Ambient AI assistant

Technology

A potential future product where an AI assistant is ethereal and ubiquitous across a user's devices (phone, watch, AirPods, etc.). Apple is seen as uniquely positioned to deliver this due to its integrated hardware ecosystem, though its ability to execute is questioned.


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Summary

Ambient AI assistant is a technology designed to operate unobtrusively in the background, providing insights, managing systems, and automating tasks without requiring constant user engagement. It aims to enhance experiences by subtly influencing operations and is considered a current reality rather than a futuristic concept. While companies like Tesla are actively pursuing its development, Apple's AI strategy is criticized for potentially missing out on this significant future market. Ambient AI is being implemented across various sectors, including healthcare for automating clinical documentation and physical security for threat detection, with companies like Sully.ai and Ambient.ai developing specialized solutions.

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Extracted Attributes
  • Nature

    AI working quietly in the background, delivering insights, and managing systems without requiring constant user engagement

  • Functionality

    Automates traditionally time-consuming tasks, transcribes conversations in real time, converts words into digital records

  • Characteristic

    Unobtrusive companion, enhancing experiences without demanding user attention

  • Current Status

    Not a futuristic concept but a current reality

  • Application Field

    Healthcare (clinical documentation, triage), Legal and Tax professions (workflow management), Autonomous Transportation, Physical Security

  • Interaction Model

    Conversational, nondisruptive human-computer interaction

  • Benefit in Security

    Prevents security incidents with computer vision intelligence, unifies and simplifies security management, automates manual work

  • Benefit in Healthcare

    Doctors spend less time on medical records, more time with patients; reduces manual note-taking

Timeline
  • Ambient AI is described as a current reality, indicating its ongoing development and implementation across various sectors. (Source: Web Search Results)

    Ongoing

  • Doctors at Tampa General Hospital system and other hospitals are using ambient AI to transcribe and organize patient notes in real time. (Source: Web Search Results)

    Ongoing

  • Ambient AI is set to automate tasks for legal and tax professionals, transforming workflows. (Source: Web Search Results)

    Ongoing

  • Ambient.ai provides an AI-powered computer vision intelligence system for physical security. (Source: Web Search Results)

    Ongoing

Sully.ai

Sully.ai is an American software company that develops artificial-intelligence “medical employees” designed to automate clinical documentation, triage and other routine tasks for healthcare providers.

Web Search Results
  • Navigating the AI landscape: The evolution of ambient assistants

    This unexciting term, “boring AI,” is reframed as “ambient AI,” a more sophisticated label that captures the essence of AI working quietly in the background, delivering insights, and managing systems without requiring constant user engagement. The goal is to make AI an unobtrusive companion, enhancing experiences without demanding user attention. ## Ambient AI assistant for legal and tax professionals [...] Ambient AI is set to automate traditionally time-consuming tasks, transforming how legal and tax professionals manage and enhance their workflows. This will allow them to allocate more time to address user needs in a natural and efficient manner. Users may not be consciously aware of AI-driven processes unfolding in the background, showcasing the unobtrusive power of ambient AI. [...] As we move forward, the trajectory of ambient AI extends beyond the workplace, affecting our daily interactions and experiences. AI-enabled autonomous transportation, real-world tests, and implementations are on the horizon, shaping logistics, delivery vehicles, and Uber-like services. AI will become an integral part of our lives, subtly influencing how we operate without drawing attention to its presence. ### Ambient AI is not a futuristic concept but a current reality

  • Ambient AI may listen in on your next doctor's visit: What it means

    Ambient AI is a technology that records and automates transcripts of conversations in real time — like a scribe. It allows doctors like Patel to “walk out with not a transcript, but an actual thoughtful, structured note shell that then I can tweak and edit around and go from there.” About 300 physicians and providers in the Tampa General Hospital system were able to try the technology and Patel says they found “a subset of those physicians and providers adopt it.” [...] Instead of frantically typing notes during your next visit or updating medical charts into the wee hours of the morning, doctors at hospitals like Tampa General Hospital are using ambient AI to transcribe and organize patient notes in real time, says Dr. Nishit Patel, the vice president and chief medical informatics officer at TGH. And other hospitals are doing the same. [...] Image 5: Illustration of a patient in the doctor's office with a physician. Graphicscoco | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images There might be another listener in the room at your doctor’s appointments now or in the near future: ambient AI.

  • The Role of Ambient AI in Healthcare | USF Health Online

    Ambient artificial intelligence (AI) is a new way of thinking about computers and natural human-computer interaction. It enables you to interact with technologies in a more conversational, nondisruptive way while handling basic tasks such as performing calculations and queries and making real-time recommendations. [...] The term “ambient” refers to the fact that the AI exists in the background until it receives a context cue letting it know that it needs to act. In a clinical setting, that could mean a patient walking into a room and the system recognizing their ID badge, or the system noticing that a patient has been sitting in the waiting room for two hours. Ambient AI is designed to work seamlessly behind the scenes, without requiring any human intervention. [...] Instead of taking painstaking notes during a patient interview, doctors can communicate naturally while ambient AI works in the background to automatically convert their words into a digital record. It records and captures the nuances of their voice, including pauses and inflections. The results integrate seamlessly into the patient’s electronic health records, allowing doctors to access the data at any time.

  • Ambient.ai: Prevent security incidents with computer vision intelligence

    Whether your immediate concern is firearms, fence jumping, tailgating, or everyday health and safety, Ambient.ai enables you to monitor for your most pressing threats. Learn More Unparalleled operational efficiency ----------------------------------- Focus on real threats, filter out false alarms, and save time and resources. Ambient.ai simplifies security management and automates manual work to maximize your efficiency. Learn More Enterprise-grade privacy ------------------------ [...] Sr. Physical Security Systems Engineer SentinelOne Image 42: Company Logo ###### Meet Ambient.ai Unify & simplify security ------------------------- Ambient.ai places an open-platform, AI-powered computer vision intelligence system at the center of your physical security environment. Learn More Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. [...] Rich integration ecosystem -------------------------- Unify your security infrastructure with a centralized platform. Ambient.ai integrates with your existing cameras and access control system to streamline operations. Learn More Unify your security infrastructure with a centralized platform. Ambient.ai integrates with your existing cameras and access control system to streamline operations. Learn More Detections for a spectrum of threats ------------------------------------

  • Quality assurance informs large-scale use of ambient AI clinical ...

    That analysis found doctors using the AI tool spent less time looking at medical records outside of work hours and less time looking at health record notes during appointments. Also, a patient survey found that a majority felt they spent more time speaking with the physician during the visit, the doctor spent less time looking at the computer, and the technology felt neutral or very comfortable to them.