These 4 startups are changing the face of AI in 2016

According to researchers, 2016 will be the year of AI. Believed to be replacing the screen age as one of the "hot consumer trends," the latest in AI allows for much more than robots, personal assistants, and self-driving cars. Facebook recently announced that the company is open-sourcing its Big Sur servers designed for deep learning (i.e. The move comes as no surprise. Google, IBM, and Microsoft already took decisive steps towards opening their AI technologies earlier this year.