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Nervana’s $400M+ Buyout Reflects Key Tech Trend in Machine Learning

Xconomy

On the day after Intel announced its acquisition of San Diego machine learning startup Nervana Systems, investor Steve Jurvetson told me he was feeling a sense of satisfaction about a call he made three years ago, and how it has been playing out.

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App development shop V/One is giving away 50,000 free mobile app builds to budding LA mobile businesses

TechCrunch LA

Dev shops were too expensive and on the verge of predatory, and cookie cutter builders don’t address the designs I had in mind,” Redman said. Essentially speaking, if you can design it it can be made a functional app in our builder,” Redman wrote in an email. ” Image Credits: Chris Ede / Getty Images. .

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5 Keys To The Startup Mindset Required For Breakthrus

Startup Professionals Musings

Today there are a wealth of disruptive technologies available, including the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), advanced virtual reality (VR), and high-function robotics. But we all know that these are not solutions by themselves, but require integration into an innovative framework to solve real customer problems.

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Tech Giants’ Partnership To Explore Ethics, Societal Impacts of AI

Xconomy

With public interest in artificial intelligence technologies on the rise, five of the world’s largest corporations—vying against each other in so many spheres—are banding together to support research on the ethical and societal issues raised by machines with increasingly human-like capabilities.

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Transportation Weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin

TechCrunch LA

After five days in Austin for SXSW, I headed to Los Angeles, actually Hawthorne, for Tesla’s Model Y unveiling. The Model Y unveil reminded me of other more traditional automaker reveals. The framework of the agreement is expected to include VW making an investment into Ford-backed autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI.

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IBM Introduces New Open Source Community for Developers

Tech Zulu Event

Projects span the gamut from Cloud and IoT to Design, and IBM is opening up 10+ of its MobileFirst apps in partnership with Apple that addresses the needs of various industries including banking, retail, insurance and healthcare. artificial intelligence) capable of cognitive computing, currently breaking new ground in healthcare.

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The Future of Human-Robot Interaction

Xconomy

I moderated the panel, which consisted of experts in the complementary fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, and human-computer interaction. Computers cannot yet deal well with ambiguity or uncertainty, so “natural” language may not work for mission-critical applications where we’ll define specialized languages.