AI infrastructure
Enterprises investing in deep learning platforms need AI infrastructure sufficient enough to synthesize a massive amount of data. Find the information you need to make decisions about AI-specific compute architectures -- from GPU-packed servers to highly scalable clustered computing systems built for big data and machine learning applications.
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04 Feb 2025
Assessing if DeepSeek is safe to use in the enterprise
The AI vendor has found popularity with its reasoning model. However, based on geopolitical tensions and safety tests, there are questions about whether enterprises should use it. Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2025
Intel axes Falcon Shores amid market challenges
Intel decides its limited resources would be better spent on Falcon Shores' successor, Jaguar Shores. Continue Reading
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26 Jan 2021
Nvidia partners launch Nvidia-Certified Systems for AI
According to analysts, Nvidia-Certified Systems' launch is a shrewd move for Nvidia, as the vendor looks to cement its lead in the AI hardware marketplace. Continue Reading
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13 Jan 2021
The power and limitations of enterprise AI
A panel at CES 2021, held virtually this year, discusses the areas in which modern-day AI and automation shine, and where they still struggle. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jan 2021
Defining enterprise AI: From ETL to modern AI infrastructure
The promise of enterprise AI is built on old ETL technologies, and it relies on an AI infrastructure effectively integrating and processing loads of data. Continue Reading
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06 Jan 2021
Intel launches RealSense ID for facial authentication
Amid a surge of facial recognition technology systems from vendors, Intel introduces RealSense ID, a system that Intel claims can accurately and quickly identify human faces. Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Dec 2020
KDD in data mining assists data prep for machine learning
While data scientists are often familiar with data mining, the deeper knowledge discovery in databases (KDD) procedure can help prepare data to train machine learning algorithms. Continue Reading
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28 Dec 2020
Finding the balance between edge AI vs. cloud AI
Centralized cloud resources allow AI to continuously improve while edge AI allows for real-time decision-making and larger models. The best approach combines them. Continue Reading
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18 Dec 2020
AWS digs into its new machine learning industrial products
Amazon Monitron and Lookout for Equipment use sensor data to help industrial customers predict when their machines will break. Amazon's GM of machine learning and AI explains. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Dec 2020
Emerging AI startups to look at in 2021
AI startups in the legal, MLOps, NLP and data training markets make this year's list of emerging AI vendors to look out for. Continue Reading
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18 Nov 2020
New Nvidia, AMD GPUs deliver more memory and speed -- again
Nvidia and AMD each delivered much faster GPUs for data scientists and corporate IT shops investing in hardware to run AI and data intensive workloads. Continue Reading
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17 Nov 2020
UiPath platform update makes it easier to deploy smarter bots
A new platform upgrade for UiPath makes it easier for users to develop and use robots at scale, as well as makes the bots more resilient to UI changes. Continue Reading
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10 Nov 2020
Infosys applied AI launch follows IT consulting AI releases
Infosys launched a new offering to help enterprises find and apply AI use cases at scale. The release is part of a wave of similar products from other big systems integrators. Continue Reading
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03 Nov 2020
AWS launches P4d instances for deep learning training
AWS released its EC2 P4d instances, the tech giant's newest GPU-backed instances. The instances speed up AI training and supercomputing workloads. Continue Reading
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29 Oct 2020
Intel will acquire model optimization startup SigOpt
Intel's acquisition of SigOpt, a startup vendor of an AI model optimization platform, will help accelerate Intel's AI software products for developers. Continue Reading
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26 Oct 2020
Insurance provider uses AI for legal to manage contracts
The legal team at Asurion, a major insurance provider, kept its documents spread out across filing cabinets, hard drives and the cloud. It turned to an AI platform to better manage them. Continue Reading
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22 Oct 2020
Understanding motion analytics, where it is and where it's going
Machine learning is helping make motion analysis more usable for the average enterprise, creating new use cases and applications that can drive value. Continue Reading
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08 Oct 2020
Nvidia Jarvis, new conversational AI tool, now in open beta
A speech recognition services vendor in Great Britain turned to Nvidia Jarvis, a new framework for creating conversational AI models on GPUs, to quickly build a product. Continue Reading
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08 Oct 2020
Nvidia adds DPUs to GPU lineup for artificial intelligence apps
Nvidia has rolled out a new chip technology that supplements its GPUs, along with a new development kit and architecture to create more capable AI-based applications. Continue Reading
