artificialintelligence-news.com, Nov. 06, 2019 –
Testing specialists Applause have debuted an AI solution promising to help tackle algorithmic bias while providing the scale of data needed for robust training.
Applause has built a vast global community of testers for its app testing solution which is trusted by brands including Google, Uber, PayPal, and more. The company is leveraging this relatively unique asset to help overcome some of the biggest hurdles facing AI development.
AI News spoke with Kristin Simonini, VP of Product at Applause, about the company's new solution and what it means for the industry ahead of her keynote at AI Expo North America later this month.
"Our customers have been needing additional support from us in the area of data collection to support their AI developments, train their system, and then test the functionality," explains Simonini. "That latter part being more in-line with what they traditionally expect from us."
Applause has worked predominantly with companies in the voice space but also their increasing expansion into things such as gathering and labelling images and running documents through OCR.
This existing breadth of experience in areas where AI is most commonly applied today puts the company and its testers in a good position to offer truly useful feedback on where improvements can be made.