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OutSystems targets AI adoption challenges with Machine Learning Builder<\/a><\/p>\n

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While there is a growing awareness<\/a> of the benefits of artificial intelligence to businesses, there are a number of challenges for companies that want to implement AI, such as accessing data science talents and understanding use cases.<\/p>\n

In order to fill this gap, application development platform provider OutSystems Inc. launched its Machine Learning Builder<\/a>, which allows companies to interact with several machine-learning models and put them into production in just a few days.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis essentially speaks to the fact that a lot of companies do not have access to data science talent; they really struggle to adopt machine learning,\u201d said Antonio Alegria<\/a> (pictured), head of AI at OutSystems. \u201cWe\u2019re also increasing the productivity for customers to implement AI and machine learning. We use partners behind the scenes and cloud providers for the core technology, with automated machine learning and all of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alegria spoke with Stu Miniman<\/a>, host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media\u2019s livestreaming studio, during the NextStep 2020 event<\/a>. They discussed how OutSystems is injecting AI into its products, the capabilities of its new Machine Learning Builder, and the trend toward democratization of AI services. (* Disclosure below.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Strategies are complementary<\/h3>\n

OutSystems has two complementary visions and strategies for AI, according to Alegria. \u201cOne of them is we really want to improve our own product, improve the automation in the product \u2026 by using AI together with great user experience and the best programming language for software automation,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

As part of that strategy, OutSystems first introduced its AI Assistant<\/a> to its software development environment. After significantly accelerating automation at this stage, promoting a frictionless experience during the coding process, the company started to infuse AI into its products and across the software development lifecycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took this core technology that we use to guide developers and assist and automate their work, and we use the same capability to help developers, tech leads and architects to analyze the code,\u201d Alegria pointed out.<\/p>\n

The second AI strategy is to help customers themselves to use AI and machine learning in their own applications \u2014 and for that purpose the Machine Learning Builder was created.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo developers can essentially just pick the data they have already inside the AI systems platform, and they want to just select \u2018I want to train this machine learning model to predict this field,\u2019\u201d Alegria explained. \u201cIt runs dozens of experiments, selects the best algorithms, transforms the data for you without you needing to have a lot of data science experience. And then you can just drag and drop into platform, integrate in your application, and you\u2019re good to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

For AI and machine learning that are integrated with OutSystems products for automation, validation and guidance, there are no extra costs for customers, as these are a kind of \u201ccore building block\u201d for the services offered, according to Alegria.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor machine-learning services and components that customers can use in their own applications, we allow you to integrate with cloud providers and the billing is done separately,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE\u2019s and theCUBE\u2019s coverage of the NextStep 2020 event<\/a>. (* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for NextStep 2020. Neither OutSystems Inc., the sponsor for theCUBE\u2019s event coverage, nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)<\/em><\/p>\n