These New Technologies are Expanding Microsoft's AI Vision

Yesterday was the first day of the Microsoft Build Conference and artificial intelligence(AI) was front and center of the keynotes. In the last few years, Microsoft has established itself as one of the top AI platform providers in the market competing head to head with Google and Amazon for providing the most comprehensive suite of AI products for developers and data scientists. Technologies such as Azure Machine Learning, WinML, Cognitive Services, Cortana and others combines with a world class AI research organizations have catapulted Microsoft to a leadership position in this super competitive field. Yesterday, the Redmond giant announced a series of new additions and extensions to its AI suite of products that expand its vision of AI-first platforms. Let's recap some of the key announcements: One of the coolest announcements yesterday was the release of Project Brainwave which represents Microsoft's entrance in the AI-first hardware space.