Artificial intelligence in healthcare is the use of machine-learning algorithms and software to analyze, process and present complex medical and health care data. It has been widely used to support clinical decisions, improve workflows and predict health outcomes. Thus, wide application of AI in the healthcare sector is likely to propel the growth of the market. The growth of the artificial intelligence in healthcare market is attributed to the rising application of artificial intelligence in healthcare, growing investment in AI healthcare start-ups, and increasing cross-industry partnerships and collaborations. However, dearth of skilled AI workforce and imprecise regulatory guidelines for medical software is the major factor hindering the market growth.

Answering questions and managing schedules are some tasks people ask voice assistants to work for. The traditional process is slow and clunky; however, with better technology, you can eliminate difficult manual tasks. Updating and checking spreadsheets is a lot of manual work. Voice technology can replace manual work by simply asking the device to tell about the upcoming work schedule. With advances in artificial intelligence and natural language processing, it's no longer a risk to understand requests from voices and styles of speech.

Enterprises are constantly evaluating ways to improve the speed and quality of their customer support services. These have traditionally been delivered over the phone, through a conversation with a human agent, but customer support has been changing in recent years as businesses have begun adopting AI-based alternatives. These approaches have indeed introduced new efficiencies, but they have also been largely unpopular with customers, who view them as too impersonal. Customers expect to have their needs addressed quickly, but they also want empathy and to have their requests easily understood. Most importantly, they want to be quickly passed to a human agent if their concerns are too complex for the technology to process. Do you have an AI strategy -- or hoping to get one?

This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefing subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Apple filed a patent last year to integrate Siri with its iMessage platform for iOS devices, TechCrunch reported. The voice-based virtual assistant would be able to conduct activities like making payments, scheduling appointments, and providing weather updates within a chat in the iMessage application. The patent filing clearly indicates that Apple has been working on bringing chatbots and other messaging app functions to iMessage.