The cloud-computing boom over the past 15 years dramatically lowered the barrier to accessing the virtually unlimited computing power of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. But rather than simply renting out computing power for developers to run their own code, these cloud giants also sell pre-built tools for developers to integrate into their own apps or platforms. Artificial intelligence has become the largest category of these tools. Algorithms once reserved for deep-learning experts are now available to anyone with an internet connection and a credit card. Jerry Chen, a Greylock partner, called AI services the "whales of the cloud" in a report on the sector's landscape, since the billions invested by tech companies and venture capitalists far outpaces other cloud-computing categories.

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Machine learning is the practice of teaching a computer to learn. The concept uses pattern recognition, as well as other forms of predictive algorithms, to make judgments on incoming data. This field is closely related to artificial intelligence and computational statistics.

DeepFaceLab is a tool that utilizes machine learning to replace faces in videos.

Stepsize is a UK startup focused on developer tools. The firm is aiming to put a degree of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into DevOps. Stepsize Layer is a desktop application for developers that automatically adds context to code bases. It does this by hooking up tools used to develop software, structuring historical data and attaching this to the piece of code. This email address is already registered.

Twitter has been aflame with a pronouncement from Elon Musk. According to the visionary entrepreneur, the odds are very high that we're all living in a version of the Matrix. The logic goes something like this: If it's possible to create consciousness out of a computer, someone, either human or alien, will have done it. If they've done it, they've probably done it a number of times (since after all computers can run infinitely many programs). If that's true, then the number of consciousnesses that are simulated is probably much higher -- even orders of magnitude higher -- than the number of consciousnesses that aren't.

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