One of the best aspects of transitioning to a new calendar is the year-in-review pieces written by popular technology blogs and publications. This morning I discovered a post written by Ana Păstrăvanu of thepaypers.com. Here are just a few of the key take-always. Check out the post for full details. In Pakistan ecommerce was expected…
Tag: artificial intelligence
2019 – A year of data for everyone
The rise of explainable AI The promise of AI suggests machines will enhance human understanding by automating decision-making. With greater reliance on AI and machine learning comes human hesitation about the trustworthiness of model-driven recommendations. Rightfully so, as many machine learning applications don’t offer a transparent way to see the algorithms or logic behind decisions…
The 2018 AI Index report is here!
These are some key graphs and data elements that I’ve selected from the AI Index 2018. “The AI Index is an effort to track, collate, distill and visualize data relating to artificial intelligence. It aspires to be a comprehensive resource of data and analysis for policymakers, researchers, executives, journalists and the general public to develop…
Analysts Say Siri Has Gotten Smarter, But Lags The Competition
“Gene Munster and Will Thompson, two researchers from Loup Ventures, tested Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, Siri and Google Assistant. They found that Siri correctly answered 74.6 percent of the 800 questions administered. Alexa answered 72.5 percent correctly, Cortana answered 63.4 percent and Google Assistant scored the highest at 87.9 percent.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2018/siri-google-assistant-smart-speakers-artificial-intelligence/amp/
An Australian ‘Neobank’ with a 24 hour AI assistant leads the way for future banking
“Neobanks are increasingly becoming a popular choice for busy Australians, but will the future of banking move towards AI-driven banking in 2019? Australian based fintech company, Douugh however have conviction that AI driven digital banking is the way of the future. They believe traditional banks are failing to properly educate people about money management, and…