Back in August, we talked about machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Recently, 60 Minutes spoke with the CEO of IBM, Virginia Marie "Ginni" Rometty. The information shared by Rometty further supports the belief that machines/computers like Watson, an IBM supercomputer that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and sophisticated analytical software is a "question answering" machine. The supercomputer is named after IBM's founder, Thomas J. Watson. It will not replace people/workers, but rather, it will allow for a faster evaluation of millions of data points that humans could not do as quickly as a computer with machine learning and AI complexities.

EyeEm is a photography community and marketplace of over 18 million photographers. It also publishes a magazine, also called EyeEm. For its fourth issue, Machina: A Curation of Real Photography by a Machine, the company turned to an artificial intelligence powered by computer vision, EyeEm Vision, to curate the magazine, selecting the photographs it feels are the best aesthetically and most impactful. Now, before the inner smartphone photographer in you rolls your eyes, understand that it is pretty neat that a machine can, in some ways, learn to identify photographic aesthetics like a human. Sure, an A.I. cannot truly exercise a similar series of complex calculations of why an image might be great or resonant, but it's certainly intriguing to see where humans are in imbuing machines with mental processes.

IBM's latest Power servers come with an AI twist. Optimized for deep learning, a new so-called PowerAI toolkit will "help train the systems to think and learn in a more human-like way, at a faster pace," as announced at SC16, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis. I spoke with Hillery Hunter, IBM Research's director of Systems Acceleration and Memory and Memory Strategist, about her team's contribution to the software behind the world's fastest deep learning servers. Hillery Hunter: In this case, AI refers to a collection of deep learning frameworks and algorithms. Today's launch represents our first public offering in hardware-software co-optimization for deep learning.

Among the many areas that IBM is pushing forward with its Power architecture is in deep learning. Today IBM announced a new tool called PowerAI that aids in helping organizations learn things faster in a bid to generate advanced artificial intelligence capabilities. "PowerAI contains the major machine, deep-learning open-source software that we have optimized and compiled for our POWER8 with NVIDIA GPU servers," Gupta told ServerWatch. "We are optimizing and getting the best performance out of the Power8 NVLink server and also from a cluster of these servers." The Power8 NVLink capabilities were first announced in September and provides improved I/O capabilities that come from NVIDA.

The danger with toys is that too often they're not taken seriously. This is the case with Snap's new Spectacles. Buried deep in the excess of the plastic and PR lies a camera system that tells us a lot about the future of commerce, security and communication. With rumors that Apple could design smart-glasses, and Mark Zuckerberg's call for "camera-first" photo-sharing, it's clear that some companies have already started to realize the immense business opportunity offered by cheap cameras coupled with smart machine learning. Imagine a pill bottle that you don't want falling into the wrong hands.

One of the big trends we've seen over the last five years is automation. At the same time, we're also seeing more intelligence built into tools we already have, like phones and computers. Where do you see this process in five years? In the future, I believe that there will be a co-existence between humans and artificial intelligence systems that will be hopefully of service to humanity. These AI systems will involve software systems that handle the digital world, and also systems that move around in physical space, like drones, and robots, and autonomous cars, and also systems that process the physical space, like the Internet of Things. You will have more intelligent systems in the physical world, too -- not just on your cell phone or computer, but physically present around us, processing and sensing information about the physical world and helping us with decisions that include knowing a lot about features of the physical world.

IBM captured our imaginations when it unveiled Watson, the artificial intelligence computer capable of playing--and winning--the "Jeopardy" game show. Since then, Big Blue has been introducing Watson's analytics and learning capabilities across various industries, including health care and information security. Cognitive security technology such as Watson for Cybersecurity can change how information security professionals defend against attacks by helping them digest vast amounts of data. IBM Security is currently in the middle of a year-long research project working with eight universities to help train Watson to tackle cybercrime. Watson has to learn the "language of cybersecurity" to understand what a threat is, what it does, and what indicators are related.

A lot had already been priced into Nvidia's (NVDA) shares going into the company's fiscal third-quarter report. Look for analysts to dial their estimates sharply higher after the latest results, and perhaps also wonder just how big Nvidia's long-term addressable market is....912 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money. Read the full story and get access to money-making ideas from top investment pros, handpicked by Jim Cramer. Stay ahead of the market with Real Money where you'll get actionable investing ideas from over 30 investing pros, money managers, journalists and analysts.

WhatsApp has introduced a new feature likely to strike fear into the hearts of its competitors: video calling. After months in the beta stage, the Facebook-owned tech giant rolled out the update on Tuesday to its more than one billion monthly users. The latest feature could be bad news for rivals such as Skype and Apple's Facetime, as Whatsapp ups the ante in its effort to position itself as a one-stop-shop for communications. Facebook employees'form secret task force' to purge fake news Russia to ban LinkedIn, leading fears of crackdown on internet freedom Yahoo admits it knew about huge data breach for two years Facebook employees'form secret task force' to purge fake news Users will be able to make video calls across Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone devices in the coming days, according to a statement posted on the company's blog. The new functionality looks similar to the normal voice calling feature, however a picture-in-picture feed will allow you to see yourself and who you're talking to.

Microsoft is making available a preview of a new Azure service meant to hasten the development of bots using the Microsoft Bot Framework. Microsoft announced the Azure Bot Service preview on November 15. The service is built on Azure Functions, its serverless compute service, which allows bots to scale on demand. Microsoft's alternative to Amazon's Lambda, Azure Functions, is generally available as of today, November 15. The Azure Bot Service will enable developers to "build, connect, deploy and manage intelligent bots that interact naturally wherever your users are talking - from your app or website to text/sms, Slack, Facebook Messenger, Skype, Teams, Kik, Office 365 mail and other popular services," said officials in a blog post.