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IBM’s Watsonx Code Assistant: Transforming Legacy COBOL with AI-Powered Java

September 1, 2023

COBOL, a language over six decades old and mainly engineered by retired or deceased architects, still underpins hundreds of billions of lines of code in global production systems. IBM, keen on preserving these legacy functions on its Z mainframe systems, has embarked on an ambitious endeavor: rewriting this extensive COBOL codebase in Java. A few years ago, humans were tasked with this colossal undertaking, but now IBM is turning to AI to expedite the process.

Enter the IBM Watsonx Code Assistant, slated for release in Q4 of this year. This innovative tool aims to keep human expertise in the loop while leveraging generative AI to analyze, refactor, and test the new object-oriented code. Importantly, it’s not an all-or-nothing approach; IBM asserts that code generated by Watsonx should seamlessly interoperate with COBOL and specific Z mainframe functions.

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IBM is using self-driving car technology to power a new patient monitor for seniors

June 14, 2019

The 65+ Age Group Will Make Up a Growing Portion of the US Population

IBM Watson is trying its hand at in-home health monitoring with a new system that combines IBM’s machine learning software with cutting-edge Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors to paint an accurate, real-time picture of seniors’ daily lives.

IBM’s teaming up with UK-based startup Cera Care — which links caregivers with elderly patients — to get the product into roughly a dozen patient homes in a six-month pilot phase launching in June, Reuters reports.

Here’s what it means: IBM’s making its home healthcare debut with a unique approach.

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IBM’s Holodeck-style classroom tech makes language-learning apps look primitive

September 3, 2018

Whether it’s apps like Duolingo or the ease of travel, there are plenty of ways technology has made it more straightforward to learn a second (or third or fourth …) language. Now, IBM Research and New York’s Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have come up with an entirely new high-tech approach — and it totally reminds us of the Vulcan school from 2009’s Star Trek movie.

Called the Cognitive Immersive Room (CIR), it pairs an A.I.-powered chatbot smart assistant with a 360-degree panoramic display system to place users into a variety of immersive locations to try out their language skills. Currently, it’s being used for Mandarin, which is widely considered to be among the more difficult languages for Westerners to learn. The CIR setup drops students into scenarios like a restaurant in China and a tai chi class, where they can put their Mandarin to the test.

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Five AI clouds you can use today

June 30, 2018

The sensationalist hype around AI has a lot of people believing that the technology may be too advanced or too technical for their businesses to take advantage of. This is false. AI is here now and you can start using it today.

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Separating the hype from reality surrounding artificial intelligence

June 7, 2017

With all the attention Artificial Intelligence (AI) attracts these days, a backlash is inevitable – and could even be constructive. Any technology advancing at a fast pace and with such breathless enthusiasm could use a reality check. But for a corrective to be useful, it must be fair and accurate.

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What will be the largest internet company in 2030? This prediction will probably surprise you.

January 30, 2017

Thirty years ago, it was a big deal when schools got their first computers. Today, it’s a big deal when students get their own laptops. According to Futurist Thomas Frey, in 14 years it’ll be a big deal when students learn from robot teachers over the internet. It’s not just because the technology will be that sophisticated, Frey says, but because the company responsible for it will be the largest of its kind.

NOTE: Visit FuturistSpeaker.com to learn more about DaVinci Institute’s senior futurist Thomas Frey.

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DaVinci Coders form Team to Compete for IBM Watson AI X-Prize

January 19, 2017

DaVinci Coders is excited to announce that the students in our upcoming JavaScript course will serve as the foundational team for competing in the recently announced IBM Watson AI X-Prize, a $5 million competition designed around using artificial intelligence to solve some of the world’s greatest problems.

“The IBM Watson AI X-Prize fits in perfectly with much of the research we’ve been doing, and we feel well positioned to compete on the world stage for this prestigious prize,” says Thomas Frey, Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute. “We’re already attracting some remarkably high caliber students and this seems like the perfect vehicle for leveraging their talents on a project that can benefit the entire world.”

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How robots, drones and artificial intelligence will change everything

September 7, 2016

Silicon Valley, or the Greater Bay Area, is the 18^th largest economy in the world, more than half the size of Canada’s economy and bigger than Switzerland, Saudi Arabia or Turkey. This is because the region has become the world leader in research and development of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotics, software and virtual reality.

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IBM’s Watson saves a woman from leukemia

August 23, 2016

IBM’s Watson has done everything from winning at Jeopardy to cooking exotic meals, but it appears to have accomplished its greatest feat yet: saving a life. University of Tokyo doctors report that the artificial intelligence diagnosed a 60-year-old woman’s rare form of leukemia that had been incorrectly identified months earlier. The analytical machine took just 10 minutes to compare the patient’s genetic changes with a database of 20 million cancer research papers, delivering an accurate diagnosis and leading to proper treatment that had proven elusive. Watson has also identified another rare form of leukemia in another patient, the university says.

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