Facebook Makes Its AI Vision Tech Available to Everyone

Facebook announced Thursday that it is open-sourcing some of its latest artificial intelligence vision tools. The company is releasing years' worth of research on computer image recognition and understanding. The tools could be used to create experiences for visually impaired users, better image search on the social networking platform, and interpret live videos in real-time. On Thursday, the social networking giant unveiled several new tools to identify, delineate and label objects in an image. The aim is to help accelerate advancement in the field of machine vision as the company expands on people's interest in sharing and interacting with images and video clips.