An AI reporter’s favorite books of 2020
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 24, 2020
A look back at nine books I read in 2020 to inform my work as a reporter covering artificial intelligence. Read More.
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Azure Synapse Link anchors Microsoft’s new big data analytics capabilities
Venture Beast
MAY 19, 2020
During its Build 2020 conference, Microsoft announced a number of products targeting enterprises engaged in big data, including Azure Synapse Link. Read More.
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Key Challenges That Healthcare AI Needs to Overcome in 2020
Dataconomy
APRIL 1, 2020
The promise of artificial intelligence (AI) is finally being realized across a wide variety of industries. AI is now viewed as a crucial technology to adopt for enterprises to thrive in today’s business environment. The post Key Challenges That Healthcare AI Needs to Overcome in 2020 appeared first on Dataconomy.
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AI Weekly: The state of machine learning in 2020
Venture Beast
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Artificial intelligence is generating revenue for businesses, but there's a big opportunity to address risks associated with deploying AI. Read More.
Launch your product at Transform 2020 — The AI event for enterprise decision makers
Venture Beast
JUNE 26, 2020
Apply to present at VentureBeat's Transform 2020 event on enterprise AI. Have an AI product or service that is ready to launch? July 15-17. Read More.
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Update On The Megatrend of Bigdata
CTOvision
JANUARY 31, 2017
There are seven key megatrends driving the future of enterprise IT. You can remember them all with the helpful mnemonic acronym CAMBRIC, which stands for C loud Computing , A rtificial Intelligence , M obility , B ig Data , R obotics , I nternet of Things , C yberSecurity. The Industries of the Future.
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IBM unveils Power10 processor for big data analytics and AI workloads
Venture Beast
AUGUST 16, 2020
At the Hot Chips 2020 virtual conference, IBM unveiled the Power10, its first commercial 7-nanometer processor, manufactured by Samsung. Read More.
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AI Weekly: The trends that shaped 2020
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 28, 2020
From facial recognition false arrests to public offerings by companies like Palantir, some of the AI trends that defined 2020. Read More.
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AI Weekly: Surveillance, structural racism, and the Biden 2020 presidential campaign
Venture Beast
AUGUST 21, 2020
What Joe Biden and Kamala Harris said about tech at DNC 2020 and a look at the kinds of AI and algorithmic bias mentioned in the Biden 2020 plan. Read More.
ProBeat: Microsoft’s AI supercomputer was the best of Build 2020
Venture Beast
MAY 22, 2020
At Build 2020, OpenAI showed Microsoft's supercomputer not just completing code and offering suggestions, but writing code from English instructions. Read More.
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Microsoft’s Azure Communication Services handles enterprise video, voice, and text communications
Venture Beast
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
During its Ignite 2020 conference, Microsoft unveiled Azure Communication Services, a platform for enterprise text, voice, and video chats. Read More.
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Visit the cutting edge in AI: Transform 2020 Expo (July 15-17)
Venture Beast
JULY 10, 2020
Transform 2020 Expo will profile some of the most innovative AI companies, showcasing advanced solutions to further the goals of business leaders. Read More.
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AI Weekly: Transform 2020 showcased the practical side of AI and ML
Venture Beast
JULY 17, 2020
At VentureBeat's Transform 2020 summit, panelists talked about practical, real-world applications of AI and machine learning as opposed to theoretical. Read More.
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Richard Socher: Natural language processing creates value in the enterprise
Venture Beast
JULY 16, 2020
During a session at VentureBeat's Transform summit, former Salesforce chief scientist Richard Socher spoke about how AI can create value in the enterprise. Read More.
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At NeurIPS 2020, researchers proposed faster, more efficient alternatives to backpropagation
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Backpropagation has led to impressive gains in AI and machine learning. But it has limitations researchers are attempting to move beyond. Read More.
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VCs invested over $75B in AI startups in 2020
Venture Beast
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
According to a new report from OECD, VCs poured a record amount of money into startups developing AI technologies. Read More.
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AI Weekly: NeurIPS 2020 and the hope for change
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 11, 2020
NeurIPS held the largest virtual AI research conference this week, and it had a tension between corporate influence, human rights, and power. Read More.
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Intel showcases neuromorphic computing innovations at Labs Day
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 3, 2020
At its 2020 Labs Day event, Intel detailed neuromorphic computing technologies with a range of potential real-world applications. Read More.
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Microsoft debuts WhiteNoise, an AI toolkit for differential privacy
Venture Beast
MAY 19, 2020
During Build 2020, Microsoft debuted a number of privacy- and fairness-focused enhancements to Azure Machine Learning, including the WhiteNoise toolkit. Read More.
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Microsoft unveils updates across Azure Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning
Venture Beast
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Microsoft rolled out updates across its AI and machine learning cloud portfolio during its Ignite 2020 virtual conference. Read More.
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How BMW and Malong used edge AI and machine learning to streamline warehouse and checkout systems
Venture Beast
JULY 17, 2020
In a panel discussion at VentureBeat's Transform 2020 conference, executives from BMW, Red Hat, and Malong talked about the potential of AI at the edge. Read More.
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Microsoft launches Cloud for Healthcare in general availability
Venture Beast
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
At Ignite 2020, Microsoft launched Cloud for Healthcare, its managed service solution for health operations management, in general availability. Read More.
