The AI for Education 2019 Initiative Committee has completed the evaluations of prominent EdTech companies applying Artificial Intelligence to enhance education and learning. The companies selected in the list apply AI in different ways to benefit students, learners and the educational sector at large. The evaluation is part of the AI for Education 2019 Initiative, which aims to identify and showcase the most impactful and beneficial applications of Artificial Intelligence in the field of Education. We thank the AI for Education 2019 Initiative Committee Members who took part in the evaluations. They have evaluated the EdTech companies based on their vision, the maturity of their technology, and their contribution to applying AI technology to solve significant problems in the educational sector.

Google says it's implementing AI and machine learning techniques to improve story suggestions in Google Search. In a blog post this morning, the tech giant announced that users in the U.S. in English (with more languages and locations to come in the next few months) who search for a news topic will now see an article carousel at the top of the results page. When there are multiple stories related to a search, each will be organized by relevance and quality in a way that accounts for a diversity of perspectives. "People come to Search for all types of information to help them form a better understanding of the world and the topics they care about most," wrote Google Search product manager Duncan Osborn. "We've continued to bring new improvements to Search to help people better orient themselves around a topic and easily explore related ideas, so they can more quickly go from having a question in mind to developing deeper understanding … Our research has shown that clustering results into clearly-defined stories is critical in helping people easily navigate the results and identify the best content for their needs." Osborn says that as of today, Google Search structures story results with better context.

Humana Inc. has employed artificial intelligence to come up with persuasive language in emails sent to customers to encourage more of them to get flu shots--and it is seeing higher open and click-through rates. The Louisville, Ky.-based health insurer serves more than 16 million customers, including four million Medicare Advantage members. Medicare Advantage plans are administered by private insurers. These plans typically offer lower out-of-pocket costs than traditional government-run Medicare in exchange for members using...

One of the biggest trends in AI recently has been the creation of machine learning models that can generate the written word with unprecedented fluidity. These programs are game-changers, potentially supercharging computers' ability to parse and produce language. But something that's gone largely unnoticed is a secondary trend -- a shadow to the first -- and that is: a surprising number of these tools are named after Muppets. To date, this new breed of language AIs includes an ELMo, a BERT, a Grover, a Big BIRD, a Rosita, a RoBERTa, at least two ERNIEs (three if you include ERNIE 2.0), and a KERMIT. Big tech players like Google, Facebook, and the Allen Institute for AI are all involved, and the craze has global reach, with Chinese search giant Baidu and Beijing's Tsinghua University contributing models.

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Israeli chipmaker TowerJazz said they have developed a "revolutionary" technology that transforms a commercial flash memory chip into a device that contains both memory and computing ability. This will help provide the computing power needed for artificial intelligence-based applications, the researchers said. The new device enables the creation of a "hardware neural network" inspired by the operation of the human brain, and will "significantly" accelerate the operation of AI-based computing, the Technion said in a statement. Get The Start-Up Israel's Daily Start-Up by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up "We have made a big jump forward" with just a small change, Prof. Shahar Kvatinsky of the Andrew & Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Technion, who led the project, said in a phone interview. "We have taken an existing commercial technology and made a small change, transforming it into something that is very much needed."

Without risk, there are no rewards. Financial institutions, by their very nature, are risk-taking entities. They have to balance the risk against the potential benefits for the good of their investors, shareholders and members. Today, banks and financial institutions are deploying model risk management (MRM) solutions that are more sophisticated and varied than ever before. The number of models is also rising dramatically, according to analyst McKinsey – 10 per cent to 25 per cent annually at large institutions – as banks utilise models for an ever-widening scope of decision making.

Robotics Process Automation (RPA) is a technology that helps you in automating your business process. It is a technology which mimic human actions in interacting with digital system. To understand what's RPA in a more intuitive way: What can RPA do for you? UiPath is one of the top leaders which develops Robotics Process Automation platforms. By deploying RPA into your business process, it helps your business in reducing operation cost, eliminate human error and saving time.

Imagine a world where plastic materials would never go to waste. Agilyx Corporation ("Agilyx"), the leader in chemical recycling of post-use plastics back into plastics chemicals and low carbon fuels, today announced a dynamic collaboration in artificial intelligence (AI) technology with the General Electric Company through its Licensing business unit that would bring the world closer than ever to making this green dream possible. Combining Agilyx's deep domain experience in chemical recycling with GE's vast experience in the application of Industrial AI, the two companies are aiming to increase the chemical recyclability of all post-use plastics from the current 10% to over 95%. This announcement is the result of a year-long, successful effort to assess GE's advanced modeling technology developed by GE Research, and its applicability to the database of chemical conversions of post-use plastics that Agilyx has amassed over the last 15 years. Together, the companies can greatly improve recycling rates by deploying an innovative set of artificial intelligence ("AI") technologies, including machine learning ("ML"), predictive modeling ("PM") and optimization tools, in combination with other supply chain innovations in partnership with a growing number of diverse leaders in the waste and recycling, petrochemical, consumer goods products and retail industries.

Venzee Technologies CEO John Sexton Abrams told the Investing News Network how the company's partner-selling model is creating opportunities for growth. Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSXV:VENZ) CEO John Abrams believes that the company's use of channel partners is fundamental to its growth, leading the company to new and better opportunities. Venzee Technologies is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that serves as a data-exchange link between product manufacturers, suppliers and retailers. The company's platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to consolidate and distribute product information across the global retail supply chain. In October 2019, the company announced that it had added two Fortune 1000 manufacturing companies to its roster of clients.

Today's largest manufacturing country headed the output league table nearly two centuries ago before being ousted by Britain in the first industrial revolution. China accounts for 20 per cent of global output, followed by the United States with 18 per cent, Japan 10 per cent, Germany 7 per cent and South Korea with 4 per cent, according to the most recent (2015) data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The UK is ninth with 2 per cent. In the intervening centuries there have been sizeable shifts. China reclaimed its crown after 150 years by overtaking America during the past decade.