Microsoft teams up with leading universities to tackle coronavirus pandemic using AI

The newly-formed C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute has an open call for proposals to mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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IBM publishes COVID-19-related Call for Code starter kits

The three coronavirus-related guides for developers focus on crisis communication, remote education, and community education. Call for Code Challenge climate change starter kits are also available.

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How AI could help in the fight against COVID-19

From developing drug treatments to predicting the next hotspot, artificial intelligence may help researchers, healthcare workers, and everyday people offset the impact of the coronavirus.

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How do we get AI out of the early adopter phase? It's about people

Commentary: Artificial intelligence is finally seeing heavy production use, but not as broadly as it will once the technology becomes more accessible.

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How automation is speeding delivery of COVID-19 results to hospitals

Kryon, a robotics process automation provider, helped upload COVID-19 test results from the Israeli Ministry of Health to Maccabi, one of Israel's biggest healthcare providers, in 48 hours.

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Thursday, March 19, 2020

How Adobe Magento Commerce took one retailer from startup to success

Tech startup Wyze used a cloud-based eCommerce platform to create a smoother, more efficient online shopping experience at scale.

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Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu AI make cloud services free during COVID-19 pandemic

In a bid to help researchers, businesses and students, the top three Chinese cloud providers have made services available free to those in need, setting a precedent for similar incidents in the future.

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CIOs face uphill climb in finding skilled artificial intelligence talent

For the past four years, the strongest demand for people with AI skills has not come from the IT department but from other business areas, Gartner data shows.

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85% of organizations are using AI in deployed applications

More than half of businesses are now in the mature phase of AI adoption, indicating significant growth within the past year alone, O'Reilly found.

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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Top 5 trends in automation

Keeping up with what's new in automation can be a challenge. Tom Merritt talks about five trends to know about in automation.

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Top 5 trends in automation

Keeping up with what's new in automation can be a challenge. Tom Merritt talks about five trends to know about in automation.

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Health system's new COVID-19 screening tool uses Microsoft's Health Bot and Azure

The chatbot has served more 40,000 sessions during the first week to answer questions from people in 6 states about coronavirus symptoms.

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Don't let anxiety over COVID-19 cause insomnia: Tech to help you sleep soundly

Sleepless nights will be a thing of the past, thanks to these tech products that feature soothing sounds, ways to adjust slumber-perfect temperatures, and more.

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Mobile apps can help business leaders get real-time IoT data on the go

Encouraging app development within your enterprise can help your staff get faster analytics and better information at their fingertips.

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ServiceNow brings AI and analytics to its Now Platform

The "Orlando" release features Now Intelligence, incorporating automation to help boost employee productivity and efficiency.

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How improved sentiment analysis in voice-based communications can help increase sales

Helping call-center agents understand how customers feel emboldens them to sell more.

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Tuesday, March 10, 2020

How IBM Watson's new natural language processing capabilities helps business users

Project Debater's new sentiment analysis understands expressions like "hardly helpful."

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6 IoT project best practices

Before your company implements an Internet of Things strategy, follow these steps, which include security and networking tips.

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IBM code challenge winner uses open source and IoT for disaster relief

The Linux Foundation is hosting the open source firmware for Project OWL, which helps developers foster connectivity between first responders and civilians during or after natural disasters.

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Top 5 things to know about data science

Data science developments are expected to increase in 2020. Tom Merritt lists what you should know about data science, as well as artificial intelligence.

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Top 5 things to know about data science

Data science developments are expected to increase in 2020. Tom Merritt lists what you should know about data science, as well as artificial intelligence.

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How to capitalize on the edge analytics development life cycle

Waiting through the "Wild West" of edge IoT is starting to pay off, with more automation software for the scale process.

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96% of tech employees don't believe recruiters are best at evaluating candidates

Fellow team members may be better at assessing candidates than the actual recruiters, a Blind report found.

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4 ways to fine-tune your AI and machine learning deployments

Life cycle management of artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives is vital in order to rapidly deploy projects with up-to-date and relevant data.

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Forecasting the future of artificial general intelligence

The World Economic Forum wants to create an "ethics switch" to prevent artificial general intelligence from being harmful or unethical.

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How tech can solve global problems

A director at the World Economic Forum discusses how tech, such as AI and drones, can be the solutions to global issues related to healthcare, education, and logistics.

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Forecasting the future of artificial general intelligence

The World Economic Forum wants to create an "ethics switch" to prevent artificial general intelligence from being harmful or unethical.

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How tech can solve global problems

A director at the World Economic Forum discusses how tech, such as AI and drones, can be the solutions to global issues related to healthcare, education, and logistics.

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What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Defined by emerging technologies such as AI, gene editing, and 3D printing, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is here, and the World Economic Forum hopes that it benefits everyone.

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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Mid-level developers are in highest demand, according to tech hiring leaders

Companies are increasing recruiting efforts for big data and analytics, cloud computing, and AI jobs, a HackerRank report finds.

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Top 4 US states for AI jobs

AI talent is in high demand, and certain US states have more related job postings than others, ZipRecruiter found.

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What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Defined by emerging technologies such as AI, gene editing, and 3D printing, the Fourth Industrial Revolution is here, and the World Economic Forum hopes that it benefits everyone.

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Top 5 things to know about the state of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence continues to grow rapidly. Tom Merritt breaks down the five things you need to know about AI, according to a report from Stanford University.

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Artificial intelligence platform helps developers spend less time on unit tests, bug fixes, documentation

French startup Ponicode says its platform using JavaScript increases productivity by up to 10%.

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Top 5 things to know about the state of artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence continues to grow rapidly. Tom Merritt breaks down the five things you need to know about AI, according to a report from Stanford University.

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