Acer plays the AI, deep learning, and robot games
Focusing on transportation sector in Taiwan
Acer is expected to break into new territory in the fields of artificial intelligence, deep learning in 2017 and has begun talking with several potential clients about shipping its first in-house robotics devices, according to company CEO Jason Chen.
Samsung and Google wage war over "assistants"
Samsung benefits from Siri engineers
If there is one takeaway to learn from recent announcements of smartphone lineups and refreshes, it is that AI-based voice assistants have become a top-valued feature for most serious manufacturers and are expected to gain significant momentum in new devices shipping through at least the next several quarters.
Voice assistants are a priority in smartphone launches
This year, several smartphone manufacturers, including Apple, Samsung Electronics, Huawei, LG and Xiaomi are expected to introduce new devices that feature better AI-based assistants in an effort to increase overall market share, according to industry reports.
LG puts AI into Airconditioning
But there is already an AI in air-conditioning Toto
LG has jacked some AI under the bonnet of its ‘Whisen Dual Air Conditioner’ and says its cunning plan is to apply AI to its other household appliances.
AI should not replace people, warns Microsoft boss
It should make them more efficient
Microsoft’s Supreme Dalek, Satya Nadella, has warned companies against thinking that AI will replace people.
Turn off your telly if you use Alexa
You could end up ordering something you don’t want
Amazon’s Alexa seems to have a bit of problem playing nice with televisions.
AI replacing Japanese white collar workers
Beginning of the end
While most people have focused on factory robots and self-driving cars may kill off millions of jobs, the fact that AI will kill off white collar work has been quietly ignored.
Microsoft AR can help you find your keys
Hololens gives you a photographic memory
Software king of the world, Microsoft’s new AR Hololens tech is starting to look really cool, and it could be getting even better if a new patent is anything to go by.
Samsung to install AI in all its apps
Viv will be omnipotent
Samsung might be trying to install its Viv AI in all its apps.
Apple formally enters the field of AI research with new paper
Begins focus on improving synthetic training models
Earlier this month, Apple’s director of AI Research Russ Salakhutdinov announced that the company would soon begin publishing research in the field of artificial intelligence, suggesting that the company is keen on improving its relationships with academia and gaining some professional recognition in the process.