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Jay van Zyl @ ecosystem.Ai

Google lends its machine-learning tool to fight deforestation – MIT Technology Review


MIT Technology Review

Google lends its machinelearning tool to fight deforestation
MIT Technology Review
On March 21, the organization announced that it will be using Google’s TensorFlow, a free tool that makes it simpler for other companies and groups to develop machinelearning software (see “Google stakes its future on a piece of software”). Rainforest

What Will Our Society Look Like When Artificial Intelligence Is Everywhere? – Smithsonian


Smithsonian

What Will Our Society Look Like When Artificial Intelligence Is Everywhere?
Smithsonian
The “Dartmouth workshop” kicked off the decades-long quest for artificial intelligence. In the following years, the pursuit faltered, enduring several “winters” where it seemed doomed to dead ends and baffling disappointments. But today nations and
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New bill would prepare US for artificial intelligence threat – DefenseNews.com

DefenseNews.comNew bill would prepare US for artificial intelligence threatDefenseNews.comU.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, introduced legislation Wednesday to prepare the gov…

Machine learning holds promise for higher ed, but only if used the … – Inside Higher Ed

Inside Higher EdMachine learning holds promise for higher ed, but only if used the …Inside Higher EdThese new technologies have much to offer colleges and their students, but if we are not careful how we incorporate them, the risks may outweigh the g…

Groupthink Dilemmas for Developing AI Self-Driving Cars

By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider When I was initially out of college with my bachelor’s degree in computer science and electrical engineering, I took a job at a small electronics company that made customized electronic systems using real-time microprocessors for all sorts of interesting and unusual uses. As a new buck into the […]

Self-driving Uber in fatal accident may not have had time to stop, police say

TEMPE, Ariz. — Police say early indications show an Uber self-driving SUV may not have had time to stop or avoid hitting a pedestrian who was killed Sunday night. Uber suspended all testing of its autonomous vehicles after the crash, which is the first-known pedestrian fatality involving a self-driving car. Police say 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg […]

Chip Startups See New Frontier from Big Bets on AI

For years, tech industry financiers showed little interest in start-up companies that made computer chips. How on earth could a start-up compete with a goliath like Intel, which made the chips that ran more than 80 percent of the world’s personal computers? Even in the areas where Intel didn’t dominate, like smartphones and gaming devices, there […]