Apple hopes to get more intelligence from Google
Published in News


Help us, John Giannandrea, you are our only hope

Fruity cargo cult Apple has head hunted Google's chief of search and artificial intelligence John Giannandrea in a desperate bid to catch up with its rivals on AI.

Seven countries agree a common AI vision
Published in News
Friday, 30 March 2018 10:54

Seven countries agree a common AI vision


Not one where humans are kept as pets

G7 countries have agreed to a "common vision" for the development of artificial intelligence.

Nvida shows off new GPU powered-AI supercomputer
Published in Graphics


Updated DGX-2

The boss of the outfit named after a Roman vengeance demon, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took to the stage at GTC to unveil some GPU-powered innovations for machine learning, including a new AI supercomputer and an updated version of the company's  Tesla V100 GPU that now has  32GB of onboard HBM2 memory.

Firms investing fortunes in AI
Published in News
Tuesday, 27 March 2018 10:29

Firms investing fortunes in AI


Spending reaching $19.1 billion in 2018.

Tarot readers at IDC have shuffled their decks and decided that worldwide spending on cognitive and AI systems will reach $19.1 billion in 2018.

IBM CEO says 80 percent of data is not searchable
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IBM Think 2018: That is where AI can help

Ginni Rometty, the President and CEO of IBM, reminded us that the world we are living in has changed dramatically. Eighty percent of data created is not searchable and this is where AI can really help.

Xilinx says computing after Moore’s Law is called ACAP
Published in PC Hardware


Adaptive compute acceleration platform

Intel's Gordon Moore came with one of the most prominent rules/"laws" of the semiconductor industry, that the number of transistors on chip would double every 18th month.

Artificial Intelligence is very artificial indeed
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Opinion
Buzz words and the facts

Manufacturers - or vendors as I prefer to call them -  have touted artificial intelligence (AI) almost since the beginning of the dawn of the computer. Which was 70 or 80 years ago, depending on how you're counting things.

Microsoft to jack more AI into Windows 10
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Thursday, 08 March 2018 10:19

Microsoft to jack more AI into Windows 10


Microsoft looks forward to working with more primitive biological lifeforms 

Microsoft, whose staff apparently have not seen 2001: A Space Oddysey, is planning to jack more AI capabilities inside Windows 10.

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S speaks AI
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 05 March 2018 11:17

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S speaks AI


267020 Antutu on March 27th 

Xiaomi Mi MIX 2S is likely to be the second phone based on the Snapdragon 845, and, without a doubt, it will beat the Galaxy S9 on price and probably on the performance front too.

IBM puts AI supercomputer in space
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Thursday, 01 March 2018 11:14

IBM puts AI supercomputer in space


Open the bay doors, HAL. I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave

For a long time there was a myth that the AI supercomputer in 2001 space oddessy was called HAL because it was code for IBM (the letters shifted by one) and while that was denied, it now appears that Big Blue is set to take its  IBM supercomputer AI tech  to the International Space Station.