Amazon advances machine learning with new AI lab, image recognition services - SiliconANGLE

Machine learning is the name of the game for Amazon Web Services Inc. this week, as it spills out a couple of major announcements ahead of its big re:Invent conference next week in Las Vegas. The public cloud computing giant said Wednesday it's planning to open a new machine learning laboratory, called the ML Solutions Lab, that will see its experts work alongside customers looking to build new artificial intelligence-based technologies. In addition, Amazon said it's adding new features to Amazon Rekognition, a deep-learning-powered image recognition platform, including real-time face recognition and the ability to spot text in images. The announcements underline the importance Amazon is placing on its AI efforts, which can benefit both its cloud computing arm and also its main retail business. The company has made a number of announcements in the field in recent months.