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25 Sep 2020
Google, Unilever partnership uses AI for sustainable sourcing
Unilever says it will use Google Earth Engine, Google Cloud Storage and BigQuery, as well as AI technologies, to create a deforestation-free supply chain by 2023. Continue Reading
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14 Sep 2020
Nvidia, Arm deal creates AI, chip powerhouse
Nvidia's acquisition of U.K. chipmaker Arm, if approved by regulators, will greatly expand Nvidia's reach in the CPU market, especially in IoT and mobile devices. Continue Reading
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03 Sep 2020
GCP powers AI in marketing at McDonald's
McDonald's uses the Google Cloud Platform to drive its personalized marketing efforts, which has helped the company grow and know its customers better. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Aug 2020
Machine learning limitations marked by data demands
Machine learning has impressive capabilities in the enterprise, but with high-data requirements and struggles with explainability, it remains unable to reach widespread use. Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2020
Nvidia, University of Florida building AI supercomputer
Nvidia and the University of Florida have teamed up to build what they claim will be the fastest AI supercomputer in academia, capable of hitting 700 petaflops of performance. Continue Reading
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Quiz
29 Jun 2020
Find out how smart you are about machine learning and AI
Machine learning can help businesses gain powerful analytics value from their data -- but only if it's done right. How much do you know about machine learning and related forms of AI? Continue Reading
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26 Jun 2020
Bank modernizes with MLflow and Databricks
With Databricks and MLflow, an Argentinian bank modernized its infrastructure, increased customer retention and better managed its machine learning models. Continue Reading
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23 Jun 2020
Databricks AI in next-generation transportation
Virgin Hyperloop turned to Databricks to horizontally scale out and speed up its processes as it works to create a new form of transportation. Continue Reading
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29 May 2020
Enterprises should not neglect AI digital transformation
Enterprises should focus on automation to augment their workforces as they recover from the COVID-19 economic downturn, and not lose sight of larger digital transformation projects. Continue Reading
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29 May 2020
Cloud computing for machine learning offers on-demand tools
Automated machine learning and MLaaS tools are now being developed for the cloud, and enterprises need better workflows and infrastructure to successfully integrate the technology. Continue Reading
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Conference Coverage
15 May 2020
IBM Think 2020: AI, security, COVID-19 news, trends and analysis
News at the IBM Think 2020 digital conference focused on paths to modernization -- including advanced AI and automation -- IoT, hybrid cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity. Continue Reading
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14 May 2020
Nvidia unveils A100 GPU for demanding AI workloads
Designed for demanding AI and data science workloads, Nvidia's new A100 processor is a powerhouse, but it's also power-hungry and high-heat-producing. Continue Reading
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14 May 2020
Intel makes new investments in AI startups
Intel reveals new investments in 11 startups focused on AI, automation and chip design as the tech giant ramps up its efforts in the AI hardware market. Continue Reading
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05 May 2020
IBM's Watson AIOps aims to help networks run smoothly
Launched during IBM Think 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, IBM's Watson AIOps aims to use AI to help CIOs more quickly and efficiently keep their networks running. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 May 2020
Are giant AI chips the future of AI hardware?
Giant AI chips like the Cerebras WSE are dazzlingly fast and could transform AI models, but how soon is the question for CIOs. Experts mull the merits of small vs. big AI chips. Continue Reading
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30 Apr 2020
Nvidia finalizes Mellanox deal to boost AI products
The Nvidia acquisition of Mellanox will improve its GPU and AI infrastructure products, but it's not likely to give the company a significant edge in the competitive AI market. Continue Reading
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23 Apr 2020
PyTorch update from Facebook and AWS eases model building
PyTorch 1.5 introduces TorchServe, a model serving library, and TorchElastic, a Kubernetes controller. Both applications are still in experimental mode. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Apr 2020
Using ModelOps, a financial services company scales out
Using model operations (ModelOps), a fintech startup was able to scale up its model deployment quickly, while also maintaining model governance at scale. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Mar 2020
Common sense in AI remains elusive
While AI and machine learning have made major improvements and advancements to computers, common sense in AI has proven to be a significant challenge. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Mar 2020
What is AI-defined infrastructure, and does it work?
