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AI, IoT Put Surveillance Cameras to Work in Customer Service

The job description for those ubiquitous CCTV cameras is expanding from surveillance to customer service and marketing thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Google Announces Blockchain Help, Launches Alpha of Quantum Computing Framework

Google recently announced two product lines for programmers working on the cutting edge: blockchain platforms that will integrated with Google Cloud, and a new open source quantum computing framework.

Microsoft Enlists AI to Improve Visual Studio Coding

Microsoft has enlisted artificial intelligence to improve the "smartness" of its Visual Studio IDE, which can now infer what style conventions should be used in programmers' code and warn them of violations.

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Samsung Announces 8Gb DRAM for Mobile AI, 5G Apps

This week, Seoul, Korea-based Samsung announced Samsung LPDDR5, "the industry's first 10-nanometer-class 8 gigabit LPDDR5 DRAM."

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Amazon Updates SageMaker ML Platform Algorithms, Frameworks

Last week, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced several improvements to its SageMaker machine learning modeling platform for AWS.

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Electric Cloud Releases AI Analytics Add-On for Its Continuous Delivery Solution

Electric Cloud has announced DevOps Foresight, a new deep learning-based predictive analytics solution for its release automation product, ElectricFlow.

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A Look at the Technology Behind Microsoft's AI Surge

Microsoft is pushing artificial intelligence for the enterprise in a huge way, but where does its technology stand? Joey walks you through the technical foundations behind Microsoft's pivot to AI.

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Python 3.7 Goes Live, 3.6 Gets Maintenance Update

This week the open source community that develops the Python language announced that a new version -- Python 3.7.0 -- has been released.

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AWS Releases DeepLens Camera for Devs with Built-In Machine Learning

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has begun shipping DeepLens, a camera with built-in machine learning capabilities that it first announced at last November's re:Invent conference.

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For Large Orgs, Agile AI Is the Key to a Successful Transition

A surprising number of data scientists are still struggling to implement AI initiatives with the outdated waterfall development model.

Startup AI Platform Bonsai Acquired by Microsoft

On Wednesday Microsoft announced that it acquired Bonsai, a Berkeley, Calif.-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup that was founded by two former Microsoft employees and was partially funded by Microsoft Ventures.

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AI Powers New AWS Lambda Monitoring Tool

Application Performance Management specialist Instana is touting AI capabilities in its tool that focuses on dynamic microservices applications, which now supports Lambda and other AWS cloud services.

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Study: Data Silos Continue to Thwart Enterprise AI Projects

Data silos are the most common obstacle facing enterprises struggling with their AI initiatives, according the preliminary findings of a research study commissioned by Databricks.

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