GitHub Copilot: The Future of Code
This past week the Seattle-based development Microsoft company With the support of OpenAI – a research laboratory that aims to drive innovative AI research and development to ensure that artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity – this release of Copilot marks a major advancement in the development of artificial intelligence. At its core functionality, Copilot […]
5 Design Considerations for Your Next mHealth App
Today, the healthcare industry is undergoing a major shift in how health-related services are consumed. mHealth – or mobile health – refers to the use of mobile devices such as mobile phones, tablets, wearables or other electronics to provide health-related services. mHealth offers a wide variety of value from connecting patients and healthcare providers, providing […]
How Researchers Are Preparing for the AI-Fueled Deepfake Deluge
Artificial intelligence (AI) is getting better — after all, it continuously trains itself to meet and exceed expectations — but could it be getting too good? AI applications are being used to detect and warn officials and journalists about AI-generated videos called “deepfake”. These videos show a prominent political leader or celebrity saying and doing things […]
A Look at Amazon’s Many Ventures Into Medicine — Part 2
With Amazon’s recent announcement of opening the doors to a digital pharmacy with lower costs for prescriptions, there’s a feeling of anticipation and mystery around what the company will do next in the medical and healthcare industries. Amazon has made its interest in healthcare and pharmacy well-known with the acquisition of PillPack and the roll-out […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Artificial Neural Networks – Part 3
Welcome to the third part of our special series on artificial neural networks! These computing systems have spurred numerous innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) development over the last decade. In our previous post, we explored how artificial neural networks function and learn. Did you miss it? Check it out here. For this final entry of […]
Is AI Development Moving Too Fast?
Is the development of artificial intelligence (AI) moving too fast? Just a decade ago, AI was little more than a laboratory curiosity. Today, it is an unparalleled economic force that can be found all around us. But sadly, so can many of the problems that AI brings. Bias, deepfakes, privacy violations, and cases of malicious […]
Your Brief Guide to Natural Language Processing (Part 2)
Once an obscure subset of artificial intelligence (AI) development, natural language processing (NLP) is now a vital part of modern life. Whether it’s digital voice assistants, translation apps, word processors, or even customer service calls, you probably encounter this technology in your everyday activities much more frequently than you presume. Welcome to our brief guide […]
Can AI’s Racial & Gender Bias Problem Be Solved?
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms are complex packets of code that strive to learn on given training data. But when this training data is flawed, not well-rounded, or biased, the algorithm quickly spirals into discrimination too. For women and minorities, these systemic AI issues can quickly become harmful. Where Does Bias Come From? Bias in AI […]
A New AI Milestone: Passing an 8th Grade Science Exam
In 2015, 700 artificial intelligence (AI) developers competed to win $80,000 in prize money. Their objective? To build an AI system capable of passing an eighth-grade science exam. Unfortunately, all submitted systems failed to accomplish this, with the best contender answering only 60% of questions on the test correctly. At the time, AI was no […]
Thanks to AI and IoT, the Fourth Industrial Revolution Is Already Here
With advancements in machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT), we’ve ushered in the fourth industrial revolution ahead of schedule. Using a variety of strategically-placed sensors, factories, warehouses, and manufacturing plants are already reaping the benefits of all three of these disruptive technologies. And It’s not simply because industrial enterprises have […]