Apple has quietly acquired an artificial intelligence (AI) startup called Silk Labs, The Information reported yesterday citing sources familiar with the plans.
Apple snaps up Silk Labs which makes lightweight AI for smart cameras and speakers
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Will Apple’s new AI chief fix Siri?
Apple recently poached Google’s former head of search, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the 53-year-old Scottish engineer John Giannandrea, and now we know precisely what he's been tasked with doing at the Cupertino company.
Google Translate for iPhone picks up AI-powered offline mode supporting 59 languages
Thanks to on-device artificial intelligence, the Google Translate app for iOS is now able to deliver high-quality translations even when you don't have access to an Internet connection.
Amazon is selling scary new facial recognition technology to law enforcement
Amazon has developed a powerful new facial recognition technology, reports ACLU NorCal. The service is called "Rekognition," and it analyzes people in real time, quickly scanning information it collects against databases featuring tens of millions of faces. It's capable of recognizing up to 100 people in a single image, and the scary part is that Amazon markets the service to law enforcement and is actively helping governments deploy it.
Google Photos will colorize your B&W photos, help you remove background colors & more
Today at its annual developer conference, Google announced some important new features and changes coming to its popular photo-management app for iOS, Android and the web.
Google News is rolling out overhauled, artificially intelligent iPhone app with subscriptions & more
Google I/I, the search giant's annual developers conference, is currently underway and the search giant just announced a whole new Google News app for iPhone and iPad that takes advantage of artificial intelligence and machine learning to bring you the stories you're most likely to care about.
Apple hires Google’s chief of search and A.I.
Apple has hired Google's chief of search and artificial intelligence John Giannandrea, reports The New York Times. The outlet has obtained an internal email from Tim Cook, who tells employees “John shares our commitment to privacy and our thoughtful approach as we make computers even smarter and more personal.”
Video: hands-on with machine learning-powered mixing in djay Pro 2 for Mac
Algoriddim yesterday released its djay Pro 2 for Mac, a major release bringing, aside from other enhancements and new features, a brand new AI-driven Automix mode that works like magic.
Selecting people and animals in Photoshop will soon become much less of a hassle
If you're a heavy Photoshop user, I bet you've spent countless hours painstakingly creating precise selections around people in your images. Thanks to machine learning and artificial intelligence, this frustrating and tedious task will soon become a thing of the past.
Apple’s devised novel self-driving tech for detecting small obstacles using LiDAR
Apple's kept its self-driving research secret for years, but now the company has publicized some of its autonomous driving software techniques that improve obstacle detection.
Apple’s op-chief: AI will transform healthcare
Operations boss Jeff Williams is in Taipei today for the 30th anniversary of Apple's key semiconductor foundry partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which fabricates the new A11 Bionic chip powering iPhone 8 and iPhone X.
New machine learning article from Apple goes in depth on how “Hey Siri” does its magic
A highly interesting technical article published October 1 on Apple's Machine Learning Journal blog has gone unnoticed, until today.