Editing Automation (section)

== Cognitive automation ==
Cognitive automation, as a subset of AI, is an emerging genus of automation enabled by [[cognitive computing]]. Its primary concern is the automation of clerical tasks and workflows that consist of structuring [[unstructured data]].{{cn|date=June 2024}} Cognitive automation relies on multiple disciplines: [[natural language processing]], [[real-time computing]], [[machine learning algorithms]], [[big data analytics]], and [[evidence-based learning]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.10xds.com/blog/what-is-cognitive-automation/|title=What is Cognitive Automation – An Introduction|date=19 August 2019|website=10xDS}}</ref>

According to [[Deloitte]], cognitive automation enables the replication of human tasks and judgment "at rapid speeds and considerable scale."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/deloitte-analytics/articles/cognitive-automation.html|title=Cognitive automation: Streamlining knowledge processes {{!}} Deloitte US|website=Deloitte United States|access-date=30 July 2017|archive-date=30 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730222928/https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/deloitte-analytics/articles/cognitive-automation.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Such tasks include:
*[[Redaction|Document redaction]]
*[[Data extraction]] and document synthesis / reporting
*[[Contract management]]
*[[Natural language search]]
* Customer, employee, and [[Stakeholder (corporate)|stakeholder]] [[onboarding]]
* Manual activities and verifications
* Follow-up and email communications