Software-driven hyper-converged, composable infrastructures and incorporation of AI technologies into compute and storage has brought more intelligence to enterprise IT than ever. Continue Reading
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23 Mar 2020
Data center energy usage combated by AI efficiency
Though often forgotten by the general public, data centers account for 1% of the world's energy consumption. Explore what brought about data centers and how AI can be used to help mitigate their presence. Continue Reading
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04 Mar 2020
The state of AI defined by global adoption and regulation
Cognilytica reports on AI adoption by both countries and companies across the globe, as well as the former's overall strategies and regulation frameworks. Continue Reading
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24 Feb 2020
Merging DevOps and machine learning requires restructuring
Companies that are restructuring in order to merge their traditional DevOps teams with their machine learning efforts to aid with accessibility need to include voices from multiple teams. Continue Reading
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News
04 Feb 2020
Intel AI hardware roadmap shifts away from Nervana
Intel said it is ending development of its Nervana AI processors. The tech vendor will instead focus its efforts on its Habana Labs processors, which it acquired last year. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jan 2020
New IBM Power9 server adds Nvidia, Google chips for AI workloads
Big Blue rolled out another member of its IBM Power9 server family targeted at corporate users who are ready to move beyond the training phase of their AI projects to the deployment phase. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Jan 2020
Patience is pivotal for the autonomous vehicle future
The fatal collision between an Uber ATG vehicle and a pedestrian was a reminder that autonomous vehicles are not ready and that a difficult technological hill remains. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Jan 2020
The rising use of AI in the energy sector
The energy industry has begun to ramp up the adoption of AI with the usage of smart grids among other technologies and has seen the benefits of the technology. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Jan 2020
How to overcome 4 major challenges in AI adoption
While companies are stuck in the research phase of AI, a few simple infrastructure analyzations can jumpstart the process -- and ensure successful deployment. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Dec 2019
The complex nature of regulating AI
Regulating AI is a difficult task because the technology changes rapidly. Governments must be able to employ preventative regulation to prevent any misuse. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Dec 2019
AI vendors to watch in 2020 and beyond
The past 10 years have seen a surge of new AI vendors, and the trend isn't likely to end anytime soon, as investors continue to pour money into artificial intelligence. Continue Reading
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News
16 Dec 2019
Intel acquisition of Habana Labs expected to enhance AI portfolio
By purchasing Habana Labs, an AI hardware startup, Intel now has a more diverse AI portfolio in a quickly growing multi-billion-dollar hardware market. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Dec 2019
AI trends 2020 outlook: More automation, explainability
Top AI trends for 2020 are increased automation to extend traditional RPA, deeper explainable AI with more natural language capacity, and better chips for AI on the edge. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Dec 2019
How GE uses a 'Humble AI' approach to manufacturing
GE executive Colin Parris explains why a deliberate approach to deploying AI is needed when dealing with products that cost hundreds of millions of dollars to make. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Dec 2019
AI in networking helps keep systems running
Network administrators are increasingly using AI tools to help them manage the growing complexity of their network infrastructure, a task that's getting more complicated by the day. Continue Reading
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News
03 Dec 2019
SageMaker Studio makes model building, monitoring easier
New SageMaker tools from AWS to open up machine learning models by making it easier for non-expert developers make, run, monitor and debug machine learning models. Continue Reading
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03 Dec 2019
New Amazon Kendra AI search tool indexes enterprise data
With Kendra, a new cognitive search tool from Amazon, enterprise users can more easily query their data. The tool uses machine learning and NLP to understand context, according to AWS. Continue Reading
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22 Nov 2019
Google Cloud Explainable AI aims to clear up outputs
A new Google product suite enables users to create and deploy more interpretable machine learning models with output visualizations, feature attribution and evaluation tools. Continue Reading
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05 Nov 2019
Microsoft Power Platform gets AI and RPA updates
At Microsoft Ignite, the tech giant released new updates to ease RPA and AI building across its Power Platform, as well as new capabilities for Cortana within Microsoft 365. Continue Reading
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30 Oct 2019
Google releases TensorFlow Enterprise for enterprise users
With the new TensorFlow for enterprises, organizations running previous versions of TensorFlow can get long-term support, including security updates and select bug fixes. Continue Reading
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17 Oct 2019
DataRobot machine learning boosts MicroStrategy AI
Under a new partnership, MicroStrategy customers can use automated machine learning models from DataRobot for predictive, AI-based analytics. Continue Reading
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03 Oct 2019
Energy secretary Rick Perry touts U.S. government AI efforts
