Georgia State University partnered with AdmitHub, a Boston-based ed tech startup, to test out text-based intervention to help reduce ‘summer melt,’ or the dropout of students who accept admission but do not show up for fall enrollment. GSU launched ‘Pounce,” the first virtual assistant in the United States to use the company’s conversational AI technology.
Source: Using AI Chatbots to Freeze ‘Summer Melt’ in Higher Ed — Campus Technology
After applying his machine-learning programs to central bank policy statements to churn out trading calls, a hedge fund-backed political economy specialist
Professional services businesses need to follow the lead of other industries if they want to head-off disruption. The four are security, finance, marketing and insurance.
Source: The four industries making best use of artificial intelligence | afr.com
Jim Cramer sat down with Yext co-founder and CEO Howard Lerman for more on how his software company is spreading digital knowledge to clients like Volvo.
Source: Yext CEO says ‘rise of conversational artificial intelligence’ brings us business
Reuters is scooping its rivals using intelligent machines that mine Twitter for news stories.
Source: How artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the news business
TB is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide.
Source: How artificial intelligence is helping detect tuberculosis in remote areas | Healthcare IT News
Collaboration targets quality of life, independence and human microbiome issues to improve the quality of life for older adults.
Source: IBM, UC San Diego launch aging-based AI center | Healthcare IT News
The company turned to a behavior-based security system that knows users by what they use and how they use it.
Source: Aetna replacing security passwords with machine learning tools | Healthcare IT News
But some big questions need to be answered as tools like Siri and Alexa start playing a role in the patient journey, says one expert.
The doc.ai app will use natural language processing to literally converse with patients via an app and explain their lab results to them.
