Top 5 Deep Learning and AI Stories April 7th

1. April 7th, 2017 DEEP LEARNING TOP 5 Insights into the new computing model

2. DEEP LEARNING IS THE FASTEST-GROWING FIELD IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI).

3. IT IS DRIVING SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENTS ACROSS INDUSTRIES AND ENTERPRISES.

4. HERE ARE THE “TOP FIVE” STORIES HIGHLIGHTING HOW DEEP LEARNING AND AI ARE ACCELERATING INNOVATION THIS WEEK … TOP 5 1. The State of Artificial Intelligence 2. Deep Learning Chips Giving Medicine a Shot in the Arm 3. How AI Helps Grow 10% of US Lettuce 4. IBM Cloud to Offer AI Computing with Latest NVIDIA Pascal GPUs 5. Wall Street Investors Taking Notice of AI Investments

5. 1 THE STATE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE “NVIDIA GPUs, which initially targeted the gaming industry, are now widely used for training deep learning neural networks. Other big corporations like Intel and Google have focused their efforts on AI chips as well.” For the full article from CBInsights … READ NOW “And there we were with the GPU, a computing model almost ideal for deep learning.” - Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO, NVIDIA

6. 2 DEEP LEARNING CHIPS GIVING MEDICINE A SHOT IN THE ARM “The chip maker NVIDIA is riding the current artificial-intelligence boom with hardware designed to power cutting-edge learning algorithms. And the company sees health care and medicine as the next big market for its technology. Kimberly Powell, who leads NVIDIA’s efforts in health care, says the company is working with medical researchers in a range of areas and will look to expand these efforts in coming years.” For the full article from MIT Tech Review … READ NOW "More and more we’re visiting providers at hospitals today, and they’re imagining new artificial-intelligence applications. “ -Kimberly Powell, Deep Learning Director, NVIDIA

7. 3 HOW AI HELPS GROW 10% OF US LETTUCE “ If your lettuce was produced in the U.S., there’s already a 10 percent chance AI helped grow it, thanks to a Silicon Valley startup founded by a pair of entrepreneurs. The duo have harnessed AI to help farmers deal with one of their toughest problems. Farmers remove planted seeds to ensure that their produce will have enough room to grow, a method known as “thinning.”” For the full article from NVIDIA… READ NOW “"“The machines are going to become smarter and smarter, and they’re going to drive towards taking action on a more individual plant-basis,” -Lee Redden, CTO, Blue River Technology

8. 4 IBM CLOUD TO OFFER AI COMPUTING WITH LATEST NVIDIA PASCAL GPUS “IBM Cloud today announced a major boost to its cloud services, adding the power of Tesla P100 GPUs and the NVIDIA deep learning platform to their offerings. Tesla P100 is the world’s most powerful data center GPU ever built, engineered to deliver giant leaps in performance for deep learning.” For the full article from NVIDIA … READ NOW “As the AI era takes hold, demand continues to surge for our GPU-accelerated computing platform in the cloud,” -Ian Buck, GM for Accelerated Computing, NVIDIA

9. 5 WALL STREET INVESTORS TAKING NOTICE OF AI INVESTMENTS “Lately, the corporate world and Wall Street have begun to shift their focus towards emerging technologies such as robotics and artificial intelligence. The growing use of robotics and AI in industries from manufacturing to finance have intrigued business types (or if you're cynical, made them all jump on the bandwagon).” For the full article from Business Insider… READ NOW “"Digital Manufacturing has reached the tipping point, and is now going mainstream,“ -Ben Uglow, Analyst, Morgan Stanley

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