Month: May 2017
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…
Read MoreAcquisitions 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…
Read MoreApple 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…
Read MoreCisco 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…
Read MoreMicrosoft 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…
Read MoreAI 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…
Read MoreGE 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…
Read MoreMicrosoft 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…
Read MoreSaatchi 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…
Read MoreIBM 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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