Huawei Introduces Kirin 980: 7nm & Many World Firsts
At the IFA 2018 in Berlin today Huawei unveiled the new Kirin 980, the world’s first 7nm smartphone SoC (system-on-a-chip) with a dual-core NPU (Neural Network Processing Unit).
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The World’s Fastest Supercomputer Designed for AI Computation
The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee today introduced the world’s fastest supercomputer Summit, whose computing power reaches 200 petaflops or 200 million billion calculations per second.
Andrew Ng Warns of Centralized AI Power
One of the biggest risks involved with AI is “it tends to concentrate power in hands of fewer individuals,” warns Andrew Ng, one of the AI’s most prestigious figures.
Will New EU Regulations Starve Data-Hungry Deep Learning Models?
The GDPR mandates that all customers or users are entitled to receive “specific information” regarding the decision. This raises the issue of AI interpretability, especially in deep learning systems.
CES 2018 Just Got AI’ed
Algorithms are taking center stage at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018, as exhibitors strive to out “smart” each other with AI-powered gadgets and appliances.
Gary Marcus’ Deep Learning Critique Triggers Backlash
It took a mere 72 hours for deep learning researchers to ignite the first AI Twitter debate of 2018.
Nature’s Machine Intelligence Journal to Launch in Jan 2019
Nature will publish the first issue of Machine Intelligence in January 2019. The new journal will cover the “best research from across the field of artificial intelligence,” ranging from machine learning, robotics and human-machine interactions to ethical, legal and societal dimensions of AI.
Vinci Sets the Tone for Smart Headphones
This week, Synced sat down with Wu, who is now Inspero’s CTO, and tried out the Vinci, the standalone intelligent headphones.
iPhone X Mask Dupe Raises AI Security Concerns
Machines have already beaten humans in image recognition accuracy, but they are also susceptible to errors. Last Friday, Vietnamese company Bkav announced they had outsmarted the AI-powered image recognition machine that unlocks the new iPhone X.
Petuum Closes $93 Million in Series B Funding Led by SoftBank
PITTSBURGH, PA – October 10, 2017 – Petuum, Inc., a machine learning (ML) infrastructure platform, has closed $93 million in Series B fundingContinue Reading