
Companies need to do 100s of AI experiments
Think 2019: IBM Rob Thomas General manager AI data and AI
IBM is holding its annual Think 2019 conference and AI is of course a big part of it. We had a chance to hear Rob Thomas, General Manager of AI data and AI, who delivered a very interesting analysis on the state of things with the technology.

Big Blue spices up AI with McCormick
AI getting everywhere
The move to AI is making for some unlikely partners. AI expert IBM and McCormick, which sells spices and condiments, are teaming up to create new all-in-one spice packets.

Top AI computer made by the US government
Here comes the flood, we say good-bye to flesh and blood.
A project in eastern Tennessee quietly exceeded the scale of any corporate AI lab and it was run by the US government.

US and China ahead in the battle of the artificial brains
WIPO report touts IBM has having the most patents
China and the United States are ahead of the global competition to dominate artificial intelligence (AI).

The end of public cloud envy and the rise of AI predicted for this year
Arcserve says people are getting serious about it all
Arcserve has been shuffling its tarot cards and come up with three predictions for 2019 and their impact over the next 12 months.

Alexa didn't like Qualcomm's AI presentation
Claimed a fact was untrue
A Qualcomm executive found he had a fact-checking critic in the form of Amazon's Alexa when he was trying to show off Qualcomm's goods at CES.

Intel teams up with Facebook for AI
I am sorry Dave I am erasing your nipples
Intel is working with Facebook to finish a new artificial intelligence chip in the second half of this year.

IBM COO of AI and Quantum talks 2019
Decision making, automation, trusted and reasoning
Dario Gil, chief operating officer of IBM’s AI and quantum computing has shared what was the big thing in 2018 and what might be big with AI in 2019. AI will be easier to use, complementing expert networks and AI automation

ThoughtRiver developing AI based CV analysis
Working alongside Professor Ted Briscoe computational linguistics expert
ThoughtRiver, the Cambridge-based leader in contract pre-screening technology, today announced that it has been awarded funding from Innovate UK for a £400,000 development project working alongside Professor Ted Briscoe, a well-known computational linguistics expert at Cambridge University.

Snapdragon is twice the AI speed of its 7nm Android competitor
Senior director Gary Brotman dilates on future of AI
Snapdragon 855 has a joker card that brings it significantly ahead of the competition of all 7nm players in the Android market. Gary Brotman, a senior director of product management focused on AI, dropped a bomb on the competition confirming that the 4th generation AI platform from Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 is twice times faster than its 7nm Android based competitor.