Month: May 2017

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AI Weekly: Google shifts from mobile-first to AI-first world

May 30, 2017

Here’s this week’s newsletter: “An important shift from a mobile first world to an AI first world,” declared Google CEO Sundar Pichai, summarizing the Google…

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Acquisitions accelerate as tech giants seek to build Artificial Intelligence smarts

May 29, 2017

A total of 34 artificial intelligence startups were acquired in the first quarter of this year, more than twice the amount of activity in the…

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Apple working on AI chip for mobile devices bringing them a new level of intelligence

May 29, 2017

Apple is reportedly working on a chip called the Apple Neural Engine, which would be dedicated to carrying out artificial intelligence (AI) processing on its…

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Cisco Completes Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence Company MindMeld

May 28, 2017

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced today it has completed the acquisition of MindMeld Inc., a privately held artificial intelligence (AI) company based in San Francisco. MindMeld…

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Microsoft announces AI partnership with Preferred Networks to integrate deep learning Chainer technology into Azure

May 27, 2017

On his blog, Steve “Guggs” Guggenheimer announced Microsoft’s new AI partnership with Preferred Networks to integrate Chainer technology with Azure. Guggs recounted his experience making…

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AI disrupts translations – the Google Translate App’s ability to translate text from photos comes out of deep learning techniques

May 26, 2017

A future with highways full of self-driving cars or robot friends that can actually hold a decent conversation may not be far away. That’s because…

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GE Wants To Be The Next Artificial Intelligence Powerhouse

May 25, 2017

When you hear the term “artificial intelligence,” you may think of tech giants Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, or Facebook. Industrial powerhouse General Electric is now…

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Microsoft expands artificial intelligence (AI) efforts with creation of new Microsoft AI and Research Group

May 24, 2017

REDMOND, Washington — Microsoft Corp. announced it has formed the Microsoft AI and Research Group, bringing together Microsoft’s world-class research organization with more than 5,000…

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Saatchi LA Trained IBM Watson to Write Thousands of Ads for Toyota – AI discovered science-based insights

May 23, 2017

The Mirai is Toyota’s car of the future. It runs on hydrogen fuel cells, gets 312 miles on a full tank and only emits water…

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IBM Says New Watson Tool Could Dramatically Reduce Outside Counsel Spend

May 20, 2017

A new tool using International Business Machines Corp.’s Watson, notorious for defeating its human competitors on “Jeopardy” in 2011, is hard at work for in-house legal…

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