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Artificial intelligence course creates AI teaching assistant

Posted in Online on 10th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

Jill Watson is a virtual teaching assistant. She was one of nine teaching assistants in an AI online course. And none of the students guessed she wasn't a human.

Viv: The a next generation AI assistant

Posted in Business on 10th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

The real secret sauce of Viv is 'dynamic program generation' which allows the AI assistant to understand intent and generate a program itself to best answer the query.

Key trends in the evolution of intelligent assistance

Posted in Business on 29th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Personal assistants and software bots have enjoyed significant buzz in recent months. New assistants are launched every week.

Alphabet's crazy moonshots are growing revenues faster than losses

Posted in Online on 22nd Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Google CEO Sundar Pichai cited the development of machine learning and AI as one of the key factors driving the growth.

YouTube live-streams in virtual reality and adds 3D sound

Posted in Online on 18th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Google said select concerts from California's Coachella festival would be the first to use the virtual reality facility.