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Monday, November 8, 2021, 5:17 PM
So this is what future holds?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2021/03/10/how-ai-will-impact-the-future-of-work-and-life/?sh=12185e1079a3
How AI Will Impact The Future Of Work And Life
How will AI change the future of work? Here's a look at what the future might hold as AI evolves and humans adapt.
Wednesday, October 30, 2019, 6:52 PM
It's finally happening, but why with a partnership with a Chinese startup? ;-)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2019/10/25/hyundai-is-launching-botride-a-robotaxi-service-in-california-with-pony-ai-and-via/amp/
Hyundai is launching BotRide, a robotaxi service in California with Pony.ai and Via – TechCrunch
A fleet of electric, autonomous Hyundai Kona crossovers — equipped with a self-driving system from Chinese autonomous startup Pony .ai and Via’s ride-hailing platform, will start shuttling customers on public roads next week. The robotaxi service called BotRide will operate on public roads in…
Sunday, October 27, 2019, 4:21 AM
Cool company, cool products. But is it really worth $6.2B?
https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/22/databricks-raises-400-million-at-a-6-2-billion-valuation/
Databricks raises $400 million at a $6.2 billion valuation
Big data analytics and machine learning solutions provider Databricks has raised $400 million at a $6.2 billion valuation.
Thursday, October 24, 2019, 7:50 PM
And not only US companies do that... A Chinese company open-sources its MCU platform? This is new.
https://syncedreview.com/2019/10/23/alibaba-open-sources-its-mcu-to-boost-ai-research/
Alibaba Open-Sources Its MCU to Boost AI Research
Alibaba’s chip subsidiary Pingtouge (平头哥) has become the first Chinese company to open-source its Microcontroller (MCU) design platform.
Thursday, October 24, 2019, 7:48 PM
Another solution open-sourced. It always brings question why for-profit companies do that?
https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/23/netflix-open-sources-polynote-to-simplify-data-science-and-machine-learning-workflows/
Netflix open-sources Polynote to simplify data science and machine learning workflows
Netflix today open-sourced Polynote, a freely available tool designed to bolster data science and machine learning development.
Monday, October 14, 2019, 2:42 PM
It's been only 57 years since The Jetsons originally aired. Maybe 3 more years? ;-)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.economist.com/leaders/2019/10/10/driverless-cars-are-stuck-in-a-jam
Driverless cars are stuck in a jam
Blame Silicon Valley hype—and the limits of AI
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 3:27 PM
It’s happening. Hopefully, it’s not a hype before another AI winter. Every company should be an AI company!
https://venturebeat.com/2019/10/08/ai-startups-pace-break-funding-records-2019/
AI startups on pace to break funding records in 2019
The National Venture Capital Association says 965 companies raised $13.5 billion in venture capital through the first 9 months of this year, a record pace.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 12:43 AM
Of course it’s all about causality, but why bother with deep learning approach if cause effect relationships are in fact rules?
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-pioneer-algorithms-understand-why/
An AI Pioneer Wants His Algorithms to Understand the 'Why'
Deep learning is good at finding patterns in reams of data, but can't explain how they're connected. Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio wants to change that.
Sunday, September 29, 2019, 2:26 PM
How could I've missed this one after 4 years of XAI research... Good read!
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/opinion/ai-explainability.html
Opinion | How to Build Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust
Computer systems need to understand time, space and causality. Right now they don’t.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019, 2:28 AM
This market is going to be so saturated - that could be a bad news for investors but not that bad for the people.
https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/23/kheiron-raises-22-million-for-machine-learning-that-helps-radiologists-detect-cancer-earlier/
Kheiron raises $22 million for machine learning that helps radiologists detect cancer earlier
Kheiron Medical Technologies (Kheiron) has raised $22 million to help radiologists detect early signs of cancer with machine learning.
Sunday, September 22, 2019, 3:12 AM
It is not magic, or is it?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2019/09/20/deep-learning-pioneer-yoshua-bengio-says-ai-is-not-magic-and-intel-ai-experts-explain-why-and-how/
Deep Learning Pioneer Yoshua Bengio Says AI Is Not Magic And Intel AI Experts Explain Why And How
Deep learning pioneer Yoshua Bengio and Intel executives on the present and future of AI
Wednesday, September 18, 2019, 10:22 PM
200 mil can actually get them to another level in AI game. Hopefully they won’t waste it.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/17/boston-based-datarobot-raises-206m-series-e-to-bring-ai-to-enterprise/
Boston-based DataRobot raises $206M Series E to bring AI to enterprise – TechCrunch
Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly large role in enterprise software, and Boston’s DataRobot has been helping companies build, manage and deploy machine learning models for some time now. Today, the company announced a $206 million Series E investment led by Sapphire Ventures.…
Tuesday, September 17, 2019, 6:20 PM
Not a bad list. I'm curious about which of them will be around in 5 years.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jilliandonfro/2019/09/17/ai-50-americas-most-promising-artificial-intelligence-companies/
AI 50: America’s Most Promising Artificial Intelligence Companies
Artificial intelligence is infiltrating every industry, allowing vehicles to navigate without drivers, assisting doctors with medical diagnoses, and giving financial institutions more nuanced ways to predict risk. But for all the authentic use cases, there’s a lot of hype too.
