With its long-term accumulation in the areas of software-defined processors and heterogeneous computing, multi-core heterogeneous processor platform launched by Wuxi DSP Technologies has advanced performance power ratio with ease to the software development. The experience of multiple company partners shows that in a short period of time, a small-scale R & D team can quickly develop industry-leading innovations, dramatically shorten the product development cycle, reduce project investment risks and improve market response ability. With its innovative platform solutions, Wuxi DSP Technologies is committed to joining hands with numerous partners in the whole (upstream and downstream) industry chain to build the "Wuxi DSP" chip ecosystem by providing chip customization services with the goal of "openness, customization, shared-creation, security" and the strategy of "ecosystem co-construction, resource sharing, collaborative development, value enhancement". During the conference, partners such as China Mobile, Beijing Acoinfo Technology, Guangzhou Power Electrical Technology, Akceler Hardware Accelerator, Nationz Technologies shared their experiences in IoT eco-construction, technology and business model innovations respectively. Many vendors, including Shenzhen Micro & Nano Institute, Extra Dimension Technology, Hangzhou Langyang Technologies, Sun Kaiseng Technology, Beijing Sigbean Information Technology, Beijing Orihard Technology introduced their latest R & D achievements based on "Wuxi DSP" processor platform from IoT perception, computing, connectivity, AI cloud collaborative services, etc. Sample products were showcased onsite across multiple industries including communications, power sector, municipal administration and smart homes, which cover the hottest fields of IoT multimode communications, embedded real-time operating system, broadband power line carrier, microphone array, deep learning, multimode communications, millimeter wave radar, gesture recognition, smart metering, intelligent speaker and others.

Megvii's Co-founder and CEO Yin Qi said, "From an academic research team to a commercialized company, I have always sought to balance technical faith and commercial value. The deeper we go into the industry, the more we realize how important scientific research it is, so this year, we set up an academic committee and invited renowned scholars like Andrew Yao Chi-Chih and Nanning Zheng as our consultants. Meanwhile we also hope that we can establish relations with first-class universities such as HKUST, so then, we built the joint laboratory. I think today is a brand new start to both sides, we will regard this as a starting point to our future success in scientific and technological cooperation between HKUST and Megvii."

CognitiveScale's unique augmented intelligence software and industry-specific AI for financial services, healthcare, and digital commerce markets earned the company recognition in the Cross-Industry category. "This year's list was culled from 1000 applications and looks even more impressive," said Anand Sanwal, CEO, CB Insights. "These are companies using artificial intelligence in industries from drug discovery and cybersecurity to robotics and legal tech. I'm happy that CB Insights is able to shine a light on the founders and companies that will revolutionize these industries and look forward to seeing what they do in 2018 and beyond." "While most artificial intelligence approaches focus on replacing humans, our mission at CognitiveScale is to deliver breakthrough business outcomes by the pairing of people and machines," said Akshay Sabhikhi, CEO, CognitiveScale.

Amazon's Alexa team is beginning to analyze the sound of users' voices to recognize their mood or emotional state, Alexa chief scientist Rohit Prasad told VentureBeat. Doing so could let Amazon personalize and improve customer experiences, lead to lengthier conversations with the AI assistant, and even open the door to Alexa one day responding to queries based on your emotional state or scanning voice recordings to diagnose disease. Tell Alexa that you're happy or sad today and she can deliver a pre-programmed response. In the future, Alexa may be able to pick up your mood without being told. The voice analysis effort will begin by teaching Alexa to recognize when a user is frustrated.

Stock emojis are fun, but they lack any originality to make them feel personal. One startup, Mirror AI, is looking to change that. The company announced on Dec. 13 that iOS and Android users can download the beta version of Mirror Emoji Keyboard, an app that turns selfies into a custom emojis. Mirror Emoji uses facial recognition technology to build a keyboard of emojis and stickers that look like you. Using artificial intelligence, the app looks for unique characteristics from a photo, then turns those features into emoji.

December 21, 2017: Business Wire India NVIDIA brought together the best minds in research, academia and industry across Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and Bangalore 42 speaker sessions from leading experts in fields such as computer vision, sensor fusion, software development, regulation and HD mapping provide expertise NVIDIA today completed its first edition of Developer Connect 2017 in Bangalore. The six-city developer roadshow witnessed over 5,000 attendees who experienced some of the highest quality workshops and demonstrations of AI and deep learning tools, designed to meet the challenges big data presents. Attendees got a closer look at NVIDIA's DGX systems, as well as the opportunity to learn more about its new Volta architecture. Both the DGX-1 and DGX Station were on display to demonstrate the full power of these AI supercomputers. The concluding segment witnessed prominent speakers from organizations such as Ola, Cognitive Computing, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Labs, Shell India, Sony India and Aditya Imaging Information Technologies provide their views.

Cashier-less ordering kiosks are becoming more and more commonplace at fast food restaurants like Wendy's and McDonald's. But Golden State burger chain CaliBurger is taking that one step further: its new self-ordering kiosks use AI and facial-recognition technology to order, pay and log into the chain's loyalty/rewards program. It'll even remember your crazy custom order to boot. "Our goal is to replace credit card swipes with face-based payments," parent company CEO John Miller said in a press release (PDF). Security and the underlying recognition tech are being handled by NEC Corporation.

TYSONS, Va., December 12, 2017 – DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), the world's leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, today unveiled key trends that will shape enterprise technology in 2018. The six technology trends will be critical guideposts to drive enterprise disruption, agility and productivity. "For global enterprises to lead in the new digital world, 2018 is decision time for transformation planning, preparedness and execution," said Dan Hushon, senior vice president and chief technology officer, DXC Technology. "It's a transition year for most companies as they commit to their digital strategy and begin to execute more broadly. The technology and platforms are much more robust, and DXC brings its global capabilities and experience with scale to help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation journeys."

Through this challenge Iridescent aims to demystify artificial intelligence through hands-on design challenges and family engagement events across the country. Google will support these events with volunteers and mentors using everyday materials – like rubber bands, paper cups and batteries – to teach underserved families about engineering and computational thinking. "Over the next few years, artificial intelligence will change our economy and the way we work. It's vital that we train parents and their children to adopt a new mindset - one of lifelong learning," said Tara Chklovski, CEO and Founder, Iridescent. "We are excited to be working with Google – one of the leading experts on artificial intelligence – to help underserved families and communities engage with the most cutting-edge innovations."

NASA has called a press conference to reveal a breakthrough discovery from its alien-hunting Kepler telescope. The discovery was driven by Google's machine-learning artificial intelligence software. The announcement will be live-streamed on NASA's website, according to a press release. It will take place Thursday, December 14, at 1 p.m. EST. NASA's Kepler space telescope has been searching for habitable planets since 2009.