As the amount of available consumer data keeps on increasing and consumer profiles get more sophisticated, marketers need the power of predictive data-driven tools to help them create more targeted audience segments, adaptive journeys and hyper-personalized offers,

Loom Systems, the leading end-to-end AI-powered log analysis solution, announced the launch of its new 6-part Playbook, which provides organizations with a roadmap to easily introduce AI into existing IT infrastructure. "The biggest problem with new AI technology is failure to adopt and onboard it properly," said Gabby Menachem, CEO of Loom Systems. "With our new Playbook, we are rewriting the paradigm for adoption of AI technologies, creating a mental and organizational shift that allows companies to use and incorporate the technology efficiently and effectively." Loom Systems has been successful in developing a unique way of applying AI to organizational IT, reducing MTTRs by 45%, and decreasing alert fatigue by 90%, allowing the IT team to focus on higher-level IT problems. Loom Systems excels in bridging the gap between IT and business, using an all-inclusive approach comprised of three integrated components: Cutting edge AI technology Sophie, expert AI data analysts, and its new Playbook, which includes Loom's full implementation methodology.

It's that time of year again when PR pros are making predictions for the New Year and revisiting the death of the press release, the need for more creative media relations as newsrooms continue to thin out, why paid practices are a must have, the rise of influencer marketing, an increased focus on content distribution, and how new measurement tactics will help redefine ROI for PR. Take your pick – these predictions, among other tried-and-true trends, seem to resurface every year. In fact, many are quite exciting. But, for those – like me – who jump at the mention of new tech, the trend to watch for 2018 is the incorporation of AI (artificial intelligence), which I see playing a role in three main ways. Just as with advancements in data science and machine learning, AI will help companies delve deeper into their target audiences to reach them on a more intelligent, personal level. With the ability to predict interests and uncover trends, companies – especially consumer brands – will be able to create more relevant products and services with the buyer experience front and center.

If you work on self-driving cars, the cocktail party question people always ask is probably: When will I get to interact with one? For two years now, Ford Motor Company has had an answer--in 2021. That year, Ford wants to launch a self-driving taxi service, and it wants to start making deliveries with driverless vehicles. But before the Detroit automaker does any of that, it needs to figure out how to run a fleet. Which is why the company announced today that it will begin to test autonomous vehicles and build its first operations terminal in Miami, Florida.

The battle to place a microphone in every home has intensified. Samsung today confirmed that its long-rumored Bixby smart speaker will be out sometime in the second half of this year. The'premium' speaker is set to take on Apple's £319 ($349) HomePod - although the company has yet to reveal its exact features. Samsung is releasing a'premium' Bixby smart speaker that will listen to your every word as soon as this autumn. Details about how the speaker might look have not been announced.

Skychain Global, for the first time in Russia, has successfully conducted a test of the artificial intelligence system for medical diagnostics, comparing the number of errors committed by the living doctors. This infrastructure blockchain project is aimed at helping doctors and patients have accurate diagnoses. Interestingly, this is the first ever test of its kind to be conducted in Russia. An infrastructure blockchain project, Skychain is dedicated to providing an infrastructure to radically increase the efficiency of healthcare AI development and training. There is no denying the fact that the field of medical sciences has experienced significant progress over the years.

Winjit has been catering various sectors and business verticals with its smart and innovative platforms. 'PredictSense' is no different and is ready to make an impact in the coming years. When it comes to developing machine learning platforms, it could be a real challenge as it demands an expert for it. From choosing the right algorithm to having an in-depth knowledge of tools and techniques, is a must. This challenge is addressed by'PredictSense', which allows the developer to build easy machine learning solutions even without indepth knowledge. A developer can simply feed the data set in'PredictSense' where it evaluates multiple models and deploy the top ones to get valuable insights.

Continuing its commitment to academic excellence in fundamental research in artificial intelligence (AI), Borealis AI today announced the launch of the Borealis AI Graduate Fellowship Program, which will offer financial support to domestic and international students wishing to pursue graduate-level work in the fields of machine learning or artificial intelligence at a Canadian university. "We truly believe there's no better place in the world right now than Canada to be studying AI-related fields," says Foteini Agrafioti, Chief Science Officer of RBC and Head of Borealis AI. "Between our top-tier universities, booming AI ecosystem, inclusivity and overall quality of life, Canada is a highly valued destination for students and RBC is continuing its commitment to create these opportunities." The 10 fellowships will be awarded to outstanding students in Master's and PhD-level areas of study who have already been admitted to a Canadian school. Requirements for participation include a demonstration of strong research capabilities and a sound research proposal for graduate studies. Borealis AI will commit $100,000 annually to the fellowships, which will be administered directly to the school where the winners are registered.

Earlier this week Google and Verily Life Sciences shared the latest advance in computer vision to identify signs of heart disease. With an accuracy of 70 percent, early results from the AI trained on retinal scan images from more than 200,000 patients is as precise as methods that require blood tests for cholesterol, said Google Brain product manager Lily Peng. It's the latest example of AI being used to tackle the biggest killer in the world: heart disease. It takes more lives than any other cause of death -- 800,000 in the United States alone, according to the American Heart Association. To save lives, an AI army is joining the fight.

Veritone, Inc. (NASDAQ: VERI), a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI) insights and cognitive solutions, today announced the general availability of its Veritone Developer application. The application empowers developers of cognitive engines, applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) to bring new AI ideas to life through simple integration with the Veritone aiWARE platform. Veritone Developer is a self-service development environment that empowers developers to create, submit and deploy public and private applications and cognitive engines directly into the aiWARE architecture. After a successful limited beta release to a select group of partners, Veritone Developer is now publicly available as a unique resource for machine learning experts, application development firms, and system integrators. Veritone Developer supports RESTful and GraphQL API integrations as well as engine development in major categories of cognition, including: transcription, translation, face and object recognition, audio/video fingerprinting, optical character recognition (OCR), geolocation, transcoding, and logo recognition, among others.