Smarter Artificial Intelligence Technology in a New Light-Powered Chip

BEGIN ARTICLE PREVIEW: A graphic illustration showing how the technology combines the core software needed to drive AI with image-capturing hardware, in a single electronic device. Credit: RMIT University Prototype tech shrinks AI to deliver brain-like functionality in one powerful device. Researchers have developed artificial intelligence technology that brings together imaging, processing, machine learning, and memory in one electronic chip, powered by light. The prototype shrinks artificial intelligence technology by imitating the way that the human brain processes visual information. The nanoscale advance combines the core software needed to drive artificial intelligence with image-capturing hardware in a single electronic device.