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How esports can use new monetization models to reach new heights (VB Live)
In 2017, the esports audience boomed, reaching 143 million viewers both live and on platforms like Twitch. Viewership for last…
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Baidu’s DuerOS is now on 150 million devices, up from 100 million in August
Watch out, Alexa, Cortana, Siri, and the Google Assistant: Baidu’s voice assistant is coming for you. Beijing tech giant Baidu…
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Currant Smart Outlet uses AI to cut down on energy consumption
Energy waste is more common than you might think. Incandescent light bulbs consume 20 percent to 80 percent more electricity than…
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OpenAI made a system that’s better at Montezuma’s Revenge than humans
Artificial intelligence (AI) can generate synthetic scans of brain cancer, simultaneously translate between languages, and teach robots to manipulate objects…
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Facebook open-sources reinforcement learning platform Horizon
Facebook is open-sourcing Horizon, a reinforcement learning platform created by Facebook AI researchers, recommender systems experts, and engineers. Horizon is…
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Alexa gains Reminders API, calendar availability, and integration with Routines
Don’t know when you’ll be free next Friday? Can’t remember when your credit card bill’s due? Wish you were notified…
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Google’s on-device text classification AI achieves 86.7% accuracy
Deep neural networks — layers of mathematical functions that mimic the behavior of neurons in the human brain — are…
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