News in artificial intelligence and machine learning

Intel CEO, Brian Krzanich, announced that Intel Capital will invest $250m in the next two years in the autonomous vehicle (AV) ecosystem, focused on problems in connectivity, communication, context awareness, deep learning, security and safety. When viewed in the context of the fund's short-lived intention to sell $1bn worth of portfolio holdings in March this year (it was cancelled in May), I think this shows Intel is serious on going long with AI. Indeed, the company purchased recently Nervana Systems and Movidius, which could help it's larger AV program and the race against NVIDIA. Nauto, the startup offering a direct to consumer network of cloud-connected dashboard cameras applied to car insurance, inked a data sharing agreement and investment from Toyota Research Institute, BMW iVentures and Allianz Ventures (thanks Moritz for sharing!). One of the reasons for the immense progress in AI is data crowdsourcing.