Researchers at both Stanford University and Google have fused state-of-the-art neural network techniques for vision and language in order to create hybrid systems that can analyze images and produce natural-language explanations… Read more »
University of Toronto researcher and part-time Google distinguished researcher Geoff Hinton is responsible for many recent advances in deep learning, and many advances in neural network research over the past few… Read more »
New funding for deep learning startups focused on medical imaging suggests investors see more promise in the applications of deep learning than for the models themselves. Read more »
Recent comments by machine learning experts have caused a stir, but debate over the novelty or architecture of deep learning might be best left in academia . As AI techniques make… 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 »
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 »
AlchemyAPI’s deep-learning-based system can now be used to tag famous people in photos, or to recognize non-celebrities via labeled images in corporate or social networks. It’s the latest — but not… 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 »
Chinese search engine Baidu is trying to speed the performance of its deep learning models for image search using field programmable gate arrays, or FPGAs, made by Altera. Baidu has been experimenting… Read more »