Artificial intelligence can find, map poverty, researchers ... Ai Weiwei exhibit extended until Sept. 11 at Warhol AI passenger carrying gold bars worth over Rs 2.5 crore held

Artificial intelligence can find, map poverty, researchers ... AI passenger carrying gold bars worth over Rs 2.5 crore held

Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) are both betting that deep learning is going to fuel everything from cloud computing to driverless cars -- and the rivalry is already starting to heat up. Intel said recently that its new Knights Landing Xeon Phi processors are faster and can be scaled better than graphics processing units (GPUs) that NVIDIA makes. The company wrote a blog post in response, saying that it needed to correct a few of Intel's "mistakes," and took a jab at the company, saying, "It's understandable that newcomers to the field may not be aware of all the developments that have been taking place in both hardware and software." Essentially, NVIDIA said that Intel's data was 18 months old, and pointed out that the new data (available to anyone) shows that NVIDIA's Maxwell GPUs are actually 30% faster than Intel's Xeon Phi. The company also highlighted that its new Titan X server with its advanced Pascal architecture is actually about two times faster than Intel's new processors, and its DGX-1 supercomputer is is five times faster.

"Seven hundred years after glasses were invented there are still 2.5 billion people in the world with poor vision and no access to vision correction," says Hong Kong philanthropist James Chen. Chairman of his family's Nigeria-based manufacturing company, Wahum Group, Chen is funding a contest called the Clearly Vision Prize that will award a total of 250,000 to projects that improve eyesight, especially in poor countries. Thirty-six semifinalists were announced this week (the five winners will be awarded September 15). Among the contenders: 3D printed eyeglass frames, drones that deliver medical supplies, and several smartphone-based technologies. Some of the smartphones help nonexperts test vision, and one uses artificial intelligence to "see" for blind people. The Clearly Vision semifinalists represent just a sampling of the smartphone projects fighting vision loss, a growing field that is bringing critical care to remote regions far from hospitals and doctors offices.

SIRTE, Libya Suicide bombings against Libyan forces battling to oust Islamic State from their former North African stronghold of Sirte killed at least 12 fighters and wounded about 60 there on Thursday, a hospital spokesman said.

BOSTON – An executive from American Apparel at eTail East 2016 detailed how the brand is using an artificial intelligence and Internet of Things solution in which real-world displays interact with shoppers' phones to start a purchase-enabled thread with a chatbot. During the session, The Future Of Retail and the Convergence of Customer Centricity, IoT and Omnichannel, the executive also explained that American Apparel wanted to expand its mobile footprint but without having to immediately make an application, so it partnered with Postmates to introduce a delivery service that saw significant early adoption. The retailer's digital displays are leveraging beacon technology and chatbots to make it easier on customers to instantly purchase and find information about products featured in display ads in an attempt to expand its mobile reach. "I am a firm believe that native apps are being disrupted right now and they are being disruptive by chatbots," said Thoryn Stephens, chief digital officer at American Apparel. "We were actually already on that path before Zuckerberg and Facebook really made that push.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for a long time and people are still waiting for the first C-3PO (a talking robot from Star Trek) to be released. Looking at the money big tech companies and venture capitalists are pouring into the sector, AI is making huge progress, although the investors are looking for different things than a talking robot. "In the long run, I think we will evolve in computing from a mobile-first to an AI-first world. And I do think we're at the forefront of developments," said Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, Inc. on an earnings call with investors in April. Google is the most active investor in AI with 9 acquisitions completed since 2011.

Whether you understand it or not -- or, like Elon Musk you even fear it -- artificial intelligence promises to become one of the most important areas of technology in coming years. Though certainly far from creating anything bordering on Skynet, tech giants including Alphabet, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, and many others have plowed headlong into the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence. Following suit, tech giant Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) recently demonstrated its own interest in the space by acquiring AI start-up Turi for a reported 200 million. As a number of major publications have noted, Apple purportedly purchased the Seattle-based Turi in early August for an alleged, but unconfirmed, 200 million. When asked about the buyout, Apple predictably responded with the same boilerplate statement it offers for virtually all acquisitions: "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans."

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A new technique using artificial intelligence to read satellite images could aid efforts to eradicate global poverty by indicating where help is needed most, a team of U.S. researchers said on Thursday. The method would assist governments and charities trying to fight poverty but lacking precise and reliable information on where poor people are living and what they need, the researchers based at Stanford University in California said. Eradicating extreme poverty, measured as people living on less than 1.25 U.S. a day, by 2030 is among the sustainable development goals adopted by United Nations member states last year. A team of computer scientists and satellite experts created a self-updating world map to locate poverty, said Marshall Burke, assistant professor in Stanford's Department of Earth System Science. It uses a computer algorithm that recognizes signs of poverty through a process called machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence, he said.

Both outside, in the 90 F air that's settled into North Hollywood, and inside, where liquid elastomer and PVC are being heated to 300 F in large ovens, then hand-poured into copper molds of dildos. You think your bedroom is where the magic happens? Try this 215,000-square-foot behemoth of an operation where, every day, 15,000 toys roll down the production line, ready to supply millions of orgasms. I see no smirks or giggles from the nearly 300 employees working the line as they inspect freshly made nine-inch Ballsy Super C--s or smooth the ends of fake-vagina sleeves. Because producing pleasure is no laughing matter: This is a 15 billion dollar industry that's expected to reach 52 billion by 2020 -- a growth that's due, in part, to more normalizing toy talk in media (think Broad City's episode about pegging).