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Atlanta, GA | Posted: January 31, 2020
Albert Snedeker, Sr. Communications Manager
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A Georgia Tech research team has reached the semifinal round in IBM AI Xprize competition
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Jill Watson 2019 AI Teaching AssistantThe Georgia Tech research team behind the world’s first artificially intelligent (AI) teaching assistant is one step closer to winning the $5 million IBM Watson AI XPRIZE competition.
Led by College of Computing Professor Ashok Goel, team Emprize is among 10 semifinalists announced this week remaining in the global competition. The teams are vying for a top prize of $3 million.
The IBM AI XPRIZE is a multi-year competition that started in 2016 with 147 teams. The competition highlights the power of human and AI collaboration to solve real-world challenges.
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The Emprize team’s entry is based on the Jill Watson platform first developed as an AI teaching assistant (TA) supporting Georgia Tech’s groundbreaking Online Master of Science in Computer Science program. The entry includes other AI-learning agents developed by the team currently deployed in online and residential courses.
According to Goel, these next-generation AI tools are designed to increase engagement, help retention, and improve learning outcomes for online teachers and learners.
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“We’re moving well beyond answering questions about a particular class and getting closer to developing AI technologies that can scale globally, work in tandem with other AIs, and truly be transformative for a broad spectrum of online learners,” said Goel in a recent interview.
Finalists for the XPRIZE will be announced in February with the winner expected to be announced in April. The second and third-place teams will receive $1 million and $500,000, respectively.
