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robotic surgery (robot-assisted surgery)

Robotic surgery is the use of computer technologies working in conjunction with robot systems to perform medical procedures.

By Ivy Wigmore • Nov. 22, 2022

social robot

A social robot is an artificial intelligence (AI) system that is designed to interact with humans and other robots.

By Dennis Shiao, Ivy Wigmore • Nov. 17, 2022

Finding what differentiates Cerebras’ AI supercomputer

The vendor's new technology enables organizations that might not have the money to build their own supercomputer to try the technology and see what they can accomplish with it.

By Esther Shittu • Nov. 16, 2022

PyTorch

PyTorch is an open source machine learning (ML) framework based on the Python programming language and the Torch library.

By Sarah Lewis, Kinza Yasar • Nov. 16, 2022

Augmentation a better approach than automation for AI

Fears that robots will replace human workers grow as technologists create new tools that imitate what humans do. Instead, industries should focus on using AI to complement humans.

By Esther Shittu • Nov. 9, 2022

James Earl Jones, AI and the growing voice cloning market

The growing text-to-speech and speech-to-speech market is sparking new enterprise applications. However, the technologies also raise concerns about privacy and misuse of the tools.

By Esther Shittu • Oct. 31, 2022

Why and when to consider a feature store in machine learning

Feature stores exist to make data for training machine learning models reusable. Explore both the benefits and challenges of feature stores that organizations can experience.

By George Lawton • Oct. 31, 2022

IBM expands embeddable AI software with NLP capabilities

The addition to embeddable AI comes one week after IBM introduced its new AI chip. The libraries aim to make it easier for developers to use the Watson application.

By Esther Shittu • Oct. 25, 2022

AI groups work to tune, release large language models

CarperAI, Scale AI and other research groups have partnered to deliver instruction-tuned language models as the NLP market grows.

By Esther Shittu • Oct. 21, 2022

Automation and digital assistants in a post-pandemic world

From the food industry to manufacturing and healthcare, enterprises are looking for more ways to enhance their businesses and scale their growth with digital automation.

By Esther Shittu • Oct. 6, 2022

Digital twin consortium accelerates growth of the technology

Through its working groups, the consortium helps organizations deal with challenges in managing systems and data related to the technology. The subgroups publish their findings.

By Esther Shittu • Sept. 29, 2022

Jabra provides sentiment analysis with first AI software

The new SaaS offering voice coaches agents and provides self-coaching assessments and personalized evaluations. The vendor also introduced two new headsets.

By Esther Shittu • Sept. 15, 2022

National Grid saves $2 million by partnering with AI startup

The gas and electric company used AiDash to realize efficiencies and improve reliability and vegetation management in Massachusetts after a challenging year.

By Esther Shittu • Sept. 8, 2022

New funding for Anyscale boosts popular Ray AI platform

The startup raised $99 million and released a new version of its open source framework, which helps enterprises scale AI workloads and projects with available resources.

By Esther Shittu • Aug. 24, 2022

Facing labor shortage, pizza franchise turns to AI phone bot

Jet's Pizza says OrderAI Talk frees up employees, keeps consumers from enduring long wait times and is an option for those who prefer using the phone to text ordering.

By Esther Shittu • Aug. 16, 2022

DataRobot CEO resigns amid turmoil

DataRobot CEO Dan Wright resigned amid turmoil surrounding 'immoral' stock sales and layoffs. His departure follows the protest resignation of DataRobot's chief AI evangelist last week.

By Shaun Sutner • July 21, 2022

AI predictive analytics startup aims for data analysts

Pecan AI has raised $116 million for its predictive business intelligence platform aimed at data and business analysts. The platform automates model building and deployment.

By Esther Shittu • July 20, 2022

AI for video editing: How one startup is doing it

The vendor's Magnifi platform enables enterprises to generate clips from live or prerecorded videos. The platform uses AI and computer vision to create short clips.

By Esther Shittu • July 12, 2022

How AI and automation play a role in ITOps

Tech professionals agree that AI, intelligent automation and cybersecurity play important roles in the enterprise and can revolutionize ITOps when implemented and used correctly.

By Cameron Hashemi-Pour • May 19, 2022

TeamViewer’s AiStudio: AI is the next evolution for AR

Frontline's new add-on enables enterprises to train models for image and object recognition. The system can detect shop floor warning signs and other safety problems.

By Esther Shittu • May 4, 2022

How a startup uses a facial recognition engine during COVID-19

Sentry Interactive uses an AI facial recognition system in its Tower platform, a device that enables organizations to help people safely and securely enter buildings.

By Esther Shittu • April 27, 2022

HPE targets machine learning with AI platforms

The Machine Learning Development System is a full stack of software and hardware for training and building models. Swarm Learning enables enterprises to share data at the edge.

By Esther Shittu • April 27, 2022

Chatbots and a tortilla-making robot: Chipotle’s AI

The restaurant chain uses the technology to provide recommendations to customers, help with complaints and improve its inventory system. It is also testing out AI in the kitchen.

By Esther Shittu • April 21, 2022

Stochastic processes have various real-world uses

The breadth of stochastic point process applications now includes cellular networks, sensor networks and data science education. Data scientist Vincent Granville explains how.

By Cameron Hashemi-Pour • April 13, 2022

Spotify personalizes audio experiences with machine learning

The streaming platform builds models using analytics, data from users and content to create a personalized audio experience for users and try to keep them as long-term customers.

By Esther Shittu • April 4, 2022