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Akamai Buys Startup CyberFend To Battle Bots In The Cloud And Online
Bot hunting tech will be added to Akamai's existing online security software
Amazon Go Physical Store Shuns Tills For AI, Data And IoT Powered Shopping
Embracing the Internet of Things, Amazon is mixing up the traditional format of physical shopping
OpenAI Releases Universe To Train AI To Use Computers Like Humans
OpenAI has released Universe, a software platform for measuring and training the general intelligence of artificial intelligence (AI) for apps
Google Explores Use Of Machine Learning To Detect Diabetic Eye Disease
Researchers from Google publish a paper describing a new deep learning algorithm for detecting signs of diabetic retinopathy.
Japan To Build World’s Fastest AI & Big Data Supercomputer
The AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure is to target machine learning applications and big data analysis for academia, enterprises and start-ups
Nvidia Builds World’s Most Efficient Supercomputer
The SATURNV system is powered by Nvidia's own Tesla P100 GPUs and intended to help build autonomous driving software
Intel Outlines AI Push With Lake Crest Chip And Google Partnership
The chip maker is keen to pursue the development of artificial intelligence and machine learning
Fujitsu CTO: Tech Industry Needs To Take Responsibility For Impact Of AI
INTERVIEW: Fujitsu’s CTO Dr Joseph Reger discusses ways to address negative issues artificial intelligence throws up
Google Cloud Platform Adds GPUs And Expands Machine Learning
Google Cloud users will be able to draw on AMD and Nvidia GPUs from early next year
Government Needs ‘Careful Consideration’ To Avoid The Pitfalls Of AI
Government report on the future of Artificial intelligence (AI) says Whitehall must consider impact of the technology on privacy, jobs and other areas
Splunk: Machine Data Could Be The Key To Tackling Cyber Threats
INTERVIEW: Splunk's security evangelist Matthias Maier talk bolstering cyber defences with machine data
Darktrace: Machine Learning Will Filter Through The Noise Of Cyber Security
INTERVIEW: Machine learning can help filter the increasing noise on complex IT networks to spot the emerging cyber threats that pressured tech teams might miss.
Machine Learning And AI Could Be The Future Of Cyber Security
IN-DEPTH: As the war against malware rages, smart software could be the key to getting ahead of hackers
Huawei Provides $1m To Power AI Research At UC Berkeley
Huawei will send researchers to UC Berkeley to work on the next wave of AI tech
Samsung Will Acquire AI Specialist Viv To Take On Siri And Cortana
Viv will give Samsung an artificial intelligence platform to push to developers
AI Control Needs ‘Careful Consideration’ To Prevent Killer Computers
IP Expo 2016: Professor Nick Bostrom highlights the risks of creating a true artificial intelligence, even if its is completely benevolent
Google Apps For Work Becomes the Machine Learning-Powered G Suite
Google says its intelligent apps can save workers time and make them more productive thanks to a decade of AI research
Splunk Big Data Analytics Software Gets Machine Learning Injection
Splunk software gets some machine learning while the big data firm also extends philanthropic activities
Harrow Council Integrates Watson AI Into Social Care Pilot
The cognitive technology is to help individuals and carers manage personal health budgets
Intel Buys Movidius To Boost RealSense Smart Machine Tech
By snapping up the startup, Intel will look to bring its perceptual computing platform to virtual reality headsets, drones, robots and driverless cars
HPE Revamps Big Data Machine Learning Range
A new version of Vertica and added features to Haven OnDemand bulk up HPE's machine learning cloud capabilities
Yandex Offers ‘Complaint’ Button And AI As Alternative To Ad Blocking
Yandex, a major search engine in Russia, hopes to reach a compromise between users and advertisers as an alternative to indiscriminate ad blocking
Salesforce Buys Machine Learning Analytics Startup BeyondCore
BeyondCore will bolster Salesforce.com's Cloud Analytics capabilities
Intel Snaps Up AI Startup Nervana Systems
Nervana's hardware-centric machine learning offering could boost neural network performance on Intel chips
Apple ‘Buys AI Start-Up Turi’ For £150m
Turi's technology could add to Siri's capabilities and improve other offerings
Microsoft Launches Five New Chat Bots For Skype
Skyscanner, StubHub and Star Trek bots come to the VoIP platform
Google Launches Betas Of New Machine Learning APIs
Cloud Natural Language API and Cloud Speech API opened as betas for analysing large chunks of text and speech
Blindspotter Uses Machine Learning To Find Suspicious Network Activity
The use of machine learning to identify suspicious online activity is a new and important capability in securing the network, but privileged users were the weak point until now.
Google To Offer Symptom Search Results For Medical Queries
'I'm Feeling Yucky' - Google uses Knowledge Graph to give users more information on their medical searchs