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AI can predict when you die
Published in AI
Monday, 01 April 2019 09:47

AI can predict when you die


...can't do Keith Richards of course

Boffins from the University of Nottingham believe their AI and Machine Learning can predict premature death.

Pure Storage releases industry AI
Published in AI
Tuesday, 19 March 2019 11:14

Pure Storage releases industry AI


With Nvidia inside

 Pure Storage has announced a new range of AI solutions for industries based around Nvidia chips.

Google AI team comes up with deep learning library
Published in AI


GPipe open sourced

Google's AI research division has open-sourced GPipe, a library for "efficiently" training deep neural networks (layered functions modelled after neurons) using Lingvo, a TensorFlow framework for sequence modelling.

Most AI start-ups don’t use AI
Published in AI
Wednesday, 06 March 2019 12:35

Most AI start-ups don’t use AI


AI systems are really human powered

While investors seem keen to invest in start-ups with AI tech, they might want to have a look under the bonnet first to see if they are getting what it says on the tin.

Huawei is the secret AI king
Published in AI
Tuesday, 05 March 2019 12:03

Huawei is the secret AI king


Processing more than any company in the world

Never mind IBM, Amazon or Google, the top AI company is the arch enemy of the United States – Huawei.

Henry Kissinger warns of AI disaster
Published in AI
Monday, 04 March 2019 11:42

Henry Kissinger warns of AI disaster


It will do to humans what he did to Cambodia

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger trotted out his views about the dangers of artificial intelligence at an MIT conference last week.

Trump administration unveils order to prioritise and promote AI
Published in AI


Wants to replace all those jobs in the rust belt with nice new machines

US President Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump is going to force federal government agencies to dedicate more resources and investment into research, promotion and training on artificial intelligence (AI).

Top AI computer made by the US government
Published in AI
Monday, 04 February 2019 12:32

Top AI computer made by the US government


Here comes the flood, we say good-bye to flesh and blood.

A project in eastern Tennessee quietly exceeded the scale of any corporate AI lab and it was run by the US government.

Chinese kids building AI weapons
Published in AI
Thursday, 08 November 2018 11:59

Chinese kids building AI weapons


Recruited straight from school

Some of China's smartest students have been recruited straight from high school to begin training as the world's youngest AI weapons scientists.

AI has hit a learning barrier
Published in AI
Wednesday, 07 November 2018 12:04

AI has hit a learning barrier


Computer Science boffin warns of disaster in the making

A professor of Computer Science at Portland State University has warned that machine learning algorithms don't yet understand things the way humans do -- with sometimes disastrous consequences.