Digital assistants, chatbots and other conversational interfaces have become the most widely-adopted technologies in the recent days. Their ability to carry human-like conversations in a seamless manner could be attributed to their tremendous popularity, which is in turn driven by two underlying technologies -- Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Natural Language Generation (NLG). These two branches of machine learning are enabling the conversion of human language to computer commands and vice versa. As these technologies are enabling humans to have a conversation with machines in an effective manner and augmenting human intelligence, we bring to you an article that discusses the differences between NLP and NLG, their working and some common use cases. The most popular definition of NLP describes it as a process which turns text into structured data when the computer reads the language. In short, NLP is computer's reading language.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today said statistics, data management and artificial intelligence can play a pivotal role in the betterment of humanity. "We were living in a world in which knowledge explosion, information overload and data-driven lives have become common place," said Mr Naidu at the closing ceremony of 125th birth anniversary of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, the founder of Indian Statistical Institute. "Technology has become all-pervasive in our world... Statistics and big data management along with artificial intelligence will play a more significant role in the years to come," he added. Statistical data was "information with confirmation" he said, adding that "many people may claim many things, but if you have statistics you will know the reality". Highlighting that there was a need to harness the power of computing, communication and robotics to improve the quality of life, Mr Naidu said to use these tools, data and statistics were needed.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is described as the science of creating intelligent machines capable of performing real time tasks at a level of human expert emphasizing nearly every business operation across various business sectors. Traditional review methods in insurance sector posed several threats related to policy making, premium rates fixing and risk of grouping policy holders. The evolution of AI as an insurance technology is mitigating these risks and also supporting the insurers in decision making. The increased level of personalization and better outcomes to the customers offered by AI are the major driving factors for the rise of AI in insurance sector. New research report on the global Artificial Intelligence In Insurtech market is a complete overview of the market, covering various aspects product definition, segmentation based on various parameters, and the prevailing vendor landscape.

Great Learning has witnessed massive demand from professionals for its program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Great Learning has received nearly 2000 applications from mid-senior IT, BFSI and Analytics professionals for 40 seats. The first batch has a collective experience of over 520 man-years with an average experience of about 13 years, ranging from 6 to 21 years. Even very senior executives, with over 20 years of experience have joined the course. The program garnered the tremendous response from professionals in Bangalore with more than 2000 of them indicating their interest for enrolling for it.

Say you have a job with a large company and you want to know how much vacation time you have left, or how to add your new baby to your healthcare. This usually involves emailing or calling HR and waiting for an answer, or it could even involve crossing multiple systems to get what you need. Leena AI, a member of the Y Combinator Summer 2018 class, wants to change that by building HR bots to answer questions for employees instantly. The bots can be integrated into Slack or Workplace by Facebook and they are built and trained using information in policy documents and by pulling data from various back-end systems like Oracle and SAP. Adit Jain, co-founder at Leena AI, says the company has its roots in another startup called Chatteron, which the founders started after they got out of college in India in 2015.

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has created a new Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) that will have oversight over almost all service and defense agency AI efforts. The JAIC will report to Chief Information Officer Dana Deasy, the establishing memo by Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Shanahan says. Its ambit is not quite untrammeled; any projects under $15 million remain the authority of the service or agency. The JAIC will establish a common set of AI "standards…. Undersecretary for Research & Engineering Mike Griffin, a far more prominent proponent of AI and other cutting-edge technologies who has warned China and Russia are catching up to the US, "will continue to promote development of new AI technologies, systems, and concepts" but without any clearly specified role in the new center.

According to a new market research report "AI in Education Market by Technology (Deep Learning and ML, NLP), Application (Virtual Facilitators and Learning Environments, ITS, CDS, Fraud and Risk Management), Component (Solutions, Services), Deployment, End-User, and Region - Global Forecast to 2023", published by MarketsandMarkets, the global market to grow from $537.3 Million in 2018 to $3,683.5 Million by 2023, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 47.0% during the forecast period. The AI technology is playing a crucial role in enhancing and improving teachers' and students' knowledge. Additionally, the increasing adoption of the AI technology for various applications in the education sector and growing need for multilingual translators integrated with the AI technology are expected to drive the growth of the AI in education market. The Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology segment is expected to grow at a higher CAGR during the forecast period. In the education sector, the Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology is playing a crucial role to synthesize the educational data for generating the final output.

China is on its way to developing a strong artificial-intelligence industry and won't be derailed by the Trump administration's steps to protect sensitive American technologies amid rising trade tensions. So says Nomura-Instinet analyst Joel Ying. In a note to clients Friday, Ying said Alibaba Group (BABA) and other Chinese internet giants are funding a slew of artificial-intelligence startups. "Despite headwinds from the U.S.-China disputes in the high-tech sector, we believe Chinese companies can still maintain strong momentum in the AI industry," he wrote. Get these newsletters delivered to your inbox & more info about our products & services.

Autonomous vehicles will open up a wide range of benefits by removing the human from the driver's seat. They free up valuable time, enabling us to be more productive during trips or they can complete deliveries and other services 24 hours a day, seven days a week. While a range of different sensors and high performance AI supercomputers running redundant and diverse algorithms will safely pilot the vehicle, some tricky obstacles may pop up during neighborhood or delivery driving. A new construction site may not appear on a robotaxi's map, and a detour may not be readily apparent. A moving truck may block an autonomous delivery vehicle's path, and it can't see a way around.

A bionic hand that restores amputees' sense of touch is set to change the lives of thousands who have lost limbs, claim scientists. Two middle-aged men who lost their right hands in horrific accidents at work have revealed how the device has given them back their independence over the last two years. Keith Vonderhuevel, 51, from Ohio, is now able to pick up his grandchildren - and actually'feel' their hands for the first time. And Igor Spetic, 52, also from Ohio, has been filmed at home brushing his teeth, combing his hair, cutting eggs and tomatoes and drizzling mayonnaise. Named'Sensation', the bionic hand could revolutionise the treatment of maimed members of the Armed Forces, its developers claim.