Microsoft Office 365

Yes, the same Office application you've been using is getting a dose of artificial intelligence to benefit both HR and the rest of the company. Machine learning helps to identify trends, outliers, and other useful visualizations automatically. Applied to Excel, "Insights" is a new service that automatically highlights patterns to make it easier for anyone to explore and analyze data. For MS Word, "Editor" not only checks spelling but also uses AI to offer advice on grammar and clarity.

Textio.com

Textio is an artificial intelligence-powered SaaS tool for creating highly effective job postings. Their tool predicts the performance of a job posting as it's being written and helps to improve the posting's effectiveness in real time. They claim that positions are filled 20 percent faster on average.

The tool specializes in increasing the diversity of candidates that apply. It helps avoid subtle word choices that might alienate women, minorities, etc. that you might not even be aware that your writing. Pretty cool technology and you can try it for free.

HealthJoy.com HealthJoy is an employee benefits guidance and engagement platform that helps employees make better health care decisions. At the center of the experience is a virtual assistant named JOY that uses artificial intelligence for its interaction.

HealthJoy becomes the center of an employee's health care experience, and it also bundles in telemedicine and a healthcare concierge service. I've seen companies achieve a positive ROI within weeks after launch and the system seems to be getting smarter every day. I've also seen a drastic decrease in questions that get directed to the human resources department or broker.

Talla.com

Talla is the perfect sidekick for HR when onboarding employees. Talla has an artificial intelligence-powered assistant that provides contextually relevant answers on policies, procedures, benefits and more. It saves everyone at your company time and allows your new employees to find answers to their questions fast. For example, a new employee can ask Talla about the company vacation policies rather than spend time reading a vast employee manual or bothering HR. It leaves HR time to focus on more strategic activities.

X.ai

Meet Amy and Andrew Ingram, autonomous AI assistants who schedule meetings for you. They eliminate the constant back and forth required via email to set up meetings both internally and externally for human resources. Once you connect your calendar and update your preferences, these AI assistants will schedule your meetings going forward. Just cc the virtual assistant when you ask to schedule a meeting with someone.

Culture Amp

Culture Amp makes it easy to collect, understand and act on employee feedback to create a better company culture. It doesn't solely rely on algorithms to make predictions but uses a hybrid approach that collates data, questions, ideas, and approaches generated by thousands of companies and practitioners and connects you with the information that is the most relevant for you.

Microsoft Office 365

Yes, the same Office application you've been using is getting a dose of artificial intelligence to benefit both HR and the rest of the company. Machine learning helps to identify trends, outliers, and other useful visualizations automatically. Applied to Excel, "Insights" is a new service that automatically highlights patterns to make it easier for anyone to explore and analyze data. For MS Word, "Editor" not only checks spelling but also uses AI to offer advice on grammar and clarity.