The Race To Build An AI Chip For Everything Just Got Real
A quarter-century ago, Facebook’s director of artificial intelligence made an AI chip. He was 25 years ahead of his time.…
The Rise of AR Will Unleash Competing Corporate ‘Realities’
Facebook’s building a platform to extend its digital reach into the physical world. Now imagine Apple doing the same. And…
Facebook Unveils Two New VR Cameras With ‘Six Degrees of Freedom’
This morning, at its annual developer conference in Northern California, Facebook unveiled two new camera designs that aim to capture…
Facebook’s Augmented Reality Engine Brings AI Right to Your Phone
Facebook can’t realize its AR ambitions if AI stays tied to data centers. So it’s bringing neural nets right to…
A Chip Revolution Will Bring Better VR Sooner Than You Think
To create more immersive worlds, VR makers are turning to the same kinds of chips powering the artificial intelligence explosion.…
Google’s Dueling Neural Networks Spar to Get Smarter, No Humans Required
What an AI cannot create, it does not understand. The post Google’s Dueling Neural Networks Spar to Get Smarter, No…
Ever Heard of the Startup Deis? Well, Microsoft Certainly Did
The deal is yet another sign that Microsoft is a very different company than it was just three years ago.…
Building an AI Chip Saved Google From Building a Dozen New Data Centers
Google has detailed its TPU—and the tremendous savings that came with it. The post Building an AI Chip Saved Google…
Elon Musk Isn’t the Only One Trying to Computerize Your Brain
These companies are applying the Silicon Valley playbook to neuroscience. The post Elon Musk Isn’t the Only One Trying to…
For Google, the AI Talent Race Leads Straight to Canada
America’s biggest tech companies are remaking the internet through artificial intelligence—and they’re looking north to Canada to advance AI itself.…