Articles about artificial intelligence – Page 17 of 21

Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of AI for Amazon Web Services, speaks at the 2017 GeekWire Cloud Tech Summit.

Amazon Web Services AI exec: How cloud computing is driving artificial intelligence breakthroughs

Artificial intelligence research is still in its infancy, at least as compared to computer science in general, but the concept… Read More

Utrip partners with JetBlue to combine AI and human expertise in airline’s trip-planning portal

Planning a vacation with the help of artificial intelligence just got a boost thanks to JetBlue and its new partnership… Read More

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Bundle

Bellevue’s DimensionalMechanics releases the engine behind its AI templates

Bellevue-based DimensionalMechanics wants to bring cutting-edge artificial intelligence models to companies across different industries that can’t afford to develop their… Read More

Facebook’s AI training models can now process 40,000 images a second

Artificial intelligence researchers at Facebook have figured out how to train their AI models for image recognition at eye-popping speeds.… Read More

Amazon Web Services’ Swami Sivasubramanian on the future of AI in the cloud

It’s pretty clear that the next big battleground for public cloud providers will involve artificial intelligence. Just as companies like… Read More

Report: Google planning AI venture capital group led by engineers

Google has always been a company run by engineers for engineers. It looks like it’s also going to give some… Read More

Summoning the Demon: Why superintelligence is humanity’s biggest threat

[Editor’s Note: This guest commentary is by Richard A. Clarke and R.P. Eddy, authors of the new book, Warnings: Finding Cassandras To Stop… Read More

Report: ARM-owner Softbank takes $4B stake in Nvidia as AI research heats up

Softbank is shaping up to be a major force behind the chip designs of the next decade, if a report… Read More

Conversica’s new Seattle office cements city’s status as AI and machine learning hotbed

Conversica is looking for top tier-talent in artificial intelligence and machine learning. That’s why the company, which makes AI software and… Read More

Nutanix adding IBM’s Power processors to its data center bundles for AI applications

Nutanix plans to release a line of server appliances with IBM’s Power processor for artificial-intelligence applications, the first time it… Read More

The race for machine learning talent continues, as Apple acquires Madrona-backed Lattice Data

Data-crunching startup Lattice Data has been acquired by Apple, as the battle for machine learning talent continues between big tech… Read More

Reid Hoffman: ‘If you could train an AI to be a Buddhist, it would probably be pretty good’

What would happen if we put artificial intelligence on a path to enlightenment? LinkedIn founder and Microsoft board member Reid… Read More

Q&A: Geek of the Year Ed Lazowska talks UW’s future in computer science and impact on the Seattle tech scene

The University of Washington’s fingerprints were all over last night’s GeekWire Awards. Two of the Deal of the Year finalists, Impinj’s… Read More

Microsoft Ventures doubles down on AI with new investments in Agolo and Bonsai

Ever feel like there’s just too much information out there? New York-based Agolo is hoping so. The startup is developing a… Read More

‘Alexa, get us some wins!’ Seattle Mariners add Amazon Echos to private suites at ballpark

Fans of the Seattle Mariners might have a lot of questions about why their team is off to a slow… Read More

WeChat parent Tencent is opening an A.I. lab in Seattle led by former Microsoft researcher

Tencent, the Chinese tech titan behind WeChat and a wide range of other services, plans to double down on artificial intelligence… Read More

Google Cloud’s Diane Greene thinks it has ‘a pretty good shot’ of overtaking AWS in five years

Place your bets: Google Cloud Platform head Diane Greene told attendees at the Forbes CIO Summit last night that she… Read More

Amazon’s newest pillars? AI and logistics key to tech giant’s future, study says

Amazon has evolved constantly throughout its more than 20-year life span, first as a book seller, than an e-commerce giant, and… Read More

Element Data raises $1.7M to power platform that helps people make decisions using A.I.

Element Data, a Seattle startup that uses machine learning to help people and organizations make big decisions, just closed a… Read More

How Elon Musk and Neuralink aim to meld minds and machines with a ‘Wizard Hat’

Three weeks after word leaked out that billionaire deep-thinker Elon Musk was backing a venture called Neuralink, his detailed vision… Read More

Microsoft’s SQL Server is getting an artificial intelligence mind-meld

Microsoft says it’s building artificial intelligence capabilities directly into SQL Server 2017, aiming to simplify and speed up machine-learning processes that would… Read More

Alexa Diabetes Challenge hopes Amazon’s virtual assistant can help patients manage the chronic condition

Alexa, Amazon’s artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant, seems to have unlimited talents. But can her skills help people with chronic health… Read More

Hacking The Hoff: Easy Amazon Alexa workaround gives this wannabe Knight Rider a talking car

I’ve always wanted a talking car. I don’t know whether it was the 1980s “Knight Rider” TV series, or generations… Read More

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Father, son and AI bonding: A conversation with Amazon’s Alexa and the family she has joined

A week after my 10-year-old son received Amazon’s Echo Dot for his birthday, I started taking a look at what he… Read More

Elon Musk reportedly backs Neuralink venture to connect brains with computers

Billionaire brainiac Elon Musk is following up on his interest in (and wariness about) artificial intelligence by backing Neuralink Corp.,… Read More

Boy meets artificial girl: My son got an Echo Dot, and here’s what he’s saying to Amazon’s Alexa

In my 10 years as a parent, I’ve served as the authority on a number of subjects, ranging from when… Read More

Google wants you to ditch your friends and play duets with a computer instead

Who needs a partner when you have artificial intelligence? Next time you have a hankering to play “Heart and Soul,”… Read More

Now you’re cooking with Facebook: ChefSteps launches Messenger bot to control Joule kitchen device

Modernist cuisine is getting even more modern. ChefSteps, the Seattle-based high-tech cooking startup behind the Joule sous vide cooking device, now… Read More

Salesforce adds ‘Einstein’ artificial intelligence tools to its customer service platform

Call centers ain’t what they used to be. That’s because customers rely on an increasingly wide range of tools to… Read More

Ford partners with Google and Uber veterans at Argo AI for self-driving cars

Ford Motor Co. says it’s investing $1 billion over the next five years in a Pittsburgh startup called Argo AI to… Read More