AI and Chatbots
Amazon is testing the first commercial customer service chatbot to produce wholly original dialogue in real time using recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) language generation. Adweek brought us this information in their article, “Amazon Is Testing an AI Chatbot That Generates Original Dialogue in Real Time.” The retail giant will deploy the generative chatbot as…
Read MoreThe Category of Pandemics
As information science professionals, we know that taxonomies exist everywhere. In the grocery store aisles, in libraries as the Dewey Decimal Classification system and of course online taxonomies on retail or informational websites – to name just a few. So as we are all experiencing our own personal journeys through this COVID-19 pandemic, where are…
Read MoreAI Has Failures Too
Artificial intelligence (AI) can do a lot of things – analyze data 100 times faster than humans, scan radiology images to diagnose deadly diseases that the human eye cannot see and demonstrate perfect object recall – to name a few. However, there might be something they cannot learn. Tech Republic brought this topic to us…
Read MoreAdopting Emerging Technology is Lacking
According to a recent survey, nearly 80% of all innovation projects find success within their organizations. The survey was geared toward uncovering how executives discover and implement emerging technology. This interesting information came to us from IT PRO in their article, “An inside look at discovery and implementation of emerging tech in business.” In considering the emerging technologies…
Read MoreAI Used in Diagnosing COVID-19
Artificial intelligence (AI) is constantly finding new applications and ways to enhance our lives through automation, analysis and data processing. With the rapid growth of the COVID-19 pandemic, AI is finding its way into helping diagnosis of the virus. This interesting information came to us from Health Europa in their article, “Teaching Artificial Intelligence to…
Read MoreDeep Dive in Learning
Deep learning is finding new ways to be of benefit to users. This artificial intelligence (AI) function imitates the workings of the human brain in processing data and creating patterns for use in decision-making. Deep learning is a subset of machine learning in artificial intelligence (AI) that has networks capable of learning unsupervised from data that is unstructured. This…
Read MoreData Governance in a New Digital World
The coronavirus pandemic has taught us many things and there are certainly more lessons to be learned as we continue to navigate through this unprecedented time. When it comes to business and data, no one can challenge the value of data in our society, especially now and especially in public health. This interesting topic came to…
Read MoreConsistency Enables Findability
The professionals who work to uncover security vulnerabilities in hardware must find a common language for categorizing them. That is the entire purpose of a taxonomy. Cyber Scoop brought us this interesting topic in their article, “Intel pushes for hardware-specific additions to vulnerability taxonomy.” Because hardware researchers do not have the same standard taxonomy of…
Read MoreManager of Navigation Career Opportunity
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.…
Read MoreValuable Data to Protect
These are unprecedented times. Organizations around the globe are implementing remote work processes and protocols. This is great to slow the coronavirus outbreak, but the real hero might be data. Information Age brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Data is your best defence against a coronavirus downturn.” We have practiced for emergencies…
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