SXSW 2018: The Future of AI Assistants

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Alexa, Google Home, Siri, and Cortana will learn to adjust to your changing life Photo: Stephen Barnes/Technology/Alamy p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #323248; background-color: #ffffff} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} In the years to come, what will be the biggest improvement in AI-powered digital assistants?…
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U.S. Coast Guard’s $67 Million EHR Fiasco

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Sinking project mismanagement to new depths Photo: Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert/U.S. Coast Guard In late January, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing to review the United States Coast Guard’s $14 million, five-year electronic health record (EHR) system project. The project,…
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Keepon Helps Kids Learn to Argue Better

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Social robots (especially cute ones) can help children resolve conflicts without all the screaming Photo: Randi Klett/IEEE Spectrum With Keepon helping kids work through their disagreements, conflicts were more often resolved constructively through sharing, turn taking, trading, and playing together. Kids are not well known for their conflict resolution skills.…
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ABB Introduces Your Digital Assistant

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Create your own digital workspace with ABB Connect and communicate with clients, suppliers and colleagues via live sharing. S. Himmelstein In pioneering industrial digitalization technology, and having realized an installed base of more than 70,000 control systems connecting 70 million devices, ABB has developed an extensive catalogue of solutions available…
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