AI At Work

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer about the future. It is commonplace in many facets of business and personal life. AI-driven chatbots are one way the technology is changing the way we look at the workplace today. CMS Wire brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “The Enterprise Chatbot: Your Future Coworker?” It…

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The Journey of Natural Language Processing

The adoption of natural language processing (NLP) has grown and is expected to continue over the coming years with the adoption of more personal assistants, increased smartphone functionalities and the evolution of big data to automate even more routine human tasks. IT ProPortal brought this topic to us in their article, “Natural language processing, today…

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Ontology Data Scientist Opportunity Available

To be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, semantic technology, ontology, etc., we are sharing career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you are not in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.…

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Accountability Comes in Metrics

Metrics are an important part of any business, content management system, or library. This important topic was addressed in the Special Libraries Association article, “Incorporating Metrics into Your Mission.” When it comes to mission statements,  aspirational language can often leave out the accountability factor.  Measuring activity and demonstrating value is an important part of any…

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Using Machine Learning at a New Level

Artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of virtual assistants like Alexa, Siri and Cortana have gained popularity but also disappointed a huge section of their customer base with poor performance. Rethink Research brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Microsoft hopes Semantic Machines solves conversational AI.” After the initial hype, there have been…

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A Dark Place For a Taxonomy

In an effort to establish better security, one dark web intelligence company has called for an industry-wide, standardized framework for evaluating and describing goods and services for sale on underground forums. This interesting and somewhat concerning topic came to us from Info Security in their article, “Researchers Call for a Shared Dark Web Taxonomy.” The dark…

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Going Digital on the Farm

Record keeping at home isn’t always that much different than a business. Invoices, spreadsheets and checks strewn across a kitchen table or a computer desktop? This topic came from an interesting source. The Tri-State Livestock News brought us this information in their article, “For the records: Better access to information leads to better financial decisions.”…

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Looking for Security in AI

The government continues to increase its adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), but they should be sure to take the time to train the technology for agencies and maximize the potential of this powerful technology. This information came to us from Fed Scoop in their article, “Feds need to ‘raise’ AI with better data, report says.” With…

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