Inference is the technology that puts sophisticated neural networks — trained on powerful GPUs — into use solving problems for everyday users. Most inference work has been focused on “after hours” large-batch, high-throughput work done on large numbers of... (more…)

Are we approaching a day where machines can out-perform us in “human” fields like the creative arts? If you gave the proper training set to a sophisticated neural network, would it eventually be able to compose the first line of a novel? Not quite yet, as... (more…)

Artificial intelligence, once a novelty, is now being applied in everyday life. From academia to business, government and the military, ambitious China is betting big on AI, raising US suspicions yet offering opportunities for collaboration... (more…)

ParlAI - A framework for training and evaluating AI models on a variety of openly available dialog datasets. (more…)

Last month was huge for Baidu. On the same day it opened its conversational AI platform DuerOS to businesses and third parties at its first-ever artificial intelligence developer conference, the Chinese search giant announced it had acquired Kitt.ai, a cr... (more…)