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Who is Buying All the AI Startups? Google, Intel, Apple, Twitter and Salesforce
CB Insights: Nearly 140 private companies working to advance artificial intelligence technologies have been acquired since 2011, with over 40 acquisitions taking place in 2016 alone (as of 10/7/2016). Corporate giants like Google, IBM, Yahoo, Intel, Apple and Salesforce, are … Continue reading
Neural Networks Typology
Source: The Asimov Institute With new neural network architectures popping up every now and then, it’s hard to keep track of them all. Knowing all the abbreviations being thrown around (DCIGN, BiLSTM, DCGAN, anyone?) can be a bit overwhelming at first. So … Continue reading
IDC Survey Finds IoT is All About The Data
IDC just released the results of its 3rd annual survey of IoT decision-makers (press release here and webcast with IDC Vernon Turner and Carrie MacGillivray here). The IoT market is maturing, says IDC, going beyond its initial focus on connecting … Continue reading
Only Humans Need Apply: Winners and Losers in the Age of Smart Machines
Under pressure to remove alleged human bias from its “Trending Topics” section, in August Facebook fired the editors who were selecting and writing headlines for the stories, explaining that this “will make the product more automated.” The results of trusting algorithms … Continue reading
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Human-Level AI by 2040?
Source: @Annu297 Vincent Müller and Nick Bostrom of FHI conducted a poll of four groups of AI experts in 2012-13. Combined, the median date by which they gave a 10% chance of human-level AI was 2022, and the median date by which … Continue reading
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60 Startups Active in the Deep Learning Market Landscape
CB Insights: As recently as 2013, the [deep learning] space saw fewer than 10 deals. But since January 2015, deep learning startups have raised over 70 equity deals in aggregate, and over $600M in equity funding since 2012… Computer Vision: … Continue reading
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Internet Of Things By The Numbers: Results from New Surveys
Things are looking up for the Internet of Things. 80% of organizations have a more positive view of IoT today compared to a year ago, according to a survey of 512 IT and business executives by CompTIA. “This reflects greater levels of attention … Continue reading
Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies 2016: Deep Learning Still Missing
For the 22nd year, Gartner has released its much-discussed hype cycle report on emerging technologies, “providing a cross-industry perspective on the technologies and trends that business strategists, chief innovation officers, R&D leaders, entrepreneurs, global market developers and emerging-technology teams should … Continue reading