Alexa why am I so bored with you?
Most users only want a brief encounter
Amazon’s AI Alexa seems doomed to never have a proper relationship.
US military builds AI to tell if they have hacked off the Chinese
Not sure they needed a computer to do that
US military commanders in the Pacific have built a software tool to predict how the Chinese government will react to its actions in the region like military sales, military activity and congressional visits to hotspots like Taiwan.
AI is rubbish at killing people
But thinks it is brilliant
US Air Force Major General Daniel Simpson has said that an experimental AI-based target recognition program turned out to be absolutely rubbish but had supplied data which implied it was better than it appeared.
Xilinx announces Alveo U55C most powerful accelerator card
HBM2 Purpose-built for HPC and big data
Xilinx has introduced the most powerful accelerator card ever purpose-built for HPC and big data workloads. It will launch with the Alveo U55C to target even bigger big data workloads from its predecessor. The new card uses new HBM2 memory, doubles the capacity, and uses a new form factor.
AI systems are really racist
Even the doctors
AI systems being developed to diagnose skin cancer run the risk of being less accurate for people with dark skin, research suggests.