At the I/O developer conference last year, Google debuted its first chip. The company kept the component mostly for internal artificial intelligence needs. Today, version two arrived -- and Google is selling this one. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai
2018-12-18
If artificial intelligence is rapidly eating software, then Google may have the biggest appetite around. At the company’s annual developer conference today, CEO Sundar Pichai announced a new computer processor designed to perform the kind of machine
2018-12-17
Machine-learning experts are in short supply as companies in many industries rush to take advantage of recent strides in the power of artificial intelligence. Google’s CEO says one solution to the skills shortage is to have machine-learning software take
2018-12-17
During a keynote at his company’s big annual conference in Silicon Valley last week, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang took several hours to announce the chipmaker’s latest products and innovations, but also to drive home the inevitability of the force that is
2018-12-16
In any fictionalized universe, the distinction between playful antagonism and earnest harassment can be difficult to discern. Name-calling between friends playing a video game together is often a form of camaraderie. Between strangers, however, similar words
2018-12-16
In an article titled, “The Internet Of Things And Machine Learning,” Jimmy Pike of Moor Insights & Strategy (MI&S) states that “IDC estimates the direct Internet of Things (IoT) market will grow to more than $1.7 trillion by 2020, with a compound annual
2018-12-16
Between therapy sessions, mental health patients can feel alone. Group chat can help, but people are shy if they have to use their real name, or exposed to trolling if allowed to remain anonymous. And if there’s a need for urgent, professional care,
2018-12-14
2016 was the year the chatbots took over Silicon Valley. The only trouble was: they didn’t really know how to chat. As Facebook and so many other Silicon Valley players trumpet the benefits of software that can carry on a conversation—apps that book your
2018-12-14
May 14 Data and the secret scramble for AI’s soul The key resource of the AI era is labeled training data; a quiet rivalry is on to get it A SILICON VALLEY saying from 2007 went: “If you’re not paying, then you’re the product.” It described the
2018-12-13
