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Google Assistant passes 500 million users, will get longform reading and deeper smart home integration in 2020

January 7, 2020
Google Assistant is now used by 500 million monthly active users, and today Google is previewing features on the way in 2020 like a new voice that reads articles and web pages aloud to users with a more natural and humanlike voice. Later this year, saying “Hey Google, read it” or “Hey Google, read this page” will trigger the assistant to read or translate text from an article or webpage…
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Bzigo uses AI and a laser pointer to detect mosquitoes in your home

January 7, 2020
Bzigo wants to make it easier for you to zap mosquitoes in your home. The U.S. and Israel-based startup combines artificial intelligence with a laser pointer and camera to autonomously track a mosquito inside your home. Using computer vision, Bzigo detects mosquitoes within minutes from when they enter a room and at a distance of up to 26 feet (eight meters). Upon detection, the system trains a…
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Watch Adobe show off its impressive AI-powered vertical video tech

January 7, 2020
Intel has Jason Levine, Principal Worldwide Evangelist for Adobe Creative Cloud, and his fabulous head of hair to thank for the most entertaining part of its CES press event. The chipmaker’s executive VP, Gregory Bryant, said he often gets asked why AI and machine learning are important on PC. He then brought Levine on stage to demonstrate the kind of creative experiences Ice Lake’s…
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Cooper Lake will deliver a 60% increase in AI inferencing and training performance

January 7, 2020
During a press conference at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show, Intel gave an update its efforts with respect to its AI and machine learning. The details were a bit hard to come by, but it gave a glimpse at the performance that can be expected from its future Xeon Scalable processor family, codename Cooper Lake. Cooper Lake, which will be available in the first half of 2020, will deliver up to a…
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