Care patients could see at home visits replaced by a call from an AI-powered voice assistant in a new British trial. Dubbed'Siri for care', a human-like virtual assistant will ring patients once a week to ask a list of automated questions. An algorithm will then analyse the answers and alert carers if there are any deteriorations in health so they can arrange a doctor's visit. Similar trials in Europe have reduced A&E visits by 55 per cent, according to the tech company behind it. The new technology will be tested out on patients in domiciliary care for those who are living independently but who rely on helpers to visit them regularly.

The growth of industry 4.0 has greatly emphasized the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) related infrastructure at different levels of the value chain and business cycles where AI has increasingly contributed to the betterment of human life (Cao et al., 2021; Coombs, 2020; Grover et al., 2020; Sipior, 2020). Minsky (1968, p. v) defines AI as the "the science of making machines do things that would require intelligence if done by men". The emergence of voice assistants has enabled organisations to develop systems and processes where human interaction with AI has become the norm (Bawack et al., 2021; Hu et al., 2021). The first voice assistant titled "Shoebox" was introduced by IBM at the Seattle world fair in 1962. Apple has been working on voice assistants since 1990 and has developed a pilot with Macintosh Plain Talk during 1993.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the fastest-growing and popular data-driven technologies being used all around the world. From governments and large organizations to smallonline businesses, artificial intelligence is being used by multiple entities across the world. What do consumers think about the technology? And how can you use it to power sales? In this article, we'll dive into the ten most important artificial intelligence statistics you need to know in 2020 and cover everything from the use of AI in businesses to the advantages it brings.

This week, Facebook came under fire for having hired hundreds of contractors to listen to and transcribe users' conversations. Last week, a Vice Motherboard report revealed that Microsoft contractors were listening to audio recordings of personal conversations of Skype users who used the app's AI translation service and voice commands sent to Cortana, the company's AI-powered voice assistant. This comes no longer as a surprise. Microsoft and Facebook aren't not the first tech companies whose employees or remote contractors listen to users' voices. Amazon, Google and Apple have been caught doing the same thing with their voice assistants in the past year (and they've all used cleverly worded EULA's to gain users' consent without explicitly telling them humans will listen to their voice).

Oracle announced availability of its AI-trained voice with Oracle Digital Assistant. Now, enterprise customers can use voice commands to communicate with their enterprise applications to drive desired actions and outcomes, enriching the user experience with conversational AI, simplifying interactions and improving productivity. "Enterprises are demanding an AI-powered voice assistant that understands their specific vocabulary and enables naturally expressive interactions for its users," said Suhas Uliyar, vice president, AI and Digital Assistant, Oracle. "Most of all though, enterprises value a highly secure AI-powered voice assistant that stores their business' sensitive data in Oracle's second generation cloud infrastructure." Built on Oracle's next-generation infrastructure, Oracle Digital Assistant applies AI with deep semantic parsing for natural language processing (NLP), natural language understanding (NLU) and custom machine learning (ML) algorithms.

Oracle today announced availability of its AI-trained voice with Oracle Digital Assistant. Now, enterprise customers can use voice commands to communicate with their enterprise applications to drive desired actions and outcomes, enriching the user experience with conversational AI, simplifying interactions and improving productivity. "Enterprises are demanding an AI-powered voice assistant that understands their specific vocabulary and enables naturally expressive interactions for its users," said Suhas Uliyar, vice president, AI and Digital Assistant, Oracle. "Most of all though, enterprises value a highly secure AI-powered voice assistant that stores their business' sensitive data in Oracle's second generation cloud infrastructure." Built on Oracle's next-generation infrastructure, Oracle Digital Assistant applies AI with deep semantic parsing for natural language processing (NLP), natural language understanding (NLU) and custom machine learning (ML) algorithms.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is redefining industries by offering personalization, automating processes, and disrupting how we work. In modern times, AI is embraced by every industry from healthcare to government. Here are the 10 industries where AI has caused a disruption. The most popular applications of AI in agriculture range from robotics to crop and soil monitoring to predictive analytics. Agriculture majors are developing autonomous robots programmed to handle routine agricultural tasks such as crop harvesting at a higher volume human labourers.

An explosive growth in new technologies to gather and use data to optimise service delivery will increasingly drive asset-based services, as MARK BREWER explains. By 2020, 25 percent of asset- intensive companies will adopt IoT (Internet of Things) and'digital twin' technologies to optimise service. These technologies are poised to have a huge impact on services – reducing costs, maximising data analytics and extending the lifespan of products. Previously when, for example, an elevator broke down, the customer would have to phone a service engineer reactively. This approach is highly inefficient as the individual engineer may have little idea of what is wrong with the equipment, leading to a low first-time fix rate and a disappointed customer.

In the world of technology, the mantra "innovate or die" is truer for organizations than ever, and artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining industries by providing greater personalization to users, automating processes, and disrupting how we work. Like the adoption of cloud computing five years ago, the adoption of AI and the speed of its deployment varies according to industry. Here we look at some of the places where dispution from AI is already being felt. Alexey Sapozhnikov, co-dounder and CTO of Tel Aviv, Israel-based prooV points out that while virtually every industry is embracing AI, it's the sectors that are stymied by well-worn processes and regulations -- such as healthcare and government -- that are likely to lag in AI adoption. "From the Food and Drug Administration's stringent policies surrounding AI diagnosis software to developing complex proposals for government cybersecurity challenges, these processes can pose a huge stumbling block for organizations.

The world of autonomous vehicles just got a more luxurious, after Rolls-Royce unveiled a driverless super car of the future. It has dubbed its futuristic car, which looks like it could have come straight out of Batman's cave, the Rolls-Royce 103EX. The vehicle will be six metres long, with a canopy roof, covered wheels and a curved body. The six metre-long vehicle, dubbed the Rolls-Royce 103EX, has a canopy roof, covered wheels and a curved body. The front seat is replaced with a sofa-style body.