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Accenture's latest AI platform to help seniors with loneliness wraps up pilot program

By Laura Lovett 03:30 pm December 4, 2017

Accenture has recently completed a pilot program in the UK, which uses its artificial intelligence platform to help seniors manage their care and daily lives. The technology was developed by Accenture Liquid Studio in London and is tailored for older people living independently. It can learn users’ behaviors and preferences and suggest activities to support their physical and mental health. “...

Merck, Amazon challenge developers to build Alexa apps for diabetes

By Tom Sullivan 02:38 pm April 11, 2017

Amazon Web Services and Merck announced a developer competition on Monday to that plans to harness artificial intelligence for diabetics. Dubbed the Alexa Diabetes Challenge, and powered by Luminary Labs, the contest aims to incent upstarts and individual developers to create apps that harness Amazon’s Alexa voice-enabled technologies particularly for patients recently diagnosed with Type 2...