The U.S. government is ramping up AI research and development efforts to try to stay ahead of China in both public and private sector AI efforts. Continue Reading
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27 Sep 2019
Modular AI can help enterprises apply and understand AI
Modular AI enables customers to deploy AI as it applies to individual use cases, creating a more focused, open, and cheaper overall AI system and strategy. Continue Reading
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Feature
17 Sep 2019
Serverless machine learning reduces development burdens
Getting started with machine learning throws multiple hurdles at enterprises. But the serverless computing trend, when applied to machine learning, can help remove some barriers. Continue Reading
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News
27 Aug 2019
Huawei AI processor helps complete vendor's AI portfolio
The Chinese technology vendor Huawei aims to speed up AI training times with the launch of a new processor in China and a new AI computing framework. Continue Reading
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Feature
22 Aug 2019
Choosing the right chip foundation for AI-optimized hardware
Every enterprise is trying to implement AI and machine learning. But, before AI, before clean data and before platform comparison, enterprises need to find the best hardware to support AI. Continue Reading
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15 Aug 2019
Key considerations for operationalizing machine learning
Once a machine learning model is trained, developers need to operationalize it. This turns out to be a significant challenge for many enterprises. Continue Reading
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15 Aug 2019
IBM, Google report advances in conversational AI training
As enterprises rely more on conversational agents to power customer service efforts, tech vendors such as IBM and Google steadily develop new methods of training language models. Continue Reading
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29 Jul 2019
Reinforcement learning and deep learning pairing pushes AI limits
The pairing of reinforcement and deep learning is enabling researchers to push the boundaries of what AI can do and could help contribute to advanced applications. Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2019
Microsoft and OpenAI deal fuels AI products, services on Azure
A new OpenAI partnership with Microsoft aims to provide OpenAI with an influx of capital to boost its AGI research and give Microsoft new supercomputing Azure AI capabilities. Continue Reading
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16 Jul 2019
How AI in physical security makes public places safer
Deep learning-based tools are increasingly finding a home in physical security to enhance the protection of real-world assets and make public spaces safer. Continue Reading
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12 Jul 2019
GPU analytics speeds up deep learning, other data insights
GPU-based systems have become a popular platform for deep learning applications, and they're now also being used to accelerate analysis of IoT and geospatial data. Continue Reading
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03 Jul 2019
The future of voice assistants is multiturn conversations
The future looks promising for voice assistants, but for them to really live up to the hype, they are going to have to improve at true multiturn conversations. Continue Reading
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Tip
03 Jun 2019
3 rules for succeeding with AI and IoT at the edge
Edge computing, IoT and AI can be confusing terms individually; combine the three and confusion only grows. Learn three key rules for deploying AI and IoT at the edge of your network. Continue Reading
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News
07 May 2019
Google's Cloud TPU v2, v3 Pods accelerate ML training
For the first time, Google Cloud TPU Pods are available in public beta, enabling machine learning developers and engineers to more quickly deploy and train models. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 May 2019
Berklee uses SnapLogic for its AI in higher education needs
Berklee College of Music needed intelligent integration for its two student portals after a merger with the Boston Conservatory. The college chose SnapLogic to connect the systems. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 May 2019
ShopRunner uses Databricks for machine learning in retail
Databricks user ShopRunner talks about the tools showed at Spark + AI Summit 2019, such as MLflow and Databricks Delta Lake. And Datameer reveals new Databricks integration. Continue Reading
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19 Apr 2019
Machine learning on edge devices solves lack of data scientists
Enterprises are having a hard time hiring data scientists, who are scarce and high-priced. But as edge devices get smarter, they may not need them as badly. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Apr 2019
Federated deep learning offers new approach to model training
Training deep learning models puts a massive strain on enterprise infrastructure, but federated learning, which trains models on endpoint devices, could lessen some of the demand. Continue Reading
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News
10 Apr 2019
New Google Cloud AI Platform unifies AI development tools
Google's newly unveiled AI Platform offers AI developers a collaborative environment to test, train and deploy machine learning and deep learning models. Continue Reading
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News
08 Apr 2019
IBM PowerAI workstation eases AI app development, lowers cost
IBM has delivered a low-cost workstation tuned to work hand in hand with its Power AC922 server to lower the bar of entry for AI application development. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Mar 2019
Data preparation for machine learning still requires humans
Looking to AI to automate more of your processes? Don't overlook the labor that's still needed to prepare data for training machine learning and AI algorithms. Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Mar 2019
Researchers race for quantum AI as quantum computing advances
