In this episode, Byron and Jem discuss machine learning, privacy, ethics, and Moore’s law. Byron Reese: Hello, this is “Voices in AI,”…
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Voices in AI – Episode 30: A Conversation with Robert Mittendorff and Mudit Garg
In this episode, Byron, Robert and Mudit talk about Qventus, healthcare, machine learning, AGI, consciousness, and medical AI. Byron Reese: This is…
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Voices in AI – Episode 29: A Conversation with Hugo LaRochelle
In this episode, Byron and Hugo discuss consciousness, machine learning and more. Byron Reese: This is Voices in AI, brought to you…
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Voices in AI – Episode 4: A Conversation with Jeff Dean
In this episode, Byron and Jeff talk about AGI, machine learning, and healthcare. Byron Reese: Hello, this is Voices in AI brought…
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Hui Wang has seen the nature of online fraud change a lot in the 11 years she’s been at PayPal. In fact, a continuous…
Read MoreIBM acquires deep learning startup AlchemyAPI
So much for AlchemyAPI CEO Elliot Turner’s statement that his company is not for sale. IBM has bought the Denver-based deep learning…
Read MoreA look at Zeroth, Qualcomm’s effort to put AI in your smartphone
What if your smartphone camera were smart enough to identify that the plate of clams and black beans appearing in its lens…
Read MoreGoogle, Stanford say big data is key to deep learning for drug discovery
A team of researchers from Stanford University and Google have released a paper highlighting a deep learning approach they say shows promise in the…
Read MoreWhy you can’t program intelligent robots, but you can train them
If it feels like we’re in the midst of robot renaissance right now, perhaps it’s because we are. There is a new…
Read MoreMicrosoft is building fast, low-power neural networks with FPGAs
Microsoft on Monday released a white paper explaining a current effort to run convolutional neural networks — the deep learning technique responsible…
Read MoreRemember when machine learning was hard? That’s about to change
A few years ago, there was a shift in the world of machine learning. Companies, such as Skytree and Context Relevant, began…
Read MoreMicrosoft’s machine learning guru on why data matters sooooo much
Not surprisingly, Joseph Sirosh, has big ambitions for his product portfolio at Microsoft which includes Azure ML, HDInsight and other tools. Chief among…
Read MoreThe 4 things (at least) you’ll learn about at Structure Data
Gigaom’s Structure Data conference is less than a month away, kicking off March 18 in New York. There are a lot of…
Read MoreWhy deep learning is at least inspired by biology, if not the brain
As deep learning continues gathering steam among researchers, entrepreneurs and the press, there’s a loud-and-getting-louder debate about whether its algorithms actually operate…
Read MoreMicrosoft says its new computer vision system can outperform humans
Microsoft researchers claim in a recently published paper that they have developed the first computer system capable of outperforming humans on a…
Read MoreHere’s more evidence that sports is a goldmine for machine learning
If you really like sports and you’re really skilled at data analysis or machine learning, you might want to make that your…
Read MoreNow IBM is teaching Watson Japanese
IBM has struck a deal SoftBank Telecom Corporation to bring the IBM Watson artificial intelligence (or, as IBM calls it, cognitive computing)…
Read MoreDARPA shows off its tech for indexing the deep web
On Sunday night, 60 Minutes aired a segment about the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, and its attempts to secure the internet…
Read MorePhotoTime is a deep learning application for the rest of us
A Sunnyvale, California, startup called Orbeus has developed what could be the best application yet for letting everyday consumers benefit from advances…
Read MoreTeraDeep wants to bring deep learning to your dumb devices
Open the closet of any gadget geek or computer nerd, and you’re likely to find a lot of skeletons. Stacked deep in…
Read MoreWhy the real world is the next big opportunity in big data
Matt Ocko had been investing in data-based companies for years before he and Zack Bogue officially launched Data Collective Venture Capital in…
Read MoreMove over Emeril: Robot learns how to prep food from YouTube
These days, you can learn just about anything from YouTube videos — from how to tie a knot to the best way…
Read MoreA model that can predict the unpredictable New England Patriots
It’s said that familiarity breeds contempt in personal relationships. In the NFL, it might also breed predictability. Although the New England Patriots and their…
Read MoreNew to deep learning? Here are 4 easy lessons from Google
Google employs some of the world’s smartest researchers in deep learning and artificial intelligence, so it’s not a bad idea to listen to…
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