Amazon claims AI is having an “amazing renaissance”
Published in News


If only there were an AI which could tell him what the word means


Amazon boss Jeff Bezos claims that Artificial intelligence development has seen an "amazing renaissance" and is beginning to solve problems that were once seen as science fiction.

Amazon is the queen of pointless speakers
Published in IoT


Alexa why did I buy you?


Amazon.com has taken control of the market for voice-controlled speakers.

Fruity cargo-cult making AI deals for its "echo" clone
Published in News


Looking for the City of Light


The fruity cargo-cult Apple has signed a deal with Inventec to produce a connected speaker device which will echo Amazon's Echo with a pricey product which does less.

Nvidia has invested in six AI start-ups
Published in News
Wednesday, 26 April 2017 12:02

Nvidia has invested in six AI start-ups


Through its GPU Ventures programme


Nvidia has announced that it invested in six new start-ups in three countries over the past year.

AI will replace CEOs
Published in News
Tuesday, 25 April 2017 11:59

AI will replace CEOs


Jack Ma’s prediction

Alibaba chairman Jack Ma has warned that the writing is on the wall for the role of CEO in a company.

Google’s AI chips takes normal chips to the cleaners
Published in PC Hardware


At least for voice recognition


Google’s attempts to solve its voice recognition problems might have resulted in an AI chip which cleans the clocks of the big chip makers.

Competition in AI platform market to heat up in 2017
Published in News


Intel, Qualcomm, Nvidia, AMD vying for customers in AI-fueled markets


Major component manufacturers in the artificial intelligence (AI) market have all increased their efforts to develop more aggressive processors for AI-fueled markets in 2017 including autonomous vehicles, enterprise drones, medical care, smart factories, image recognition, and general neural network research and development.

Google wants to save UK electricity with AI
Published in News


No added infrastructure


Google Deepmind is opening talks with the UK government to use the company's artificial intelligence to reduce British energy use by up to 10 percent.

AI will be smarter than humans in 30 years
Published in News
Tuesday, 28 February 2017 11:09

AI will be smarter than humans in 30 years


It is already brighter than most Apple fanboys


SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has said that computers running artificial intelligence programmes will exceed human intelligence within three decades,

Samsung about to spend a fortune on AI
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 22 February 2017 11:59

Samsung about to spend a fortune on AI


A billion here and there and soon we are talking about big money


Samsung may be about to write a billion dollar cheque to pick up some artificial intelligence technology.