Group Watson , IBM bought the Australian start-up company Cognea, which specializes in the development of virtual assistants for corporate clients, such as banking call centers. The announcement appeared in the IBM blog on Monday. These efforts fit into the idea of the IBM cognitive computing era, where the machines are able to communicate with a person in the same language. Some have expressed concerns about this .
IBM has embarked on the path of commercialization of artificial intelligence. Previously, it had created a group with Watson capital of $ 1 billion.
According to the senior vice president of IBM Watson Group Michael Homeland, Cognea endow supercomputer "Watson" number of individual features on the basis of which will form the exterior of artificial intelligence for each specific audience.
Two major developments can be considered highbrow Cognea MyCyberTwin agent and virtual assistant Cognea to meet the challenges. They are always in a good mood, speak many languages and work around the clock, writes ZDNet.
Cognea clients are insurance companies and banks. On the basis of its technology created about 40,000 chat bots - programs to maintain communication with customers. Purchase Cognea IBM's platform will make "Watson" more accessible to businesses, startups and schools.
Artificial intelligence "Watson" has tested a number of companies. Among them, the Italian oil giant ENI, DBS Bank Singapore and two American organizations in the health field.
Recall that in the autumn of artificial intelligence IBM go to school .