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Giving AI a lesson in humanity

AI is functional, but can it be friendly? Soul Machines believes so. They’re a company working to enhance the way we interact with systems like virtual tutors and digital assistants that are powered by AI. Soul Machines taps the talents of AI researchers, neuroscientists, psychologists, artists, and other innovative thinkers to help create personable “digital humans” that run on the backbone of IBM Watson—specifically, Watson Assistant, which powers the AI’s dialog interface. By creating approachable AI-powered helpers, Soul Machines is helping ensure you’ll walk away from machine interactions with a smile on your face.

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6 years ago

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Fighting infectious disease with data.

Mosquitoes are abundant in tropical climates like Panama’s, so the population faces a heightened risk of mosquito-borne diseases. To alleviate this threat, Panama has 500 vector technicians who identify mosquito breeding sites for elimination. But they were having trouble tracking mosquito and disease data in real time, so the Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies and IBM Corporate Citizenship partnered to develop a more efficient way for the technicians to share their findings. The volunteers from IBM developed an app that digitized the technicians’ tedious, manual data-tallying process and expedited the transfer of data to government decision makers. The process which used to take weeks now has the potential to take hours, so infectious diseases may buzz off faster.

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7 years ago

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