Ada Health‘s combination of artificial intelligence and human doctors has made it a rising star in the emerging medical chatbot space. But the road to AI-augmented health care has been long and winding.
“Eight years ago, when we started this company, nobody was talking about AI,” said Dr. Claire Novorol, cofounder and chief medical officer at Berlin-based Ada. “We did not describe what we…
Solving for good: How new AI use cases can help change the world
December 19, 2019
Presented by Deloitte Consulting LLP
So, you know about the benefits of AI for business — how it can reduce time spent on manual tasks, improve data-driven decision-making, and allow humans to focus on strategic business initiatives. But have you considered AI for social…
YouTube's series on AI with Robert Downey Jr. is finally available
December 18, 2019
If you’ve ever had a question about artificial intelligence or how it works, YouTube’s latest Originals series, The Age of A.I., tries to answer those questions. The new eight-part show, which is available to watch today after a lengthy wait, features Robert…
Google Assistant can now stream Hulu to your Chromecast and Nest Hub
December 18, 2019
If you own a Chromecast, TV with Chromecast built-in or Google smart display, you’ll soon be able to ask Assistant to play and control content from Hulu. The update, first spotted by Android Police, is currently rolling out to the Google Home app, according to a statement from the search giant.
“Hulu subscribers can now ask their Google Assistant to play thousands of hit TV shows and…
Uber creates AI to generate data for training other AI models
December 18, 2019
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) — two-part AI systems consisting of generators that create samples and that attempt to distinguish between the generated samples and real-world samples — have countless uses, and one of them is producing synthetic data. Researchers…
Quips is an AI to help ALS patients speak with their own voice
December 18, 2019
One of the most devastating outcomes of motor neuron disease (MND), more commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease in the US, is that it eventually takes away the ability of those who have it to speak. But like it promises to do in a lot of other areas, artificial…
In August, Google AI researchers working with the ALS Therapy Development Institute shared details about Project Euphonia, a speech-to-text transcription service for people with speaking impairments. They showed that, using data sets of audio from both native and non-native English speakers with neurodegenerative diseases and techniques from Parrotron, an AI tool for people with impediments, they…
Huckleberry raises $18 million to match small businesses with insurance plans using AI
December 18, 2019
Small businesses are generally unprepared for unforeseen catastrophes, surveys show. A whopping three-fourths of U.S.-based outfits say they don’t have an insurance policy that meets their unique needs, while 40% admit they don’t have coverage of any kind. Of course, the…
A partnership with Didi Chuxing and new autonomous driving solutions weren’t the only things Nvidia announced at its GPU Technology Conference in Suzhou today. The chip firm took the opportunity to introduce TensorRT 7, the newest release of its platform for…
Today marked the kickoff of Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference in Suzhou, China, where CEO Jensen Huang debuted a host of products and services during his keynote address. In addition to Drive AGX Orin, the latest version of the Santa Clara-based company’s software-defined solution for self-driving vehicles and robots, Nvidia announced the open-sourcing of a suite of AI models for autonomous…
