The research centre, staffed by 150 engineers, is to be located in Shannon, western Ireland, where Intel also has a research facility
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Microsoft Confirms More Cortana-Powered Devices In 2018
Cortana is safe for now, as Microsoft confirms Cortana is being incorporated into more OEM devices
CES 2018: Google Assistant Heads To Cars, Smart Screens And Earbuds
Google Assistant expands to more devices, including cars, as Google seeks to establish voice-activated smart assistant dominance
Poll: Would You Use Amazon Echo Or Google Home At Work?
Voice activated digital assistants are increasing in popularity but would you use one at work?
Nissan Touts Brain Connectivity As Driving Aid
Lets hope it is keyless entry, as Nissan research says cars in future will tap into signals from the driver’s brain
Microsoft Ends Windows 10 Kinect Adaptor Production
Microsoft hammers another, possibly final, nail in Kinect's coffin as businesses are encouraged to migrate from the platform
Amazon And Microsoft Still Haven’t Got Alexa And Cortana To Speak
Amazon and Microsoft had hoped to get Alexa and Cortana speaking before the end of 2017, but that still hasn't happened
Police Want To Use Amazon Echo To Solve Crimes
Lancashire Police are seeing how people could submit evidence and receive information about crimes using Amazon Echo
DeepMind Chief Recognised In New Year Honours List
Demis Hassabis has been named CBE for breakthroughs by the controversial Google-owned British artificial intelligence company
Workplace Robots To Hit Low Paid The Hardest
Bad robot? Increasing automation must not drive workplace wage inequality, think tank warns
Trade Union Worried About AI-Driven School Inspections
National Association of Head Teachers cautions against machine learning scheme for school inspections
Google Machine Learning Technology Helps NASA Discover New Exoplanet
Machine Learning technology powering many of Google's apps and services finds a new use helping astrophysicists find new planets orbiting distant stars
Microsoft Azure Bot Service Opens To Developers
Its good to talk. Redmond to deliver conversational AI to more developers as its Azure Bot Service is opened up
Microsoft Brings AI To Bing For Smarter Answers
Software giant reveals AI updates to its product portfolio, as it signs deal to bring Reddit content to Bing
Google Assistant Arrives On Android L Smartphones
Google Assistant is now available on half of Android devices as it arrives on Android Lollipop smartphones, Android M & N tablets
Google Opens AI Centre In China Despite Search Ban
Google to open AI research centre in China, despite country's ban on its products
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Promises Better Battery, AI & Speed For 2018 Smartphones
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 will power the majority of next year's high end smartphones
IBM Touts AI Credentials Of New POWER9 Server
Developers can build AI applications quicker thanks to new and more powerful big iron from IBM
Google To Release AI Vision Kit For Raspberry Pi Zero W
The kit includes all the elements needed to make artificially intelligent vision gadgets, with AI tasks carried out on an included Intel chip
New £29m BT Belfast R&D Centre To Research AI, 5G And IoT
BT and Ulster University will work together on future tech research in Northern Ireland
Government Industrial Strategy Targets AI, Data And Self-Driving Cars
The government's industrial plan aims to put the UK at the 'forefront' of AI and autonomous vehicles, backed by mass data analysis
Why Object Storage Can Be Optimal For AI, Machine Learning Workloads
Here is why AI and ML applications demand the data management capabilities supplied by enterprise object storage solutions
Amazon Offers AI Consulting Service For AWS Users
Amazon ML Solutions Lab will offer AWS customers to develop machine-learning features and products
Budget 2017: Government Targets AI, 5G & Driverless Car Leadership
Chancellor Philip Hammond wants UK to be at the forefront of future tech, but is his budget enough?
Google Cloud Diary: GCP Slashes Price Of Nvidia Tesla GPUs By 36 Percent
GCP NEWS: Google makes it cheaper for customers needing to complete high computational tasks
HPE InfoSight AI Is ‘First Step’ To Fully Autonomous Data Centre
HPE InfoSight can predict issues and take automatic responses
Apple HomePod Is Delayed Until 2018
Apple needs more time to make sure the HomePod is ready to bring Siri to the living room
Barclays Urges Manufacturing Investment In AI & IoT
Industry has to invest in ‘fourth industrial revolution’ technologies, despite skill worker shortage, says report
Microsoft Touts Azure Databricks And IoT & AI Developer Tools
Additions to Azure include a new cloud analytics platform based on Apache Spark, called Azure Databricks
Benioff Says Web Giants Must Consider Tech’s Affects For Good Or Ill
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