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Developers can now really push the limits of their artificial intelligence platforms, giving them not just more human-like and life-like speech patterns, but also more accurate responses.

Three titans announcing their entrance into the healthcare sector put a scare into the insurance industry. Here’s how carriers can mitigate the damage.

Details are sparse but an announcement says there will be a focus on using tech to drive better outcomes.

Alexa for Business will let users issue voice commands to begin a video conference or print documents, among a multitude of common workplace functions.

Express Scripts Holding Co.’s chief executive said he’s open to a deal with a health insurer or partnering with Amazon.com.

As of Nov. 3, more than 838,000 people had registered with the agency as owners of small, civilian drones.

One in four households is expected to have a voice assistant item by the end of the year, giving carriers an opportunity to leverage the new channel for service.

Toronto-based insurer is the latest carrier to adopt voice-assistant technology as an additional communication tool for policyholders.

The move follows earlier investments by the carrier in its website, customer portals and core systems.

The company is developing an instant-issue platform that delivers life policies to customers without fluid testing.

Carrier is looking to develop customer experience comparable to that of Amazon and Google, according to Cathleen Scerbo, VP of IT business operations.

The tech firn doubles down on attempts to back early-stage companies that are building software around AI, blockchain and computer vision.

Insurer hints its future capabilities on the smart device will include bill pay and assets for the newly released Echo Show.

The new offering supports the insurer's end-goal of bundling all its tech products into a broadly integrated service.

The firm is trying to woo more customers in areas like artificial intelligence and the cloud by providing reps with greater technical and industry-specific expertise.

While several CEOs have been critical of this administration, they have flocked to the White House this week seeking to influence the government’s technology policies going forward.

Zack Gipson, military-focused insurer's chief innovation officer, also discusses the challenges of bringing a human touch to digital channels in a brief but candid Q&A.

The home-sensor company is looking for insurance partners to join existing allies Liberty Mutual and XL Group.

The chip, known internally as the Apple Neural Engine, would improve the way its devices handle facial and speech recognition tasks.

About 7,000 I/O conference attendees received a free Google Home speaker in hopes developers will build and test new "actions" for the device.