Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

AI Researchers Have a Plan to Save Coral Reefs

Climate change has been bleaching coral reefs, decimating the local marine species that call them home, since at least the first major observations were recorded in the Caribbean in 1980. Thankfully, new A.I. cataloguing designed to identify the geographic regions where coral is still thriving hopes to reverse the trend, saving some of the world’s most dense and […]

Intel buys Seattle artificial intelligence startup – OregonLive.com


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Intel buys Seattle artificial intelligence startup
OregonLive.com
Intel, eager to expand into new markets beyond the fading PC sector, said Thursday it has purchased a three-year-old Seattle artificial intelligence startup called Vertex.AI. It’s Intel’s second acquisition since the abrupt exit of chief executive
Intel acquires Seattle-based deep learning startup Vertex.AI to bolster artificial intelligence effortsGeekWire
Intel buys deep-learning startup Vertex.AI to join its Movidius unitTechCrunch

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Artificial Intelligence Still Isn’t All That Smart – Bloomberg


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Artificial Intelligence Still Isn’t All That Smart
Bloomberg
In the business world, machine learning often goes by the annoying moniker of “artificial intelligence.” That science-fiction buzzword evokes visions of godlike sentient computers, when in fact, the product is much closer to a statistical regression

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Artificial Intelligence Makes Inroads in Broadcasting – TV Technology

TV TechnologyArtificial Intelligence Makes Inroads in BroadcastingTV Technology“In a machine learning/artificial intelligence solution, the system could learn enough about the content types [by watching content] and could experiment with various combin…

AI WORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO AND IDC TEAM UP TO PRODUCE THE AI WORLD EXECUTIVE SUMMIT AGENDA

Providing a strategic look at the state of the practice in enterprise AI across multiple vertical industries NEEDHAM, MA— (August 15, 2018) – AI World Conference & Expo, part of Cambridge Innovation Institute (CII), announces that IDC, the premier global provider of information technology market intelligence and advisory services will lead the AI World Executive […]

Facebook turns to artificial intelligence to fight hate and misinformation in Myanmar – Washington Post

Washington PostFacebook turns to artificial intelligence to fight hate and misinformation in MyanmarWashington PostThe technology is being tested in Myanmar, where a low rate of posts are flagged by Facebook users for potential policy violations. Faceb…

Pentagon’s artificial intelligence programs get huge boost in defense budget – Fast Company


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Pentagon’s artificial intelligence programs get huge boost in defense budget
Fast Company
What has gotten less attention is how the bill cements artificial intelligence programs in the Defense Department and lays the groundwork for a new national-level policy and strategy in the form of an artificial intelligence commission. As artificial

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Artificial Intelligence Will Replace Tasks, Not Jobs – Forbes

ForbesArtificial Intelligence Will Replace Tasks, Not JobsForbesThere is no shortage of angst when it comes to the impact of AI on jobs. For example, a survey by Pew Research Internet finds Americans are roughly twice as likely to express worry (72%) t…

Executive Interview: Dr. Russell Greiner, Professor CS and founding Scientific Director of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute

After earning a PhD from Stanford, Russ Greiner worked in both academic and industrial research before settling at the University of Alberta, where he is now a Professor in Computing Science and the founding Scientific Director of the Alberta Innovates Centre for Machine Learning (now Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute), which won the ASTech Award for “Outstanding Leadership in Technology” in […]

Affordability of AI Self-Driving Cars

By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider They’ll cost too much. They will only be for the elite. Having one will be a sign of prestige. It’s a rich person’s toy. The “have nots” will not be able to get one. People are going to rise-up in resentment that the general population can’t get one. […]