Healthcare Companies Stepping Up Use of AI to Beat Hackers, Eliminate Passwords - AI Trends

Aetna is one early adopter of machine learning. The health insurance company replaced passwords with a behavior-based security system and some biometric protections in its consumer-facing apps. It put machine learning at the forefront by developing a risk engine that combines multiple pieces of data to authenticate users. This risk engine collects personal information, ranging from the operating system and apps you use to how you text or move within the application. It creates an individual risk score, which can change.