AI in Healthcare: How It Can Improve Cardiovascular Diagnosis
Artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting every industry. But its most profound effects will most likely be in healthcare. And with some major innovations being realized this year, 2019 is quickly becoming a testament to this fact. For example, IDx-DR, the first autonomous AI system that provides diagnostic support, was recently approved by the FDA. It […]
Another 5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Improving Healthcare
In 2018, Partners HealthCare, a Boston-based non-profit hospital and network of health providers, identified numerous artificial intelligence (AI) technologies bound to disrupt patient care during the next decade. But because of the rapid advancements of the last twelve months, the organization decided to focus this year’s list on AI innovations that will impact healthcare by […]
How AI Bias Actually Occurs (and Why It’s Difficult to Fix)
Today, the overwhelming majority of artificial intelligence (AI) applications are made possible through deep learning. This subset of machine learning relies on the process of applying deep neural network architectures to make decisions or solve problems. Basically, multiple algorithm layers are applied to analyze a problem and produce a “probability vector,” which might say something […]
AI Is Making Smart Farms a Reality
With an ever-increasing number of mouths to feed and looming environmental challenges, the farming industry will need to adapt to the times if it is to succeed at supplying the world with resources. Fortunately, artificial intelligence (AI) offers a number of data-driven solutions to help the agricultural sector improve efficiency and productivity. Constraints Can Yield […]
4 Ways Artificial Intelligence Is Improving Healthcare In the Next Year
Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating innovative solutions to longstanding problems across various industries. And nowhere is this more evident than healthcare. Partners HealthCare, a Boston-based non-profit network of health providers, identified numerous AI technologies during its 2018 World Medical Innovation Forum that are primed to revolutionize patient care over the next decade. But over the […]
AI and IoT Are Transforming Mobile App Development
Whether it’s booking tickets for a concert, hailing a ride home, ordering food, or watching your favorite show, mobile app development has transformed every facet of our lives. But this is really only the beginning — the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) are ushering in a new era for mobile apps. The […]
Will Google’s AI Experts Automate Their Own Jobs?
In a recent data science competition, a trio of Google researchers placed their bets on AutoML, an artificial intelligence (AI) software designed and developed by the tech titan to do the work of a data scientist. Is this the first step towards AI experts making themselves obsolete? Standing out From the Crowd A few weeks […]
The Animal-AI Olympics Aims to Find out How Close Machines Are to Common Sense
This June, artificial intelligence (AI) researchers will pit their trained algorithms against one other in a series of tasks typically used to test animal cognition. The contest, known as the Animal-AI Olympics, aims to find out how close we’ve come to building machines with common sense. And a $10,000 prize pool awaits the winner. Adaptability, […]
The Pioneers Behind Deep Learning Have Won Computing’s Highest Honor
Known as the “Nobel Prize of computing,” the Turing Award is the highest honor in computer science. It is bestowed upon individuals who make major technological contributions to the field. The award is named after Alan Turing, the mathematician and computing pioneer who is credited as the key founder of artificial intelligence (AI). And it […]
Can Bold Bets Keep the US Ahead of China in the AI Race?
Research shows that China’s artificial intelligence (AI) development is picking up at an unprecedented pace. Can the United States keep up with ambitious, out-there ideas? On Track to Overtake the US Last June, Apple and Google sponsored an academic contest at the world’s premier computer vision conference. The tech titans wanted to see if algorithms […]