Posts Tagged:Artificial Intelligence

Can AI uncover lost Masterpieces?

Can AI Truly Give Us a Glimpse of Lost Masterpieces? Very cool article from WIRED on recent projects that used #machinelearning to resurrect paintings by Klimt and Rembrandt. They raise questions about what computers can understand about art. #wakeupimagine #art #AI https://www.wired.com/story/artificial-intelligence-reviving-lost-art/

Deep Genomic’s artificial intelligence scans the humane genome.

Toronto-based Deep Genomics has raised a US$180-million Series C round led by SoftBank Group Corp., marking the second Canadian investment from the Japanese conglomerate’s Vision Fund 2 after Clearco earlier this month.  It’s a sign, founder and CEO Brendan Frey said, that deep-pocketed investors are on board with a “new era” of biotech, where artificial intelligence—not just chemists—can uncover breakthrough drugs.   Deep Genomics’…

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Healthcare + AI : a Burgeoning World

H E A L T H C A R E + A I – #AI investments will shift over the next two years to prioritize telemedicine (38%), robotic tasks such as process automation (37%) and delivery of patient care (36%) with clinical trials and diagnosis rounding out the top five investment areas according to a new survey…

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Deep Nostalgia

MyHeritage uses #AI to turn old photos into moving videos with some amazing results. Try it on your own historical lineage photos. #wakeupimagine #artificialintelligence #deeplearning

Talking Heads

This is so Black Mirror! – this system leverages #deeplearning to generate a video of someone speaking and moving, from just ONE single image of this person’s face. The result is very convincing. Created a year ago, this #technology is expected to help #graphicdesigners to accelerate development time, allowing them to spend more time on #creative activities. In addition, for all of us,…

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Amazon Go is LIVE

Amazon Go is LIVE. So way back in another Mashup I introduced you to the concept store called Amazon Go – Amazon’s cashier-less, checkout-less, pick, pack and Go store of the future. Well now it’s live in Seattle, and the only lines are those outside the store with people waiting to try this new retail innovation.…

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Data is the New Oil

Data is the New Oil. It isn’t surprising that we are awash with data. What is shocking is the volume of data, as the “global datasphere” is expected to balloon to 44 zettabytes (that’s one trillion gigabytes!) by 2020, and 163 zettabytes by 2025, which marks a tenfold increase over what was created in 2016 (according…

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[FIGHT] Musk and Zuckerberg go head-to-head on #AI

Musk and Zuckerberg go head-to-head on AI. Two of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech titans have taken off the gloves, and are having a verbal sparring match around Artificial Intelligence (AI). Mark Zuckerberg came out and criticized Elon Musk for saying “artificial intelligence is the biggest threat we face in civilization.” The Facebook CEO chastised the Telsa,…

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Forget dancing flowered garlands – Google Lens is AR with real utility

Forget dancing flowered garlands – Google Lens is AR with real utility. Right now AR (Augmented Reality) is having a moment, and it’s moving beyond rainbow vomit, puppy dog-ears and flowered garlands dancing around your head. Announced last week at Google’s I/O developer conference, Google’s new ‘Lens’ technology lets you employ the power of search utilizing…

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Amazon A-GO-GO (What else can Amazon disrupt?)

Amazon A-GO-GO. What else can Amazon disrupt? It wasn’t enough that they figured out the world of grab and go, no strings attached, making it super convenient for – you guessed it – consumers. And, it wasn’t enough that they delivered the first products by drone (oh yes, you’ll love this feature when it’s -8…

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