Sunday, September 15, 2019, 2:39 PM
Fear not! ;-) of course they will need more people but also those are the companies that can afford top talents!
https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/14/the-squeeze-on-ai-talent-could-cripple-americas-most-important-companies/
The squeeze on AI talent could cripple America’s most important companies
AI talent is either going to tech's big 5 companies or to a moonshot startup, leaving Fortune 500 unarmed for the AI revolution.
Saturday, September 14, 2019, 3:19 PM
Wolfram Alpha Notebook Edition looks pretty cool. The NLU part doesn't look that sophisticated though but at least we can observe some progress.
https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/13/probeat-wolframs-natural-language-understanding-looks-incredibly-useful/
ProBeat: Wolfram’s natural language understanding looks incredibly useful
Wolfram Alpha Notebook Edition is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The natural language understanding (NLU) functionality is awesome for students.
Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 9:45 PM
Oh really?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/technology/artificial-intelligence-aristo-passed-test.html
A Breakthrough for A.I. Technology: Passing an 8th-Grade Science Test
Researchers at the Allen Institute have hit an artificial-intelligence milestone: a machine that is ready for high school science. Maybe even college.
Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 3:15 AM
Another puzzle
https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/03/google-launches-tensorflow-machine-learning-framework-for-graphical-data/
Google launches TensorFlow machine learning framework for graphical data
Google's Neural Structured Learning is an open source framework that works with TensorFlow to train neural networks with graphical data.
Friday, August 30, 2019, 9:56 PM
Elon, seriously?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1171905/Elon-musk-news-SpaceX-CEO-Twitter-A-I-Artificial-Intelligence-China-update-latest
Elon Musk issues terrifying prediction about advanced AI - 'All civilisation will end!'
ELON MUSK, SpaceX CEO warned of the destruction of all civilisations if we allow Artificial Intelligence to develop too far in a chilling warning.
Monday, August 26, 2019, 12:44 AM
Ok, that's interesting. Finally some benchmarks in NLP.
https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/14/ai-researchers-launch-superglue-a-rigorous-benchmark-for-language-understanding/
AI researchers launch SuperGLUE, a rigorous benchmark for language understanding
A consortium of AI researchers from Facebook, NYU, and Google's DeepMind have created SuperGLUE, a benchmark for more nuanced, complex conversational AI.
Sunday, August 25, 2019, 2:23 AM
First of all - I love 5-year predictions. They are always right, right? ;-) Paying for those predictions makes even less sense. But... I think that AGI will be huge once it exists.
https://instanewsletters.com/artificial-general-intelligence-agi-market-witnessing-huge-demand-in-future-cagr-status-trends-size-share-and-forecast-to-2024/6394/
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Market witnessing Huge Demand In Future, CAGR Status, Trends, Size, Share, and Forecast to 2024 - Insta Newsletters
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Market Insights 2019, Global and Chinese Analysis and Forecast to 2024
Sunday, August 25, 2019, 2:23 AM
OK... This is just too weird.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/why-batteries-need-artificial-intelligence
Why batteries need artificial intelligence
From Toyota to Tesla to tech startups, improving battery life is key to unlocking sustainable transportation. Many see AI as the answer.
Sunday, August 25, 2019, 2:23 AM
Will they?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02360-7
Will China lead the world in AI by 2030?
The country’s artificial-intelligence research is growing in quality, but the field still plays catch up to the United States in terms of high-impact papers, people and ethics.
Sunday, August 25, 2019, 2:22 AM
So... Builtin thinks that those companies are building a smarter tomorrow. Do they really? How many data extraction companies do we really need?
https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-roundup
32 artificial intelligence companies building a smarter tomorrow
They may not be household names, but these 32 artificial intelligence companies are working on some very smart technology.
Sunday, August 25, 2019, 2:22 AM
Does anyone even care?
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612804/wont-you-be-my-neighborhood-autonomous-vehicle/
Won’t you be my neighborhood autonomous vehicle?
Optimus Ride gets cars driving safely on their own by limiting where they operate.
Saturday, August 24, 2019, 9:56 PM
Comment, some comment
http://news.mit.edu/2019/decima-data-processing-0821
Artificial intelligence could help data centers run far more efficiently
MIT system “learns” how to optimally allocate workloads across thousands of servers to cut costs, save energy.