Being at the forefront of the AI evolution means setbacks as well as breakthroughs

2 July 2019

IBM Watson Health has seen that being thought of as a pioneering company in applying artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare can have its pros and cons, from a publicity point of view.

The company has taken a leading role in the evolution of the technology, making amendments to its approach as it goes – and in the case of its invention of the term augmented intelligence – it has led perceptions of how the technology is viewed.

"Where we're moving into now, is what we call broad AI, and that is being able to do multiple tasks in a domain"Being one of the first adopters of AI to bring back results from real-life settings has, of course, brought positive headlines.

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