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Open Source Deep Learning Tool PyTorch Gets Update

Facebook has announced a number of new features and better interop for its increasingly popular open source "Python-first" deep learning tool PyTorch.

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Firebase Dev Platform Simplifies Machine Learning Functionality in ML Kit

Google's Firebase team announced updates to its ML Kit, providing machine learning functionality for Android and iOS mobile apps, during the Google I/O 2019 conference.

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Build 2019: Cosmos DB Comes Alive for AI with Spark API

At Build 2019 this week, Microsoft introduced support for a Spark API that will enable Cosmos DB to support hybrid transaction and analytic processing workloads (HTAP).

Azure Gets New Machine Learning Capabilities Aimed at Non-AI Developers

on Thursday Microsoft announced a number of improvements coming to Azure that make it easier for developers without an AI background to build AI solutions and machine learning models.

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Qualcomm's New Chip Aims To Improve AI Inference Performance in the Datacenter

The upcoming Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 is designed to improve inference performance (as opposed to training) of AI projects while also making use of power more efficiently than other solutions.

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ML Kit, for Mobile Machine Learning, Adds Natural Language Processing

Google has added Natural Language Processing and other functionality to ML Kit, an SDK that provides the company's machine learning expertise and technology for mobile development.

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Nvidia Launches SDK for AI Robotics Programming

Nvidia recently released Issac SDK, a new software development kit designed to make it easier to add artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities to consumer and industrial robotics projects.

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Mendix Improves AI Engine for Low-Code Development Assistance

In announcing the Spring '19 release of its low-code/no-code software development tooling, Mendix touted the second generation of its artificial intelligence engine to help with code completion suggestions and other AI assistance.

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Microsoft's ML.NET Machine Learning Framework Nears General Availability

Microsoft's open source, cross-platform ML.NET machine learning framework is now one step away from general availability, which could come as soon as next month following the newly available Release Candidate.

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Microsoft to Boost F# Machine Learning Functionality

In announcing an update to its open source F# functional programming language, Microsoft indicated future releases will better support machine learning projects.

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Machine Learning Engineer Named Best Job of 2019, Avg. Salary $146K

According to job site Indeed.com, "machine learning engineer" is the best job of 2019, with a growth of 344 percent over the last year and an average base salary of $146,085.

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DeepMind Offers Mathematical Dataset for Training Reasoning in Neural Models

Google-owned DeepMind today released a "large-scale extendable dataset of mathematical questions for training neural models that can reason algebraically."

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Intel Announces Release of 'Cascade Lake' Xeon Processors Optimized for AI, Data

They feature Intel Deep Learning Boost, designed to support artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning workloads, and offer "significant" processing speed boosts on the embedded level.

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