Tag: Artificial Intelligence
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NITEC 2017: Top ‘take aways’ for Startups
The Nigeria International Technology Exhibition & Conference (NITEC) 2017 focused on especially startups is one of the best technology events to happen this year in Nigeria. NITEC is a yearly event that features experienced speakers with robust knowledge of the tech industry. It is specifically designed to showcase the best of the technology ecosystem and…
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China applies for 15,745 Artificial Intelligence patents
China has applied for 15,745 Artificial Intelligence patents, ranking second worldwide, according to Liu Lihua, vice minister of industry and information technology. Over the past week, the Internet has yet again been buzzing about the future of artificial intelligence (AI). And once again, the heat was generated by AlphaGo, Google’s AI program, which completed a…
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Twitter says it uses Deep Learning to recommend tweets on timelines
Making a transition from algorithmic timeline, micro-blogging site, Twitter has started using deep learning, a trendy type of artificial intelligence (AI) to recommend certain tweets on its 328 million monthly active users’ timelines. Twitter had introduced algorithmic timeline last year that ranked tweets based on relevance instead of them being in reverse chronological order. Twitter…
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Facebook takes Translation to a different angle with Artificial Intelligence
In a bid to overcome language barriers, social networking giant Facebook has announced a new machine learning translation method, claiming it to be nine times faster than other competitors. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been already in place at Facebook for automatically translating status updates to other languages, but the company is making a transition from…