Meet the Generative Eight — and The Next Gen of AI companies building the future
Generative AI has taken the world by storm, and the companies building the future are in a race to hire the best available tech talent.
[L]arge companies are for the most part playing catchup, as their top talent gets poached. There is a new crop of nimble, innovative AI companies — pure play startups with AI at their core. They are in a race for tech talent. At Lightspeed, we’ve been investing in AI for over seven years, and have been tracking this space for even longer. — Read More
Daily Archives: July 1, 2023
CognoSpeak: AI tool uses speech technology to quickly assess dementia risk
A new AI tool that could help doctors assess the early signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s more quickly and efficiently, has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield.
The system, known as CognoSpeak, uses a virtual agent displayed on a screen to engage a patient in a conversation. It asks memory-probing questions inspired by those used in outpatient consultations and conducts cognitive tests, such as picture descriptions and verbal fluency tests. — Read More