Who's talking? Conversational agent vs. chatbot vs. virtual assistant

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Issue Highlights: Who's talking? Conversational agent vs. chatbot vs. virtual assistant IBM Watson CTO: A range of conversational technologies can coexist What do the new AI chips mean for CIOs? Homework, for starters What is 'ground truth' in AI and deep learning? Definition: transfer learning

Who's talking? Conversational agent vs. chatbot vs. virtual assistant Think a conversational agent, chatbot and virtual assistant are the same? Think again. IBM Watson VP and CTO Rob High explains the distinction between the terms. Read Now

IBM Watson CTO: A range of conversational technologies can coexist IBM Watson VP and CTO Rob High explains why there's space for both conversational agents and chatbots in the enterprise, with each bringing a different level of utility. Read Now

What do the new AI chips mean for CIOs? Homework, for starters New AI chips promise to put deep learning initiatives in better reach of enterprises. But they aren't applicable to all AI projects and, in some cases, are inferior to CPUs and GPUs. Read Now

What is 'ground truth' in AI and deep learning? 'Ground truth' is the bedrock of AI and deep learning. Carnegie Mellon professor Tom Mitchell explains the term and its significance with an example from healthcare. Read Now

Definition: transfer learning Transfer learning is the application of knowledge gained from completing one task to help solve a different, but related, problem. Read Now

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