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Facebook AI researchers investigate how AI agents can develop their own conceptual shared language

In a paper published earlier this month, a team of AI researchers at Facebook have been looking closely at how…

5 years ago

Blackberry is acquiring AI & cybersecurity startup, Cylance, to expand its next-gen endpoint solutions like its autonomous cars’ software

On Friday, Blackberry announced its plans to acquire Cylance on Friday for $1.4 billion in cash to help expand its…

6 years ago

NIPS finally sheds its ‘sexist’ name for NeurIPS

The ‘Neural Information Processing Systems’, or ‘NIPS’, a well-known machine learning and computational neuroscience conference adopted ‘NeurIPS’ as an alternative…

6 years ago

Microsoft amplifies focus on conversational AI: Acquires XOXCO; shares guide to developing responsible bots

On Wednesday, Microsoft shared that it has signed an agreement to acquire XOXCO, an Austin-based software developer with a focus…

6 years ago

Microsoft announces container support for Azure Cognitive Services to build intelligent applications that span the cloud and the edge

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced the preview of Azure Cognitive Services containers, which will make it possible to build intelligent applications…

6 years ago

Introducing krispNet DNN, deep learning model for real-time noise suppression

Last month, 2Hz introduced an app called krisp which was featured on the Nvidia website. It uses deep learning for…

6 years ago

Researchers show that randomly initialized gradient descent can achieve zero training loss in deep learning

Yesterday, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Southern California, Peking University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology published a paper…

6 years ago

The DEA and ICE reportedly plan to turn streetlights to covert surveillance cameras, says Quartz report

According to some federal contracting documents, the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are placing…

6 years ago

Australia’s Facial recognition and identity system can have “chilling effect on freedoms of political discussion, the right to protest and the right to dissent”: The Guardian report

On Wednesday, The Guardian reported that various civil rights groups and experts are warning that using the near real-time matching…

6 years ago

‘Black Swan’ fame, Darren Aronofsky, on how technologies like virtual reality and artificial intelligence are changing storytelling

On Monday, at the Web Summit 2018, Darren Aronofsky in his interview with WIRED correspondent Lauren Goode, spoke about how…

6 years ago