BillGuard had developed a pitch emphasizing its very sophisticated machine learning algorithm- based analytics.

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Watson is also based on machine learning and to master a subject, it takes a significant amount of time and data.

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Systems based on machine learning filter out noise in big data or high resolution models by scanning for patterns that humans would like to find but cannot.

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Finding threats that are expertly concealed and utilize multiple steps to take over a system, takes a three stage approach that combines aspects of machine learning and a cloud-based knowledge repository.

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In most cases, the systems involve customized algorithms based on machine-learning methods.

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Jeff Hawkins, Numenta co-founder, and Michael Chui, a principal at the McKinsey Global Institute will discuss on Wednesday evening an alternative approach to big data, using brain-inspired machine learning technology and a cloud-based service called Grok that recognizes complex patterns from data streams and generates actionable predictions in real time.

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The service uses machine learning to make specialized recommendations to people based on what people with similar tastes like.

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And as they improve, the machine-based tutoring technologies will become good enough for those who could or would have paid full price or changed up their schedule to connect with a human tutor, such that machine-based tutoring may well be the norm for many of us as a prime mode of learning in the future.

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