Artificial Life Announces First Health Care Bot Implementation for CCTC.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002 New York based Artificial Life, Inc (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : ALIF), a leading provider of intelligent agents and award winning smart bot (1) (roBOT) A program used on the Internet that performs a repetitive function such as posting a message to multiple newsgroups or searching for information or news. Bots are used to provide comparison shopping. Bots also keep a channel open on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC). technology announced today the launch of its first implementation of a smart bot in the Health Care/Life Science arena for its client Cross Country TravCorps (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CCRN CCRN Critical Care Registered Nurse CCRN Certification In Critical Care Nursing ), a leading provider of health care staffing services in the United States (see also: www.cctc.com ). The bot named "Lucy" is a friendly, virtual online assistant to help health care professionals, such as nurses, and other health care professionals, find job opportunities online at CCTC's health care portal at: http://my.cctc.com . Lucy communicates with visitors in everyday English and answers commonly asked questions. Among other features, the smart online assistant Lucy also helps all registered users view their paychecks, modify and maintain their personal profile, update their skills checklist and perform enhanced job searches. Lucy can also direct users to a live, online chat with a recruiter. "The introduction of the smart bot technology on our website was a deliberate and carefully crafted decision. The Artificial Life team clearly has the best technology to meet our unique needs, which is why we chose to work with them," Said Eric Egnet, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Cross Country, Inc. "We'll be carefully monitoring the success of Lucy and are looking to extend the technology to our other sites as well." About Artificial Life, Inc. Founded in 1994, Artificial Life, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: ALIF - news) develops, markets, and supports intelligent, award winning and patent pending software robots. The company offers a variety of unique product suites for web-based applications such as self-help, self-service, consultative selling and e-CRM. Artificial Life, Inc. is headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , NY, U.S.A, and maintains a subsidiary in Hong Kong. Detailed information about Artificial Life, Inc. and its products is available at www.artificial-life.com; Contact: E.Schoeneburg, es@artificial-life.com "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Artificial Life, Inc.'s business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the "Risk Factors" described in the Company's Annual Report or Forms 10-K or 10-Q for the most recently ended fiscal year and quarter. All information set forth in this press release is as of March, 18, 2002, and Artificial Life, Inc. undertakes no duty to update this information unless required by law. |
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