Topic: ai

A new Cloudera emerges from the Hortonworks merger

The Cloudera and Hortonworks merger that was first announced in October officially completed this month, paving the way for a new Cloudera. As part of the merger, the former rivals will live under the Cloudera name and offer an enterprise data cloud capable of supporting hybrid and multi-cloud deployments as well as provide machine learning … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Presto Software Foundation, Facebook’s AI language challenge, and DeployHub’s partnership with CircleCI

Presto Software has announced that is launching a non-profit organization to advance the open-source Presto SQL query engine. The Presto Software Foundation will work to ensure the project remains open, collaborative, and independent. “From the beginning, we stressed the importance of code quality, architectural extensibility and open collaboration with the community,” said Martin Traverso, co-creator … continue reading

MIT and Microsoft researchers look out for AI’s blind spots

As artificial intelligence is being implemented into advanced systems like self-driving cars and autonomous robots, MIT and Microsoft researchers want to make sure they are covering all their bases. The researchers are tackling what they call “blind spots” of artificial intelligence to provide better security and safety of AI-implemented systems. While systems like self-driving cars … continue reading

SD Times news digest: GitHub’s top machine learning languages, Ping’s API cybersecurity solution, and Lumigo’s serverless app funding

GitHub has released machine learning data from its 2018 State of the Octoverse report. According to the report, the top programming languages for machine learning on GitHub include Python, C++, JavaScript, Java and C#. In addition, the team took a look at the top machine learning projects on GitHub, which included TensorFlow, SciKit-Learn, spaCy, Julia … continue reading

Intel launches a distributed deep learning platform for Kubernetes

As AI evolves, the value of deep learning continues to grow, but implementing it can be a complex, risky, and time-consuming process. Intel is looking to change that with its new open-source platform for distributed deep learning in Kubernetes, Nauta. Nauta provides a distributed computing environment for training deep learning models on systems running on … continue reading

A look at what’s coming in TensorFlow 2.0

Leading up to the release of TensorFlow 2.0, the team behind the library has revealed some of its plans for the upcoming version of the machine learning framework. According to the TensorFlow team, TensorFlow 2.0 will focus on simplicity and ease of use. “We’re very excited about TensorFlow 2.0 and the changes to come. TensorFlow … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Spell’s new AI platform, Google’s app translation service, and Rust 1.32

AI startup Spell has released a new deep learning and AI platform that is meant to empower teams to build using AI. Platform features include a new design, Organizations, Hyperparameter search, and dedicated clusters. In addition, Spell has announced that it raised $15 million in funding, which it will use for continued innovations to help … continue reading

Ethics at the fore of AI conversations

As the end of 2018 approached, many artificial intelligence technologies like visual testing, chatbots and language recognition had matured to the point of ubiquity. Two years since SD Times’ “Year of AI,” the conversations around AI and machine learning have shifted further and further away from potential applications and surprising new uses of the tech. … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Android 9 Pie rolls out to OnePlus 5 and 5T and AI-based cancer identification

Android 9 Pie was initially released to Google devices on August 6, 2018, and now OnePlus’ 5 and 5T devices are the latest to begin receiving the update. The OTA (over-the-air) release will be incremental, with a small percentage of users getting the update today and a wider rollout beginning in a few days, the … continue reading

IEEE: Deep learning will become widely adopted in 2019

The IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) has released its top 10 technology trends for the upcoming year. The trends are based on what the technology experts believe will be the most widely adopted and meant to forecast the future for organizations. “The Computer Society’s predictions, based on an in-depth analysis by a team of leading technology … continue reading

Google introduces new initiatives to help itself adhere to its AI principles

Six months after Google first detailed its seven principles for AI, the company is expanding on that effort with additional initiatives that will help it live up to its promise. In an effort to encourage teams within the company to consider how the AI principles impact their projects, Google has established several initiatives. It launched … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Box Skills, SingularityNET Developer Portal, and Unity and Baidu’s autonomous collaboration

Cloud company Box has announced the release of Box Skills, which will enable developers to enhance their Box products with AI. Skills are code snippets that run when files are uploaded to Box and apply AI to them. Examples of Skills include labeling objects or people in images and videos, extracting information from customer contracts, … continue reading

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