Tag: IBM
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The Apollo 11 Lessons We Live by Today
IBM Blog – 7.22.19 (7.19.19) In 1969, more than 4,000 IBMers worked alongside NASA to land Apollo 11 on the moon. And for each day of the many months they worked writing code, programming computers and running simulations, they never stopped thinking: What else could we do? What contingency can we plan for? What are we…
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IBM Watson Assistant gets smarter and faster, making customer service a breeze
IBM Blog – 6.24.19 Year after year, businesses are tasked with solving an age-old problem: how do we enhance the customer experience? Companies lose billions of dollars each year due to poor customer service – in fact, 53% of U.S. adults are likely to abandon their online purchase if they cannot find quick answers to their questions. And yet,…
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IBM Watson Women in AI event recap
IBM Blog – 6.13.19 (6.12.19) Here at IBM Watson, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion and diversity. Our clients, throughout their industries, are achieving success with AI and a lot of the success is attributed to the women in leadership positions. Read more: IBM Watson Women in AI event recap
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Could Autonomous Car Technology and AI Transform Homecare for the Elderly?
IBM Blog – 5.28.19 (5.23.19) With backgrounds in medicine and health economics, we have long been interested in how the latest technologies can augment our ability to care for each other. Today, with the world’s population over 60 expected to more than double by 2050, growing faster than all other younger groups, the need for more innovative,…
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Are we being downgraded? Interview with Justin Hendrix & Dr. Jess Carbino about our complicated relationship with tech
IBM Blog – 5.21.19 (5.20.19) How have our relationships been impacted by emerging technology? Is technology respecting our human dignity? Should it creep us out that our devices may understand our emotional state? In this episode of thinkPod, we are joined by Justin Hendrix (Executive Director of NYC Media Lab) and Dr. Jess Carbino (Relationship…
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IBM Watson: AI That Works Everywhere
IBM YouTube Channel – 4.9.19 (4.4.19) What’s the ideal AI? The kind that scales across your business, wherever your data lives, working with all your other AI. Expect more from AI. IBM Watson. Source: IBM Watson: AI That Works Everywhere
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Vehicle-as-a-Service: Driving Differentiation in the Connected-Car
IBM Blog – 4.1.19 (3.28.19) Connected cars offer enormous potential. As noted by a 2017 Foley and Lardner study, 77 percent of auto industry professionals expect the automotive sales market to change substantially as bundled connected services become the norm. According to Gartner , this new market demands a customer-first strategy that hinges on differentiation to capture user interest…
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Dear Tech: Let’s Do It All — Together
IBM YouTube Channel – 3.29.19 (3.26.19) IBM is asking individuals in tech, science and culture: what kind of tech company does the world need today? One that never stops driving innovation to make a difference in people’s lives. Let’s expect more from technology. Source: Dear Tech: Let’s Do It All — Together
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Re-Inventing Care in the Digital Era
IBM Blog – 3.12.19 At some point in our lives, nearly all of us will provide care for a loved one. When that person is elderly or disabled, the experience can be overwhelming. About 18 months ago, I was approached by healthcare professional Helen Dempster who, after being a caregiver for her grandfather, had an idea for how to make the experience easier for others. I’d been…
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In Their Own Words: Leading Women in Tech Confront the Gender Gap
IBM Blog – 3.8.19 (3.7.19) With only a quarter of U.S. technology jobs currently filled by women[1], there is far more we must do as an industry to close the gender gap. And let’s be clear, closing the gender quality gap benefits society as a whole; there is a strong correlation between business performance and…