Microsoft’s new AI tool creates to-do lists using sent emails
A new AI from Microsoft automatically generates to-do lists based on sent emails. Researchers from the University of Washington and Microsoft's AI team announced the tool in a pre-print research paper.
The Smart To-Do tool uses AI to scan all outgoing emails for usable text, then converts these ... Read more
Facebook forms research group for Natural Language Processing
Facebook will set up a consortium to tackle the challenges of Natural Language Processing (NLP). Realistic interaction between speech and computers creates quite a few obstacles, which Facebook wants to solve with this research collaboration.
Three months ago, Facebook distributed a number of calls... Read more
Intel announces its first AI chip for data centers
Intel announced at an event in Israel that it will release its first AI chip for data centers. The Nervana Neural Network Processor for Inference, as the chip is officially called, is intended for use in large data centers that run AI workloads.
The chip is an edited version of the 10-nm Ice Lake... Read more
New AI chip from Cerebras largest processor in the world
Cerebras Systems, an AI start-up that focuses on deep learning, has developed an AI chip with 1.2 trillion transistors. By doing so, the company claims to have built the largest processor in the world to date.
The Wafer Scale Engine Cerebras unveiled today, in short WSE, measures 21.6 by 21.6 cen... Read more
Pegasystems introduces real-time AI Connectors
Pegasystems informs Techzine of a number of APIs that make it possible to link third-party AI applications to Pegasystems' own AI applications.
Examples of third-party applications include Google Cloud Machine Learning Engine and Amazon SageMaker. With the APIs it will be possible to expand the AI o... Read more
Google Cloud makes Deep Learning Containers available as beta
The Google Cloud Platform has made Deep Learning Containers available as a beta. Deep Learning Containers are environments optimized for the deployment and testing of applications and services that use machine learning. The Deep Learning Containers work in the cloud and on premise.
In the future, t... Read more
Amazon makes Alexa more talkative with new approach to deep learning
Amazon has developed a new approach to deep learning, which has already produced new opportunities for speech and image recognition. The approach should help developers to more easily develop more natural speech experiences.
In addition, the approach, Alexa Conversations, should require a third less... Read more
Twitter acquires startup Fabula AI to fight fake news
Twitter has announced that it will take over Fabula AI, hoping to be able to fight better with fake news. Fabula AI is a startup from London with a deep learning platform that detects disinformation on online platforms.
However, Fabula AI has not yet had time to make its platform generally availabl... Read more
Sophos expands Intercept X server capabilities with advanced detection
Sophos introduces Intercept X for servers with Endpoint Detection and Response: a mouthful that means that Intercept X now offers visibility across the entire IT environment in order to detect and block attacks in time.
Intercept X for servers with Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) should help c... Read more
Microsoft makes deep learning accessible with acquisition low code platform
Microsoft announces acquisition of Lobe. The start-up has created a platform for building AI models using a visual interface, without the need for code or technical knowledge.
According to Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, people are only just beginning to discover the full potential of AI.
This is largely... Read more