes benefits of new tech tools

The emergence of AI-as-a-service tools is helping more enterprises access the benefits of AI, not just the leading-edge tech companies that pioneered the technology.

By Maria Korolov • March 5, 2019