Google and Intel cook AI chips, neural network exchanges – and more

Roundup Welcome to our roundup of major AI news from the past two weeks. Machine learning is so hyped right now, it doesn't help when companies such as Intel and Nvidia announce new chips and reveal little information about the specs, but make lofty claims of increased speed and precision. It's also difficult to keep track of all the different software frameworks and hardware options. Outfits like ARM, AMD, Amazon and Facebook are aware of this and are trying to make it easier to transfer models written in one language to another and optimize the models across various chips. Google's'surprise' Pixel 2 chip It's the first smartphone chip Google has ever designed, and it wasn't announced during the launch of the Pixel 2, which features the new silicon, because, er, it isn't enabled nor supported by applications yet.