IVOW is Focused on Chatbots, Smart Assistants

Content for chatbots and smart assistants is the focus of IVOW, an AI-driven platform that aims to deliver culturally-aware, adaptive content to deliver a more authentic customer experience.

The firm is working on the CultureIQ chatbot training suite, a chatbot-training platform optimized for B2C chatbot contexts such as travel, hospitality, tourism, customer support, and e-commerce. The aim is to help B2C companies increase conversions and satisfaction rating by refining communication and comprehension.

​IVOW is currently running a challenge in which participants are asked to develop an algorithm that can generate a character profile, which must be a prominent female in history, science, technology or culture, including folklore and myth. The algorithm would scrape information from various Internet sources in order to generate a character. Read story here.

How can testers prepare for the future of AI, testing, and personalization? That’s what we workshopped on Friday November 22 at ConTEST NYC led by Test Master Academy’s Anna Royzman in New York City. As the Founder and Storyteller in Chief of IVOW AI, I was invited to showcase our research in cultural IQ as well as our global dataset challenge — An Algorithm for Stories on Women. The focus of our workshop was how to prepare for the emergence of cultural intelligence in AI. Read story here.

We gathered for AIGrrls at the Tabard Inn in Washington D.C. last week to focus on AI and personalization. How do we and how can we use deep learning to deliver data-driven experiences that are meaningful and relevant?
AIGrrls are civic tech leaders, data scientists, entrepreneurs, designers, academics and AI practitioners who meet once a month in the Washington D.C. region to share knowledge and network on the future of inclusive AI.
Those mixing it up this month included Coach Kathy Kemper, CEO and Founder of the Institute for Education (IFE); Professor Jane Wall, Director of Data Science Programs at American University; and Paula Davis Analytics and AI lead at Deloitte. Read more here.