The Human Touch: How Tech Titans Are Fixing Their AI Recommendations
After a long, hard day at work, you’re finally home! You plop down on your couch, turn on your TV, and tune in to your favorite streaming service. Looking for something new to watch, you navigate to your “Recommendations” section. Much to your displeasure, all of the options listed don’t interest you one bit. Does […]
6 More Artificial Intelligence Applications You Can See in Action Today
In a recent post, we covered five of our favorite artificial intelligence (AI) applications that you can see in action today. It delved into how organizations around the world are leveraging Narrow AI, data mining, computer vision, and more. In case you missed it, you can read it here. But one article certainly wasn’t enough […]
5 Artificial Intelligence Applications You Can See in Action Today
In recent years, no emerging technology has captured as much attention as artificial intelligence (AI). But with great hype often comes great confusion; navigating your way through the various applications of AI development can quickly become an arduous endeavor. Nonetheless, gaining a good grasp of AI’s uses is essential to understanding the field on a […]
How AI Can Give Healthcare an Overhaul
When it comes to healthcare, few emerging technologies have garnered as much hype as the development of artificial intelligence (AI). And for good reason — AI will undoubtedly disrupt medicine. But whether that’s for better or for worse depends on numerous factors. On one hand, AI could tap into the immense amounts of data and […]
AI and Machine Learning: What’s the Difference?
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are both big buzzwords in the tech industry. But they’re often erroneously used interchangeably. At its core, AI comes from the field of computer science. On the other hand, machine learning is actually a subset of AI. So while the two subjects are inherently related, they are certainly not […]
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 […]
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, […]
How AI and Other Tech Are Transforming the Travel Industry
Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) have gone worldwide—and are now helping you do the same. Before, it was common to only hear of new developments in San Francisco and other hubs. But travel companies all over the world are now leveraging recent tech advancements to bring you a better experience and secure themselves a […]