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Google I/O

Two interesting A.I.-related announcements at Google's I/O event this week:

  • Google Lens — point your camera at something and Google will try to tell you what you are looking at and give you contextual info
  • 2nd generation TPU chips for faster A.I. training and inference. They will be available on Google Cloud Platform soon.



Also in the news...

  • Apple acquires AI company Lattice Data for $200M. More
  • Cisco acquires conversational AI company Mindmeld for $125M. More
  • Melinda Gates and Fei Fei Li want to "liberate AI from guys with hoodies". Interview
  • Nvidia reaches out to VCs to fund and build the AI ecosystem. More
  • Taser will use police body cameras to anticipate criminal activity. More

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