Ford Motor Co. plans to invest $1 billion US over the next five years in tech startup Argo AI to help the Detroit automaker reach its goal of producing a self-driving vehicle for commercial ride sharing fleets by 2021, the companies announced on Friday. The investment in Pittsburg-based Argo AI, founded by former executives on self-driving teams at Google and Uber, will make Ford the company's largest shareholder. Ford chief executive officer Mark Fields said the investment is in line with previous announcements on planned capital expenditures. Argo AI, which focuses on artificial intelligence and robotics, will help build what Ford calls its "virtual driver system" at the heart of the fully autonomous car Ford said last year it would develop by 2021. "With Argo AI's agility and Ford's scale we're combining the benefits of a technology start up with the experience and discipline we have at Ford," Fields said at a press conference.

PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 7, 2017) - SentinelOne, the company transforming endpoint security by delivering real-time protection powered by machine learning and dynamic behavior analysis, today announced the Deep File Inspection (DFI) engine, a significant new feature to its next-generation endpoint protection platform. The DFI engine identifies and prevents the execution of advanced threats and performs powerful, on-access static analysis to uncover and block file-based malware prior to execution and without any dependence on signatures. With DFI, SentinelOne Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) becomes the only next-generation endpoint protection offering to seamlessly pair advanced static prevention with dynamic behavior-based detection within a single platform. Built with the same advanced machine learning technology that drives the company's award-winning behavior-based detection capabilities, the DFI engine earned SentinelOne EPP top scores across several validation test reports from AV Comparatives and AV-TEST, making it the first certified AV replacement for MacOS. "Legacy antivirus is simply no match for today's sophisticated file-based malware, which proliferates much faster than new signatures can be created," said Tomer Weingarten, CEO of SentinelOne.

The artificial intelligence market is expected to grow to USD $16.06 Billion by 2022. The McKinsey Global Institute says, "Recent advances in machine learning can be used to solve a tremendous variety of problems--and deep learning is pushing the boundaries even further." One such company set to take advantage of this emerging market is ASX-listed BrainChip Holdings (ASX:BRN) which is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California. They have developed a Spiking Neuron Adaptive Processor (SNAP) that essentially mimics the human brain: autonomous and unsupervised learning, evolves and associates information. According to CEO Louis DiNardo, SNAP has many applications, which includes surveillance, casino operations, and even investing.

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich promised $7 billion today to resume construction of a chip factory near Phoenix that could one day employ 3,000 people. But he didn't make the announcement at the job site or on stage during a Silicon Valley keynote. Instead, Krzanich stood in the Oval Office holding a sheet of microchips next to President Trump. The photo-op played into Trump's #AmericaFirst promise of more US manufacturing jobs, and the president didn't waste time exploiting the PR moment. But everything was not as it looked.

Sophos (LSE: SOPH), a global leader in network and endpoint security, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Invincea, a visionary provider of next-generation malware protection. Invincea's endpoint security portfolio is designed to detect and prevent unknown malware and sophisticated attacks via its patented deep learning neural-network algorithms. It has been consistently ranked as among the best performing machine learning, signature-less next-generation endpoint technologies in third-party testing and rated highly both for high detection and low false-positive rates. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., Invincea was founded by chief executive officer Anup Ghosh to address the rapidly growing zero-day security threat from nation states, cyber criminals and rogue actors. Invincea's flagship product X by Invincea uses deep learning neural networks and behavioral monitoring to detect previously unseen malware and stops attacks before damage occurs.

Da Vinci utilizes Maropost's proprietary machine intelligence technology and breakthroughs in machine learning and cloud computing to offer unparalleled insight and optimal action. As with everything that Maropost offers, Da Vinci was designed and built completely in-house to ensure maximum consistency and integration. "Maropost Marketing Cloud leads the industry in tracking and analytics, automation, and machine learning," says Ross Andrew Paquette, CEO and Chairman of Maropost. "Our machine intelligence technology is the culmination of all our past research and the logical next step for the future. Da Vinci is the most powerful and functional artificial intelligence available to enterprise at the present."

Chorus.ai, a startup that uses AI (artificial intelligence) to analyze sales calls, announced today that it has raised $16 million. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures. The San Francisco- and Tel Aviv-based startup provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering that uses in-house developed speech recognition, natural language processing (NLP), and AI to transcribe, analyze, and deliver real-time feedback on sales conversations. The aim is to improve sales rep performance and help companies understand why some deals don't close. "Studies show that win rates increase by 33 percent with a proper coaching program in place, yet most managers don't have the time to sit in on calls, and no one has the capacity to learn from the thousands of meetings that take place each quarter," said Roy Raanani, CEO and cofounder of Chorus.ai, in a statement.

Organizations have a brief window to experiment and become familiar with the strategies and technologies needed to get ready for an AI-first world, according to a new report from Avanade, the leading digital and cloud services provider. The Avanade Technology Vision 2017, looking at emerging trends for the next three years, finds that we are on the cusp of a new decade of digital disruption powered by artificial intelligence and automation. It states that the emerging AI-first era will bring powerful opportunities and capabilities to organizations – similar to the PC revolution of the 1990s – but they must begin transforming now. The Avanade report highlights that the emerging AI-first era is already creating new ways for organizations to interact with, serve, and empower customers and employees. For example, by augmenting employees' capabilities using AI – including intelligent automation, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and physical automation – organizations will enable workers to achieve far more, faster, with more intelligence-driven actions that deliver better results.

To get everyone familiar with Arghon's many amazing features, we have decided to highlight one feature of our artificial intelligence each month. The feature for this month is Arghon Personalization: our AI's unique ability to learn and change for each individual user. Our AI learns a user's needs and adapts accordingly, proof of its superior standing in the AI market today. Arghon's ability to personalize to each user is arguably one of its best features.The more the AI gets familiar with a user's preferences, the more uniquely tailored it becomes. Each Arghon is different from any other AI in existence.

PRESS RELEASE: Executive Perspectives Live, one of the top online business shows on C-Suite TV, has announced its seventh season premiere episode featuring a one-on-one interview with Tom Edwards, Chief Digital Officer, Agency, Epsilon. Edwards has been with Epsilon, a global leader in creating connections between people and brands, since 2015. Recognized by Ad Age as the #1 World's Largest U.S. Agency from All Discplines and #1 Largest U.S. Mobile Marketing Agency, Epsilon employs over 7,000 associates in 70 offices worldwide. The company is an all-encompassing global marketing company harnessing the power of rich data, groundbreaking technologies, engaging creative and transformative ideas for business results. The Executive Perspectives Live episode was filmed when Edwards sat down with series host Jeffrey Hayzlett at the C-Suite Conference in San Francisco to talk about the future of marketing, the infusion of voice-based technology into consumer products and how brands should shift from social media to social messaging strategies.