Thursday, March 30, 2017

MIT Technology Review: Apple’s AI Director: Here’s How to Supercharge Deep Learning


Apple's AI Director: Here's How to Supercharge Deep Learning
MIT Technology Review

Apple's director of artificial intelligence, Ruslan Salakhutdinov, believes that the deep neural networks that have produced spectacular results in recent years could be supercharged in coming years by the addition of memory, attention, and general knowledge. Speaking at MIT Technology Review's EmTech Digital conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, Salakhutdinov said these attributes could help solve some of the outstanding problems in artificial intelligence. Salakhutdinov, who retains a post Read the full story


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Beer-to-beer hiking guide to Flagstaff

Check out this article from azcentral:

Beer-to-beer hiking guide to Flagstaff

http://azc.cc/2n09URX


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Photos

Sony World Photography Awards 2017: Winning photos
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/travel/sony-world-photography-awards-2017-winners/index.html


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BBC News: Vector Institute is just the latest in Canada's AI expansion

I saw this on the BBC News App and thought you should see it:

Vector Institute is just the latest in Canada's AI expansion
Canada is experiencing an influx of funding for AI research and commercialisation.
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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Pricing | TunnelBear

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VentureBeat: Intel: Moore’s Law isn’t slowing down


Intel: Moore's Law isn't slowing down
VentureBeat

Intel said that the fundamental progress of the chip industry, which underlies everything electronic, is still on track and that it is still the leader in chip manufacturing technology. The world's biggest chip maker runs its business on Moore's Law — the prediction in 1965 made by Intel chairman emeritus Gordon Moore that the number of transistors on a chip will double every year. And at an event in San Francisco, Intel executive vice president Stacy Smith said that Moore's Law is on track as Read the full story


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The Huffington Post: Bernie Sanders, Top Progressives Announce New 'Medicare For All' Push


Bernie Sanders, Top Progressives Announce New 'Medicare For All' Push
The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON ― In the wake of the Republican failure to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Friday, leading figures in the progressive wing of the Democratic Party are rallying behind a single-payer health insurance and a raft of other bold reforms. ... Read the full story


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VentureBeat: Intel just painted a target on IBM Watson’s back


Intel just painted a target on IBM Watson's back
VentureBeat

GUEST: Intel announced late last week that it has formed a new AI group to consolidate a number of its programs and acquisitions. It's headed by Naveen Rao, the former head of Intel acquisition Nervana. This means Intel is making sure is has a major seat at the table as artificial intelligence and machine learning branch out to touch virtually everything — from autonomous driving to IoT to enhancing corporate systems — over the next 5-7 years. In the short term, the group will focus on research Read the full story


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