Federated Learning Applied to Cancer Research
The ability to share and analyze data while protecting patient privacy is giving medical researchers a new tool in their efforts to use what one vendor calls “federated learning” ...Full Article
Microsoft, Novartis Team on AI-based Therapies
Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis is teaming with Microsoft on a medical AI effort aimed at developing new data-driven techniques for drug discovery and development of specific therapies. The multi-year ...Full Article
Attacking the AI Trust Gap: ‘FICO-like’ Risk Scoring for Machine Learning Models
Implementing machine learning is a minefield and a slog. Even after IT managers put in place an accelerated computing infrastructure required for AI, after data scientists and business managers ...Full Article
Talk to Me: Nvidia Claims NLP Inference, Training Records
Nvidia says it’s achieved significant advances in conversation natural language processing (NLP) training and inference, enabling more complex, immediate-response interchanges between customers and chatbots. And the company says it ...Full Article
Graph Databases and Why You Should Care About Them
You use graph databases every day and probably don’t know it. Every time you visit LinkedIn and see first-, second-, or third-degree connections, you’re getting results from the social networking ...Full Article
Blockchain Interoperability Remains Elusive
Early adopters of blockchain technology, particularly financial institutions that are among the first to wring out the distributed, encrypted and immutable ledgers, are being force to analyze data offline, ...Full Article
Needed for Voice-Assisted Technologies: Context
Modern voice-assistant technology has only been in the market inside of a decade but in that time, has quickly become a ubiquitous example of recent advances in the field ...Full Article
AI Used to Convert Brain Signals to Speech
A deep learning framework developed by university researchers aims to convert brain signals recorded by an implant into synthesized speech, aiding those who have lost the ability to speak ...Full Article
Intel Buys FPGA Vision Specialist
Chip maker Intel has extended its reach into the FPGA arena with the acquisition of Omnitek, a U.K.-based developer of intellectual property cores used to combine FPGAs with AI ...Full Article
Nvidia Doubles Down on Medical AI
Nvidia is collaborating with medical groups to push GPU-powered AI tools into clinical settings, including radiology and drug discovery. The GPU leader said Monday (April 8) it will collaborate ...Full Article