
Jim Keller joins Tenstorrent
A big win for AI hardware startup
Tenstorrent, a Toronto based hardware startup developing next-generation computers, announced the addition of industry veteran Jim Keller as President, CTO, and board member.

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 480 5G
Enables affordable 5G headsets in Q1 2021
Qualcomm is enormously benefiting from fast 5G deployment around the globe. Two years after introducing its first 5G device in the 8 series, the company announced an affordable Snapdragon 4 series chipset for affordable 5G devices.

IBM and AMD team up on AI
Want to enhance each other’s products
IBM and AMD have announced a multi-year joint development agreement to enhance and extend their security and artificial intelligence (AI) products.

2021 will be the Year of AI
Companies might get the hang of it says Forrester
Next year will see companies finally get the hang of AI and start to fix problems associated with it such as a lack of trust and imagination, poor data quality, little data , and a lack of good tools.

Aetina builds edge AI computer
With Nividia Jetson Xavier NX inside
Aetina has built a new AN810-XNX edge AI computer using Nvidia’s Jetson Xavier NX.

AI makes a spectacle of itself
Forces you to pay attention to important stuff
A new set of AI powered smart glasses monitor what you’re looking at and nudge you to pay attention to the important stuff -- such as that bloke coming at you with an axe.

Man sues Patent Office for AI slur
Robot rights
A computer scientist who created an artificial intelligence system capable of generating original inventions is suing the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) over its decision earlier this year to reject two patent applications which list the algorithmic system, known as DABUS, as the inventor.

Cyborgs coming real soon now
“It's intelligence, but not as we know it, Captain”
Boffins claim they've come up a material that could merge human brains with electronics.

AI solving coronavirus drug issues
Finding needles in haystacks
Researchers have come up with a new way to design synthetic routes to drugs now being tested in some COVID-19 clinical trials, using artificial intelligence (AI) software.

Boffins create AI with light
And the light shineth in the darkness of ignorance and the darkness comprehendeth it not
Boffins have emerged from their smoke filled labs claiming that have achieved a breakthrough in the development of artificial intelligence by using light instead of electricity to perform computations.