American Institute of Artificial Intelligence is announcing the launch of several business courses in Artificial Intelligence. Al Naqvi, professor and researcher at the American Institute of A.I. said, "Technology firms are buying grocery stores. Tech firms are moving into the auto, financial, and healthcare sectors. They are not just offering products and services in these areas, they are becoming those sectors. Business leaders must train themselves on how to deal with these new competitive dynamics and remain relevant in the A.I. Economy."

CrowdFlower, a company that helps customers build AI systems by providing them with training data, announced today that it's getting into the business of helping companies implement machine learning. While many companies are trying to incorporate AI and machine learning to further their business, there's a dearth of talent out there to help them get started. That's where CrowdFlower wants to come in, by providing support to get companies moving along the right path. "We're constantly being asked by our customers to give more guidance and play that trusted mentor role," CrowdFlower CEO Robin Bordoli said. "[Companies will say] well, we're thinking about the overall project, can you give us guidance on the overall project, not necessarily just the training data piece?'"

SoftBank and General Motors are among a group of companies that invested $159 million into U.S. driverless car start-up Nauto on Wednesday. Palo Alto, CA-based Nauto makes cameras that sit inside of the car pointing at the driver, and outside of the vehicle looking at the road. They can track driver behavior in real time, and know if they are distracted. It uses computer vision, which is a form of artificial intelligence, to capture and process all of the data. All of this data and insight will help the development of self-driving cars.

Amazon is having a rough week. The e-commerce powerhouse has celebrated a string of victories this year. Its stock price broke above $1,000 for the first time; it is presiding over an unprecedented retrenchment within the retail space as more than 8,000 brick-and-mortar stores are expected to close in the US this year, and the company announced plans to acquire yuppie favorite Whole Foods Market, promising to transform the company's stores into laboratories for automation and AI where advanced sensors will perform tasks previously reserved for human cashiers. It also revealed that its "Prime Day" sale was the "Biggest Global Shopping Event in Amazon History", surpassing Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales. But the string of good news came to an abrupt halt last week when Reuters reported that the top Democrat on the House antitrust subcommittee, David Civilline, has voiced concerns about Amazon's $13.7 billion plan to buy Whole Foods Market and requested in a letter to the House Judiciary Committee a hearing to examine the deal's potential impact on consumers – the first stirrings of what could metastasize into an anti-trust probe.

Global Deep Learning Market size is expected to reach USD 10.2 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Considerable improvements in machine learning algorithms and advancements in deep learning chipsets are driving the industry growth. Rapid improvements in fast information storage capacity, high computing power, and parallelization have contributed to the swift uptake of the deep learning technology in end-use industries such as automotive and healthcare. Further, the need for understanding and analyzing visual contents among enterprises in order to gain meaningful insights, is expected to provide traction to the industry over the forecast period. The increasing prominence of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)-accelerated applications is leading to increased adoption of the technology in scientific disciplines such as deep learning and data science. Organizations are utilizing deep learning neural networks to extract valuable insights from enormous amounts of data for providing innovative products and improving customer experience; thereby, increasing revenue opportunities.

The 21st International Cloud Expo has announced that its Call for Papers is open. Cloud Expo, to be held October 31 - November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, brings together Cloud Computing, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps, Digital Transformation, Machine Learning and WebRTC to one location. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades. With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing Cloud strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @CloudExpo @ThingsExpo, June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY and October 31 - November 2, 2017, Santa Clara Convention Center, CA.

Atari, the same company behind the Atari Computer System, has announced a new product called the Atari Speakerhat. The new device is exactly what the name describes: a baseball cap with built-in speakers. "The Atari Speakerhat is a baseball-style cap with high-fidelity stereo speakers and microphone that can connect instantly to any Bluetooth-enabled device," the company said on its website. "Connect to any smartphone, tablet, personal computer to play any music or other media content, initiate or accept phone calls, receive voice commands, etc." The speakers are embedded right in the underside of the cap's bill/visor.

Hook has just rolled out what it is calling the first artificial intelligence generated fashion feed for consumers. The Hook Fashion Discovery is free and available at the App Store and on Google Play. Parent company Intelligence Node said the app features "user-friendly, editorial-style" content that aims to educate users "at a glance on trending styles and current bestsellers." The company said there are "millions of stockkeeping units featured" on the app, and that shoppers can search for "virtually any fashion item." The app is being positioned in the market to target Millennials.

Infosys, which reported a consolidated net profit of Rs. 3,483 crore for the first quarter of fiscal 2017-18, has said it continues to help clients drive automation and innovation into the core of their businesses. The company's own artificial intelligence platform Nia, which it launched this year, is among the cutting-edge technologies it's focusing on. "We are training our existing employees for these new skills. Last quarter, we finished training 3,000 people on AI technologies," Chief Executive Officer Vishal Sikka said. "There is absolutely no slowdown in hiring in India," he said, when asked about the impact in the country due to the recruitment drive in global markets like the U.S. Mr. Sikka arrived for the media briefing in a driverless golf cart, a vehicle that has been indigenously developed at its Mysuru campus.

Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you. Designed for the blind and low vision community, this ongoing research project harnesses the power of AI to open up the visual world and describe nearby people, text and objects. Seeing AI demonstrates how technology can make the world more inclusive. Note: Currency feature will be available in future.