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
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
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
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
Facebook has been working on its own natural language processing (NLP) framework for overcoming rapid experimentation and large-scale deployment challenges. PyText is a library based on the company’s open-source deep learning framework PyTorch. In an effort to help developers build and deploy NLP systems, the company has decided to also open source the PyText framework … continue reading
Uber’s open-source distributed training framework Horovod is joining the LF Deep Learning Foundation to support its work in artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning. The LF Deep Learning Foundation is a umbrella project under the Linux Foundation. “The LF Deep Learning Foundation is focused on building an ecosystem of AI, deep learning and machine … continue reading
Knowledge is the foundation of intelligence— whether artificial intelligence or conventional human intellect. The understanding implicit in intelligence, its application towards business problems or personal ones, requires knowledge of these problems (and potential solutions) to effectively overcome them. The knowledge underpinning AI has traditionally come from two distinct methods: statistical reasoning, or machine learning, and … continue reading
WhiteSource has made its developer tool, WhiteSource Bolt, free for GitHub and Microsoft Azure DevOps users. The tool makes it easier for developers to securely work with open-source components in their environments. “We are excited to strengthen and expand our offering for developers,” said Rami Sass, CEO of WhiteSource. “WhiteSource Bolt was designed to make … continue reading
NVIDIA has announced new AI research that will allow for 3D environments to be rendered by using a model trained on real videos. This will open up many opportunities in gaming, automotive, architecture, robotics, and virtual reality, the company explained. “NVIDIA has been inventing new ways to generate interactive graphics for 25 years, and this … continue reading
Qualcomm has announced a new AI Fund to invest in startups utilizing artificial intelligence. The company is committing up to $100 million to the fund. According to Qualcomm, the fund will be focused on “startups that share the vision of on-device AI becoming more powerful and widespread, with an emphasis on those developing new technology … continue reading
Companies are looking to provide better experiences with their customers, which has given rise to the popularity of chatbots. Yet assistants that use voice tend to be only associated with tech giants like Apple, Amazon, and Google. Mycroft is an open-source voice assistant that is aiming to make voice assistants more attainable for everyone. “We … continue reading
CircleCI is opening up its platform to partners and community contributors with a new Technology Partner Program. Along with the partner program, the company announced a new package manager called CircleCI Orbs. Orbs will allow for an ecosystem of shareable components that will be available on the CircleCI platform. Organizations can use orbs to share … continue reading
