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AI and automation are making office life easier

August 2, 2019
AI and automation have revolutionized the manufacturing sector with robots working alongside humans on factory floors. Now, those same sorts of technologies are beginning to find their way into corporate offices and are rapidly changing the way we conduct business. That starts with recruitment and onboarding. “Having a face-to-face meeting with a human seems to be an incredibly powerful way…
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Google Assistant finally comes to Dish's receivers

July 31, 2019
It only took half a year, but Dish’s receivers are finally ready to work with Google Assistant. The satellite TV provider has started rolling out an update for Hoppers that lets you use the voice remote to check the weather, control your smart home and, of course…
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DeepMind AI can predict kidney illness 48 hours before it occurs

July 31, 2019
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) kills 500,000 people in the US and 100,000 in the UK annually, often because it’s not detected soon enough. Researchers want to use AI to change that. DeepMind, the Alphabet-owned AI company, partnered with the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop an AKI prediction algorithm. In a paper published in Nature today, the partners share their findings that…
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Facebook opens up its AI tool to OpenStreetMap users

July 23, 2019
Plugging a new address into your smartphone’s map app can show you where to go in seconds. But in places like rural Bangladesh and Indonesia, there are millions of miles of roads that are still uncharted territory. Facebook now hopes its AI technology will make it easier for volunteers on OpenStreetMap to add unmapped areas. The social media giant announced today that it is opening its Map…
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