Features

Microsoft Extends ML Framework

The latest release of Microsoft’s machine learning framework incorporates a new API intended to help .NET developers train models for improved predictions in uses cases like image classification and speech translation. Read more…

ML Enlisted to Slow the Spread of Fake News

As should be obvious by now, traditional fact-checking methods have failed to stop “fake news” from spreading like wildfire via social media circuits. While platforms like Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) are developing new Read more…

So Far, GDPR Compliance is Uneven

Compliance with new European data privacy regulations was spotty in the first three months after the rules took effect at the end of May, with an estimated 70 percent of global companies failing to comply with requests f Read more…

Increased Complexity Is Dragging on Big Data

For all the progress that companies are making on their big data projects, there's one big hurdle holding them back: complexity. Because of the high level of technical complexity that big data tech entails and the lack o Read more…

What the ML Patent Application Boom Means for Tech

There has been a surge in applications of machine learning over the last few years as companies look for ways to leverage big data in their products and services. That has corresponded with a big increase in another type Read more…

The Pain of Watching AI Become A Pawn in the Geopolitical Fray

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a predominantly transnational phenomenon for most of this decade. Radical cross-border openness has been a central driver of the AI revolution. One of the primary factors stimulat Read more…

Intel Adopts ‘Holistic’ Approach to AI

A developers’ conference is generally regarded as an indication the host company is all-in on a particular technology. Intel Corp.’s inaugural AI DevCon highlights its strategy of moving beyond its dominant position Read more…

Inside One VC Firm’s Hands-On Approach to AI

There's no shortage of tech entrepreneurs taking venture capital money to turn their artificial intelligence ideas into AI reality. These startups typically fill up at the VC spigot and go back to their offices to build Read more…

Inside Intel’s nGraph, a Universal Deep Learning Compiler

The advent of deep learning has spawned new life into the quest to create artificial intelligence. But along the way, we've become awash in technological complexity, forcing data scientists to juggle multiple deep learni Read more…

Presto Use Surges, Qubole Finds

Don't look now, but Presto, the SQL engine developed by Facebook as a follow-on to Hive, is starting to catch on in a big way. According to a new survey of big data-as-a-service customers by Qubole, Presto logged impress Read more…