Intel working with Facebook on AI chip coming later...

Facebook's AI is already able to recognize faces in million of pictures uploaded to the service - and its about to get a lot smarter. Intel has revealed it is working with Facebook on a new artificial intelligence chip to be released in the second half of this year. It will dramatically boost Facebook's ability to tagging friends in photos automatically, the firm hopes. The chips, revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, are Intel's gambit to retain hold of a fast-growing segment of the artificial intelligence computing market. It puts the pair into direct competition with similar chips from Nvidia Corp and Amazon.com