Arria' natural language generation offers scalability, flexibility and precision Arria NLG, named a world leader in Natural Language Generation technology by Gartner, welcomed Maistering to the ever-growing list of partners using its award-winning platform. After after vetting numerous NLG providers, Maistering, a global provider of artificial intelligence applications, selected Arria NLG Studio to augment its artificial intelligence portfolio, Master Collections. Arria NLG turns data into voice and/or written narratives that enable better, more informed decision-making across an enterprise. Arria NLG Studio 3.0, the latest iteration of its natural language platform, combines advanced Language Analytics with computational linguistics to narrate and add context to any data. Arria NLG Studio can convey actionable insights and tell your data's whole story," said Sharon Daniels, CEO, Arria NLG. "Our platform brings together language analytics and advanced mathematical functions for the ...

Artificial intelligence is growing fast. Recent research puts it as a $5 billion market by 2020, and Gartner estimates that 6 billion connected "things" will require AI support by 2018. Connected machines, wearables, and other business tools like voice assistants are already boosting productivity at work and at home. Two reports just surfaced that tackle the troubling predictions that automation, artificial intelligence, and robots are going to supplant human workers. The McKinsey Global Institute and Glassdoor research indicates that we don't have to worry that we humans will become obsolete.

LONDON (Alliance News) - Artificial intelligence and natural language technology firm Arria NLG PLC on Monday said it has raised GBP2.7 million through the issue of convertible loan notes. The notes will be convertible into Arria NLG shares at 40.00 pence per share and will mature in October 2019. They will carry an interest rate of the UK base rate, currently 0.25%, plus 5.0%. In addition, subscribers for the notes will get two unlisted warrants for each USD1.00 they invest in the notes. These will be exercisable up to June 2019 at 12.00p per share.

While many blue collar professions have already felt the ache wrought by automation, white collar professions aren't far behind either. Data analysts, bookkeepers and even journalists aren't safe in their cubicles, and automation has crept into those industries as well. In fact until very recently, so-called "expert" industry professionals -- think doctors, scientists and upper-level management positions -- were a few of the arenas just barely touched by automation and bots. These positions require a human who can draw on their expert knowledge of a subject and take account for the context of a situation to provide insightful results, which makes them difficult to replicate with technology. The problem, of course, is that humans are slow, and vast resources of knowledge can be lost if a human leaves a company or retires.

The driving motivations behind the installation of AI in business processes appear to be the greater speed, accuracy and volume capability of computers when compared to their existing human counterparts. Many businesses are already using robotic process automation systems to crunch numbers and sift data on a daily basis. For example, Kensho is an intelligent computer system widely used by stock traders and investors to automatically analyse portfolio performance and predict market changes. The software is described as'the world's first computational knowledge engine for the financial industry'. It claims to address Wall Street's greatest challenge – automating and improving on previously human-intensive knowledge work to keep up with the split-second changeability of stock. Kensho's founder, Daniel Nadler, told the New York Times Magazine: ''People always tell me, 'I used to spend two out of five days a week doing this sort of thing,' or'I used to have a guy whose job it was to do nothing other than this one thing'.''

"Think about just how interconnected the world is now," said Matt Gould, the co-founder of Arria NLG, a prominent enterprise in the development and deployment of Natural Language Generation (NLG) technologies worldwide. "Think about it from just a personal context. How much data are you generating personally every day?" Modern, connected humans interact constantly online with computers, mobile phones, and many other devices. They pay bills, watch movies, purchase products, interact with medical professionals, use fitness apps, listen to music, and work online. "That whole drifting miasma of invisible data is spilling off you constantly and consistently, and it's happening for at least half the world's population now," said Gould during a recent DATAVERSITY phone interview.

The innovations protected by the new patent tie together graphs and graphical annotations with the corresponding narrative in natural language reports that the Arria NLG software generates. For example, placing one's cursor on a graphical element can cause the corresponding report section to be highlighted for ease of reference. The patented features will be deployed to strengthen the integration of language and graphical elements in the Company's products. As with the Company's other recent patents, the covered features are desirable in any NLG system, not only Arria NLG's advanced Reiter & Dale model language generation system. The new patent is part of a broad diversification plan that Arria NLG has instituted to enhance versatility and improve ease of use, as well as to increase the analytic power and actionable conclusions of its NLG products.

"Think about just how interconnected the world is now," said Matt Gould, the co-founder of Arria NLG, a prominent enterprise in the development and deployment of Natural Language Generation (NLG) technologies worldwide. "Think about it from just a personal context. How much data are you generating personally every day?" Modern, connected humans interact constantly online with computers, mobile phones, and many other devices. They pay bills, watch movies, purchase products, interact with medical professionals, use fitness apps, listen to music, and work online. "That whole drifting miasma of invisible data is spilling off you constantly and consistently, and it's happening for at least half the world's population now," said Gould during a recent DATAVERSITY phone interview.

As a Senior Data Scientist I participate in three activities – technical pre-sales, professional services and core technology. I engage on a day-to-day basis with potential clients as a pre-sales technical consultant supporting the sales team globally to understand client problems related to data and reporting. Pre-sales engagements involve building rapid prototypes and managing the development team on rapid prototyping of potential applications to illustrate how Arria NLG's technology can solve clients' data reporting issues. I also spend time working as part of a team delivering on multiple platform projects, performing the role of a data guru. I also work very closely with Arria's Chief Data Scientist to champion data science internally within the organization as well as define and design the articulate analytics' vision for Arria's Core Technology.

The innovations protected by the new patent provide users of the Arria NLG Platform with an added level of control to query their data to achieve a deeper understanding. Users can direct the report output by changing the data parameters to refine its focus and apply the embedded subject matter expertise to quickly interrogate their data at the click of a mouse. For example, financial analyst who receive an NLG report analysing an entire year of sales data can use an interface to focus the report on the most recent quarter or on one or a combination of geographic regions, or by using any other search criteria that they specify. With one click, the NLG Platform searches the data afresh, conducts pre-programmed analysis and produces an amended report responding to the new query. This, Arria's eighth patent, covers flexible modification of search parameters not only for reports that may be generated with Arria NLG's advanced artificial intelligence technology, but also with more rudimentary, template based NLG systems offered by several of Arria NLG's competitors.