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Air Street Capital: AI industry remains strong despite academic brain drain, tech nationalization
Venture Beast
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Air Street Capital's annual State of AI report finds that despite challenges, the AI industry remains strong heading into 2020. Read More.
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Microsoft launches AI-powered Dynamics 365 retail and anti-fraud services
Venture Beast
JULY 21, 2020
During its Inspire 2020 conference, Microsoft unveiled new retail- and fraud-focused services to address pandemic-related issues and other challenges. Read More.
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October Telecom Conference Coverage 2019
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NOVEMBER 5, 2019
The operation is set to be available at bus stations, air-conditioned bus shelters and more, before the onset of Expo 2020. and data-driven” with wearables , body computing , Big Data , V.R., Huawei deployed India's first artificial intelligence ( A.I.
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Uber: Tooling is a critical part of AI development and deployment
Venture Beast
JULY 17, 2020
Uber chief scientist Zoubin Ghahramani spoke at VentureBeat's Transform 2020 summit about the importance of tooling in AI model development. Read More.
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Yelp: Bunsen lets us test products at scale
Venture Beast
JULY 15, 2020
In a conversation at Transform 2020, Yelp head of data science Justin Norman detailed Bunsen, the company's internal product experimentation platform. Read More.
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What Big Tech and Big Tobacco research funding have in common
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Attendees of the Resistance AI workshop at NeurIPS say that by funding research, Big Tech is following the same playbook as Big Tobacco. Read More.
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Nvidia researchers devise method for training GANs with less data
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 7, 2020
Nvidia researchers detailed an augmentation pipeline for training GANs with less data in a paper published at the NeurIPS conference. Read More.
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IBM announces new AI language, explainability, and automation services
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 9, 2020
At its AI Summit, IBM announced a number of new machine learning-powered products and services across its portfolio of cloud services. Read More.
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Seven Trends and Predictions for 2017
CTOvision
JANUARY 21, 2017
By 2020 major international cities will have car-free downtowns. Philips and Dutch Radbound University are using big data and IoT to get patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) out into the world. Adoption of IoT devices will exceed predictions, reaching 50 billion devices by 2020. Trend #7—Confluence.
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Microsoft launches Project Bonsai, an AI development platform for industrial systems
Venture Beast
MAY 19, 2020
Microsoft's Project Bonsai, which enables companies to develop autonomous control systems using AI, is now generally available. Read More.
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OpenAI’s supercomputer collaboration with Microsoft marks its biggest bet yet on AGI
Venture Beast
MAY 19, 2020
OpenAI and Microsoft collaborated to build a supercomputer on Azure that's specifically designed to train large AI models. Read More.
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How Visa harnessed data and AI to prevent $25 billion in fraud
Venture Beast
JULY 15, 2020
Visa says it prevents $25 billion in annual fraud thanks to the AI it has developed. The path Visa took to get there offers lessons to other companies. Read More.
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AI researchers create testing tool to find bugs in NLP from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
Venture Beast
JULY 9, 2020
A testing tool called CheckList found mistakes in commercially available AI from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft; CheckList won Best Paper award at ACL. Read More.
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Microsoft debuts new Search features and SharePoint Syntex
Venture Beast
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
Microsoft today introduced new features for Microsoft Search, alongside a new product -- SharePoint Syntex -- and Power Automate Desktop. Read More.
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Announcing nominees for the second annual Women in AI Awards
Venture Beast
JULY 15, 2020
Winners will be announced on Friday, July 17 beginning at 3:55 pm. Awards will be made in 5 categories from Responsibility & Ethics of AI to AI Mentorship. Read More.
Researchers warn court ruling could have a chilling effect on adversarial machine learning
Venture Beast
JULY 17, 2020
A team of researchers say inconsistent interpretations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) could have a chilling effect on cybersecurity. Read More.
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CVPR challenge pushes researchers to improve car accident detection AI
Venture Beast
JUNE 19, 2020
The AI City Challenge attracted AI researchers from 30+ countries in a competition for tasks like spotting car accidents or stalled cars on highways. Read More.
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Intel’s ControlFlag taps AI to automatically detect errors in code
Venture Beast
DECEMBER 3, 2020
Intel's new AI-powered ControlFlag tool can automatically detect code errors that humans miss, according to the company. Read More.
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Researchers seek to advance predictive AI for engineers with CAD model data set
Venture Beast
JULY 21, 2020
SketchGraphs is a data set of 15 million sketches from CAD models which researchers say can help make predictions that help humans creating CAD designs. Read More.
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Get your AI projects done, with 1:1 meetings at Transform
Venture Beast
JULY 8, 2020
Transform VIP attendees will benefit from a best-of-breed experience to connect with peers in meaningful ways, including 1:1 meetings and B2B matchmaking. Read More.
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Alexa will soon gain more natural-sounding speech and recognize when multiple people are speaking
Venture Beast
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Amazon announced a slew of new developer tools and resources for Alexa during its annual September hardware event. Read More.
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Microsoft’s ZeRO-2 with DeepSpeed trains neural networks with up to 170 billion parameters
Venture Beast
MAY 19, 2020
At its all-digital Build conference, Microsoft announced ZeRO-2, which allows for the distributed training of models with up to 170 billion parameters. Read More.
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