Nvidia Uses AI to render virtual worlds in real time
Published in Graphics


Still has a few problems

The company named after a Roman chaos daemon claims its AI models can now draw new worlds without using traditional modelling techniques or graphics rendering engines.

Turing RT cores are made for AI
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 20 November 2018 16:07

Turing RT cores are made for AI


Great that they can do Ray Tracing

Graphics experts very close to what's happening have shared an interesting thesis that helped Nvidia justify the transistors spent in Turing RT cores. It is all about AI and the next generation data workloads.

Chinese kids building AI weapons
Published in AI
Thursday, 08 November 2018 11:59

Chinese kids building AI weapons


Recruited straight from school

Some of China's smartest students have been recruited straight from high school to begin training as the world's youngest AI weapons scientists.

AI has hit a learning barrier
Published in AI
Wednesday, 07 November 2018 12:04

AI has hit a learning barrier


Computer Science boffin warns of disaster in the making

A professor of Computer Science at Portland State University has warned that machine learning algorithms don't yet understand things the way humans do -- with sometimes disastrous consequences.

20th Century Fox uses AI to judge popular movies
Published in AI


What could go wrong?

Movie studio 20th Century Fox is using AI to predict what films people will want to see.

Red Hat killing off KDE
Published in News
Friday, 02 November 2018 12:12

Red Hat killing off KDE


News buried as GNOMEs triumph

Red Hat appears to have used the news of its takeover by IBM to bury the news that it was killing off KDE.

Big Blue buys Red Hat
Published in News
Monday, 29 October 2018 12:09

Big Blue buys Red Hat


$34 billion deal

IBM is acquiring software maker Red Hat in a deal valued at $34 billion, the companies said Sunday.

IBM turns Pac Man vegan
Published in AI
Monday, 29 October 2018 10:40

IBM turns Pac Man vegan


Cutting edge AI at work

Researchers working for Big Blue have been working out a way of making Pac Man more ethical using AI.

Travelport expands IBM partnership
Published in Cloud
Thursday, 25 October 2018 13:47

Travelport expands IBM partnership


Bringing in blockchain and AI

UK-based travel commerce platform Travelport  is expanding its IBM partnership to roll out blockchain and AI technology.

ARM CEO sees the fifth wave of computing
Published in News
Friday, 19 October 2018 11:11

ARM CEO sees the fifth wave of computing


5G, big data and processing

Simon Seagers, ARM’s CEO talked about the 5th wave of computing and that is obviously the one that is coming after the last big leap that brought us closer to mobile and cloud mix.