For the past few weeks, I’ve been using a virtual personal assistant called x.ai to schedule appointments and calls. The magic behind its near perfect performance is artificial intelligence, according to… Read more »
The Google-owned artificial intelligence outfit DeepMind has revealed a partnership with Oxford University that involves a “substantial donation” to set up a research relationship with the venerable institution’s computer science and… Read more »
The science of identifying the positions of arms, legs and joints within images is becoming a popular pastime among deep learning researchers. The techniques they develop could be particularly important in… Read more »
A German software company called Arago just received a $55 million investment from KKR in order to help take its IT automation software global. The company’s algorithms learn how to perform… Read more »
Machine learning startup GraphLab is boosting the capabilities of its platform, which aims to help users build and then serve their predictive models, has released a new version of its software… Read more »
Provo, Utah–based sales automation company InsideSales has always been interested in applying data analysis to mountains of sales data. After delivering on this mission last year, the company is now ramping… Read more »
IBM has announced a long list of new Watson customers and startup partners, ranging from standby industries such as health care to new ones such as cybersecurity and nonprofits. Perhaps more… Read more »
Billionaire doctor Patrick Soon-Shiong plans to install a supercomputer at the Phoenix Childrens Hospital that will help doctors fully sequence and analyze patient genomes in seven days, and help build a… Read more »
Jeff Hawkins invented the Palm Pilot and the Treo smartphone, and now he’s trying to invent the future of artificial intelligence. In this interview, he explains why he’s so adamant about… Read more »
Gigaom recently hosted a meetup featuring thought leaders and entrepreneurs in the world of artificial intelligence and deep learning. Watch the videos of their presentations here. Read more »