Machine learning is likely to be an early application of quantum computers, as researchers and developers look for the key to a more human-like artificial intelligence. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Mar 2019
AI in accounting boosts compliance and fraud detection
Accounting and finance teams are using AI tools to speed document review and other error-prone processes, which gives a boost to fraud detection and compliance efforts. Continue Reading
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News
06 Mar 2019
Google AI division open sources GPipe neural network library
Google AI, the AI research and development team at Google, made GPipe a framework for building large-scale and accurate deep neural networks open source. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Mar 2019
AI as a service democratizes benefits of new tech tools
The emergence of AI-as-a-service tools is helping more enterprises access the benefits of AI, not just the leading-edge tech companies that pioneered the technology. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Feb 2019
Perfect AI-defined infrastructure by analyzing your data center
Before implementing AI, evaluate your IT team and data storage center. Experts explain the fundamental elements of data storage required to tailor an AI-defined infrastructure. Continue Reading
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22 Feb 2019
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text, Text-to-Speech see upgrades
Google upgrades its cloud-based speech and text products with higher accuracy levels, new WaveNet voice options and support for several new languages. Continue Reading
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15 Feb 2019
AI for customer experience powers gains at enterprises
Customer experience is growing more central to enterprises' digital strategies, and AI is increasingly driving much of their engagement and retention efforts. Continue Reading
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14 Feb 2019
IBM Watson OpenScale: AI control, monitoring for any cloud
OpenScale, a new IBM AI product, enables organizations to monitor their AI models. Global services provider KPMG is using OpenScale to help power its own AI monitoring tool. Continue Reading
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11 Jan 2019
Intel AI chip aims to boost inference for AI users
Adding to the Intel Nervana chip line, Intel and Facebook are expected to launch in the second half of 2019 a new processor designed to speed up inference. Continue Reading
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News
26 Dec 2018
Hitachi Pentaho integration aims to subdue unstructured data
Hitachi Pentaho data integration presents Hitachi Content Platform as an object-based data lake to send cleansed data to multiple cloud targets. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Nov 2018
AI use in healthcare ramps up for app maker Cognoa
Applications of AI in healthcare have been relatively restricted due to regulatory and data challenges, but one startup is finding ways to make AI effective. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Nov 2018
Countries need national strategy for AI to stay competitive
With the Chinese government funding artificial intelligence at an aggressive pace, the U.S. and other countries are facing substantial pressure to step up their investment. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Nov 2018
AI cybersecurity tools help spot threats before they cause harm
Security pros are increasingly using AI-based cybersecurity tools to stay one step ahead of hackers and minimize vulnerabilities before they can be exploited by bad actors. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Sep 2018
Machine learning in production challenges developers' skills
Deploying machine learning models requires an entirely different skill set than developing them, and data scientists and engineering teams need to be ready to bridge this gap. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2018
Google's Edge TPU breaks model inferencing out of the cloud
Google's Edge TPU is a force multiplier to compete against the likes of Amazon, IBM and Microsoft, and to attract next-gen app developers. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Jul 2018
GPU cloud tools take complexity out of machine learning infrastructure
While talk of AI on GPUs is abuzz, actually building a machine learning infrastructure remains a dark art. A startup's PaaS is looking to automate parts of the process. Continue Reading
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News
14 Jun 2018
Quantum computing applications creep forward
Tech vendors and users are moving forward on quantum computing tools and research. While still futuristic, developments bear watching, Forrester's Brian Hopkins says. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Jun 2018
Tech experts weigh in on the AI hype cycle
AI expectations couldn't be any higher. Read why leading industry experts believe the hype is deserved and what developers can do to deliver on the technology's weighty promise. Continue Reading
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Buyer's Guide
22 May 2018
A complete guide to buying an enterprise AI infrastructure
Take a deep dive into the AI infrastructure market and learn about the vendors, products and strategies necessary to any successful enterprise AI initiative. Continue Reading
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News
18 May 2018
New Intel toolkit OpenVINO supports deep learning on CPUs
A new developer kit from Intel seeks to lower the bar for doing deep learning on CPUs and other types of chips to extract more intelligence from video. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 May 2018
A look at the leading artificial intelligence infrastructure products
The artificial intelligence infrastructure market is young and varied, with enterprise AI vendors offering everything from cloud services to powerful, and expensive, hardware. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Mar 2018
IT, finance and marketing have uses for AI -- do you?
AI in healthcare improves patient outcomes. AI in IT aids employee compliance and security. AI in logistics, AI in marketing, AI in finance -- learn how your company can use AI. Continue Reading