“In its first year, the Post has produced around 850 articles using Heliograf [it’s homegrown AI technology]. That included 500 articles around the election that generated more than 500,000 clicks…” | learn more
AI researcher Andrej Karpathy just took a job as Director of AI at Tesla. He made this great presentation analyzing the state of and prospects for AGI. | learn more
This MIT Technology Review article discusses their use of Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN), a machine learning technique, to better understand fashion and style. | learn more
I remember originally hearing of Watson as a supercomputer. Since then, the company has done a good job rebranding it as an AI machine. But can it help IBM turn around its 21-quarter revenue decline? | learn more
Forbes offers highlights from McKinsey’s latest report on the sector. One factoid that caught my attention was about Amazon’s acquisition of robotics firm Kiva Systems. “‘Click to ship’ cycle time, which ranged from 60 to 75 minutes with humans, fell […]
As part of its digital industrial strategy, GE is training hundreds of its scientists in machine learning and artificial intelligence. One interesting thing they’re doing: creating digital twins of machines they have in the field. | learn more
“After years of criticism and marginalization, LeCun finally has it all: 80 researchers, the backing of Facebook’s vast financial resources, and mainstream faith in his work. All he has to do now is deliver.” | learn more
“His dealership went from getting one qualified lead per day to 40… By the third month, the dealership’s leads had increased 2930%, … leaving Jacobi scrambling to set up a new call center with six new employees to handle all […]
Yival Noah Harari, author of Sapiens (which I recommended a few weeks ago), wrote a new book called Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow. This is an excerpt discussing how he believes AI will create a new class of […]
Superstar VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (aka A16Z) has put together what they call an “AI Playbook”. If you’re the kind of person asking “How do I get started with artificial intelligence?” or “What can I do with AI in my own […]