Amazon's AI Search makeover, following Google's lead?
Plus: AI detects Alzheimer's before symptoms appear
Hello, Engineering Leaders and AI Enthusiasts,
Welcome to the 20th edition of The AI Edge newsletter. In today’s edition, we bring you Amazon’s AI-powered ‘conversational experience’ for search. Thank you everyone who is reading this. 😊
In today’s edition:
💬 Amazon’s AI-powered ‘conversational experience’ for search
🩺 AI Detects Alzheimer's Before Symptoms Appear
📚 Multimodal AI for medicine by
Let’s go!
After Google, It’s Amazon Search to get an AI makeover
From a recent job listing on Amazon, it looks like the company is working on giving Amazon Search a “once in a generation transformation” with AI-powered features.
Amazon Search may soon have an interactive conversational experience that will help users find answers to product questions, perform product comparisons, receive personalized product suggestions, and more. It will aim to quickly find the perfect product for users’ needs.
Why does this matter?
This move comes only a week after Google announced its new AI-powered Search, which also featured AI-created buying guides made from a single search. Plus, it indicates Amazon’s entry into the chatbot arena. And given AWS’s recent announcements of generative AI services and capabilities, it seems Amazon too is significantly investing in generative AI across all its business.
AI can detect signs of Alzheimer’s even before symptoms begin to show
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that AI-powered voice analysis can help diagnose Alzheimer’s and cognitive impairment in early stages. If confirmed by larger studies, these findings could primary care providers with an easy-to-perform screening tool for at-risk individuals.
The research used advanced machine learning and natural language processing (NLP) to identify even the subtlest changes in language and audio that individuals may not easily recognize.
Why does this matter?
Before ML and NLP, detailed speech studies were often unsuccessful as early changes were often undetectable to human ears. However, with advancements in AI, such novel testing methods have performed significantly better than standard cognitive assessments in detecting even mild impairments. Also, it took less than 10 minutes to capture a patient’s voice, outdoing the traditional tests, which took hours to administer.
Only a few days ago, researchers developed an AI model that outperformed traditional methods in identifying cancer. Does this indicate AI leading the charge in reducing overall healthcare costs with improved patient outcomes?
Knowledge Nugget: Multimodal AI for medicine, simplified
This informative article by
discusses the potential of multimodal AI in medicine, combining multiple data sources, such as medical images and patient records, to improve diagnostic accuracy and treatment outcomes.It also provides:
An overview of multimodal AI's various technologies & techniques, including image recognition, natural language processing (NLP), and deep learning.
Highlights some challenges and limitations of implementing multimodal AI in medical practice, such as the need for large amounts of high-quality data and the risk of bias or errors in the algorithms.
Argues that multimodal AI has the potential to revolutionize the field of medicine and improve patient outcomes, particularly in areas such as cancer diagnosis and treatment.
It concludes with a call for greater collaboration and investment in multimodal AI research and development to realize its full medical potential.
Why does this matter?
Multimodal AI represents a significant advancement in AI systems capabilities, potentially leading to more accurate diagnoses, improved treatment plans, and better patient outcomes.
As the technology continues to improve, we can expect to see multimodal AI being used to improve patient care and reduce healthcare costs. Ultimately, the development of multimodal AI is expected to profoundly impact the field of AI and enable a new generation of intelligent systems and applications.
What Else Is Happening
👨 Bill Gates debating with Socrates on AI? Check this video generated by AI (Link)
🆕 Open AI to release a new open-source AI model, The Information (Link)
🤖 Use ChatGPT, Bing, Bard, and Claude in one app with ChatHub (Link)
🧠 CodeT5+: Open code LLMs for code understanding and generation (Link)
🛡️ Cloudflare unveils Cloudflare One for safe use of generative AI tools (Link)
👥 SAP to leverage Microsoft AI Copilot to streamline talent management (Link)
☁️ Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofits to have new AI capabilities (Link)
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