Google unveils a slew of new and improved machine learning APIs

The Google Cloud, Google's eponymous artificial intelligence platform, is quite the capable little set of services. Its algorithms can handle everything from language translation to the identification of objects and landmarks. On Tuesday, Google Cloud chief Diane Greene announced the formation of a new team, the Google Cloud Machine Learning group, that will manage the Mountain View, California-based company's cloud intelligence efforts going forward. The group will be helmed by Jia Li, former head of research at Snapchat and pioneer behind the feature that lets you attach emojis to real-world objects, and Fe-Fei Li, former director of AI at Stanford. They will oversee a slew of upgrades to Google's cloud services in the coming months, much of which will involve Google Cloud's hardware infrastructure.