The race for making perfect hardware to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) applications is heating up and many companies are jumping in with their products and solutions. Of the three key parts of hardware infrastructure compute, storage, and networking compute has made significant progress in the last couple of years. The other two areas, storage and networking, are lagging behind and have yet to see major innovations pertaining to AI applications. Currently, the industry is going with the fastest available option and promoting that as a solution for deep learning. Over time, more research and development (RandD) will go into these areas and new products will emerge that are designed specifically for AI.The distributed computing infrastructure that allows AI applications to run on multiple machines is in its infancy.

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) today announced that CES Asia 2018 will highlight advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) as a new dedicated product category on the show floor, building on the successful demonstration of AI applications across the latest consumer tech products showcased at CES earlier this year. Alibaba A.I. Labs, Baidu DuerOS and iFLYTEK, among others, will exhibit the latest in big data analytics, speech recognition and predictive technology. With China setting the pace to become a global innovation leader in AI, CES Asia will bring together the biggest players shaping the future of artificial intelligence. "Artificial intelligence is one of those exciting technologies that will become ubiquitous in the next decade as it becomes more deeply embedded in the products that we use day in and day out to make our lives better, " said John T. Kelley, senior director, international programs and show director, CES Asia. "AI is already being incorporated in everyday consumer technology products that provide practical benefits, including cars, smart homes, robotics, health and wellness devices and home security. China is leading the way in AI, embracing innovation and setting global standards and it will be front and center during CES Asia 2018!" More, ARM Accelerator and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology will bring several cutting-edge companies to CES Asia.

Adobe and Nvidia have announced a partnership that will see both companies deliver new artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning services for Adobe Creative. Making the announcement during the Adobe Summit keynote in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Adobe CEO and president Shantanu Narayen was joined by Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang. Machine learning, task automation and robotics are already widely used in business. These and other AI technologies are about to multiply, and we look at how organizations can best take advantage of them. The CEOs said the partnership will see both companies work to optimise the Adobe Sensei AI and machine learning framework for Nvidia GPUs.

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NAB Show will present a new half-day program within the Next-Generation Media Technologies Conference titled "Get Ready for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence." The program, which takes place Tuesday, April 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center, will include six sessions that highlight the various ways machine intelligence is impacting content creation. The panels will explore how machine intelligence can increase productivity, efficiencies and creativity in production planning, animation, visual effects, post-production and localization. Attendees will learn the current capabilities of neural network-based tools while also seeing the potential of these innovations to alter jobs, workflows and the nature of content itself. The program will begin with the presentation "The Evolution of Content Production Aided by Machine Learning," by Usman Shakeel, WW Technical Leader, Media and Entertainment at Amazon Web Services.

ANYmal carries an onboard microphone with which music can be perceived. The beat of the music is analyzed and a suitable sequence of dance motions is choreographed. The desired and real motion trajectories are compared such that the delay between music and motion can be minimized. This work has been conducted as part of ANYmal Research, a community to advance legged robotics.

A diabetes startup that uses artificial intelligence, Bigfoot Biomedical, has just announced that it scored a total of $55 million in Series B equity financing with new investments from Abbott and other existing funders. This funding is the culmination of earlier round funding that the company has been raising since late last year, including $37 million that it raised in December and an additional $18 million, which it announced this morning. The latest announcement now brings the company's total equity raised to $90 million. "We are excited to welcome Abbott to our list of investors," Jeffrey Brewer, president and CEO of Bigfoot Biomedical, said in a statement. "Abbott's inclusion in our financing speaks to our two companies' alignment of vision for changing the paradigm of care for people with insulin-requiring diabetes."

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) will demonstrate solutions to give America's Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and U.S.-flag Merchant Marine a decisive edge for maritime superiority at the 2018 Sea-Air-Space Exposition hosted by the Navy League April 9-11, 2018 at the Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Md. CACI will showcase its support of national security and naval readiness with innovative, integrated solutions that enable multi-domain battles. CACI's networked precision electronic warfare solutions allow operators to detect, classify, locate, and defeat targets of interest, and include a product suite of counter-UAS systems. CACI will also demonstrate how its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities can enable large-scale automation to speed decision-making. In addition, the company will demonstrate logistics and ready-relevant training solutions as well as how the nation's sea services can rapidly modernize and field cyber-secure applications and hardware using CACI's scalable Agile DevSecOps methodology, its Model-Driven Design and Implementation methodology, and a unique Risk Management Framework solution.

Open Bionics announced today that its 3D-printed Hero Arm prosthetic will be available for purchase in the UK next month. The company's founders started Open Bionics because they were interested in developing prosthetic limbs that were less expensive than traditional options, which typically cost tens of thousands of dollars. Using 3D-scanning and 3D-printing, they aim to produce more affordable options that can be constructed much more quickly than other prosthetic devices. In the past, they've developed Star Wars-, Iron Man- and Frozen-themed prosthetic hands for children as well as a Deus Ex-inspired arm. The Hero Arm is the company's latest design.

WIRE)--Aella Data, a leading innovator in AI-driven cybersecurity solutions, officially exits stealth mode today with the launch of Starlight Pervasive Breach Detection System (PBDS), the industry's first AI-driven pervasively deployable solution. Founded by security industry veterans, Aella Data's Starlight PBDS is the only system that can be deployed pervasively across all network infrastructures. It unifies collected data and conducts advanced analysis to deliver high-fidelity, actionable alerts that reduce detection time from months to mere minutes, and alert volume from thousands to the critical few. The company formally launches at RSA Conference 2018 with a growing list of key customers and partners. Aella Data's launch and its disruptive technology is timely in a world gone awry with increasingly costly and far-reaching cyberattacks.

Pandora has announced that it's launching its own personalized playlists feature to take on Spotify. Pandora will be able to build playlists that will fit with the user's moods, activities and listening habits. "Today we're announcing Pandora's personalized soundtracks -- unique playlists built just for you. We're testing them now with a small group of Pandora Premium users and look forward to bringing them to all our Premium subscribers soon," the company said on its blog. "The personalized playlists fit your moods, activities and favorite genres and are updated each week based on your individual musical tastes. We combined our human curation with personalized algorithms to automatically serve up new artists and songs anticipating the perfect balance of discovery and steady favorites."