Category: Artificial Intelligence
Apple steals Google’s AI chief
Apple has just poached one of Google’s top AI executives in a move likely to have far-reaching consequences. Apple has hired John Giannandrea, previously Google’s head of AI and Search, The New York Times reports. Giannandrea will lead Apple’s “machine learning and A.I. strategy,” the Cupertino company said in a statement to the Times; he will […]
France wants to become an artificial intelligence hub
Emmanuel Macron and his government are launching a big initiative around artificial intelligence today. They want to turn France into one of the leading countries when it comes to artificial intelligence. “[Artificial intelligence] is a technological, economical, social and obviously ethical revolution,” Macron said in a speech. “This revolution won’t happen in 50 or 60 […]
Nvidia unveils new Tesla V100 GPU, DG-X supercomputer at GTC 2018
Image: smith collection/gado/Getty Images Nvidia has unveiled several updates to its deep-learning computing platform, including an absurdly powerful GPU and supercomputer. At this year’s GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the DGX-2, a new computer for researchers who are “pushing the outer limits of deep-learning research and computing” to train […]
UiPath confirms $153M at $1.1B valuation from Accel, CapitalG and KP for its software robots
Last week, we reported that UiPath, a startup out of Romania building AI-based services for enterprises in the area of robotic process automation (RPA) — helping businesses automate mundane tasks in back-office IT systems — was about to close a big round, upwards of $120 million at a $1 billion-plus valuation. Today, the company is […]
Driverless cars on UK roads by 2021 – really?
Image copyright Getty Images Remember the days when the Budget was secret and anybody who leaked it got fired? Well, nowadays much of it gets dribbled out days in advance and over the weekend there was an eye-catching leak – or rather Treasury press release – about new money for technology. The most striking element […]