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Xilinx launches Kria chips to handle AI for edge applications

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Xilinx has introduced its Kria programmable chips and boards for holding AI applications at the edge of the network. This should come in handy for visual applications like smarter cameras. San Jose, California-based Xilinx, which is in the process of being acquired by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) for $35 billion, has a…
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The AI arms race has us on the road to Armageddon

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. It’s now a given that countries worldwide are battling for AI supremacy. To date, most of the public discussion surrounding this competition has focused on commercial gains flowing from the…
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Survey finds talent gap is slowing enterprise AI adoption

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. AI’s popularity in the enterprise continues to grow, but practices and maturity remain stagnant as organizations run into obstacles while deploying AI systems. O’Reilly’s 2021 AI Adoption in the Enterprise report, which surveyed more than 3,500 business leaders, found that a lack of skilled people and difficulty…
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Is Boston Dynamics becoming a boring robotics company?

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Boston Dynamics has made a name for itself through fascinating videos of biped and quadruped robots doing backflips, opening doors, and dancing to “Uptown Funk.” Now, it has revealed its latest gadget: a robot that looks like a huge overhead projector on wheels. It’s called Stretch, and it doesn’t do backflips…
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Why Microsoft’s new AI acquisition is a big deal

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Microsoft’s recent shopping spree reached a new climax this week with the announcement of its $19.7 billion acquisition of Nuance, a company that provides speech recognition and conversational AI…
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Facebook claims AI can predict drug combinations to treat complex diseases

Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register for the AI event of the year. Facebook today detailed what it claims is the first single AI model capable of predicting the effects of drug combinations, dosages, timing, and other types of interventions like gene deletion. Developed in collaboration with Helmholtz Zentrum München, Facebook says the model could accelerate the process of identifying…
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