December 20th, 2016

Progress in AI has repeatedly fluctuated over

the past few decades.

But recent pivotal developments have encouraged new exponential growths in AI.

Such as Deep Learning …

Now one of the fastest growing

fields in AI.

HERE ARE THE “TOP FIVE” STORIES HIGHLIGHTING HOW DEEP LEARNING AND AI ARE ACCELERATING INNOVATION THIS WEEK …

1DEEP LEARNING TOP 5

Learn how to best answer complex questions with unprecedented amounts of data HERE

A 2011 McKinsey Global Institute report highlighted the transformational potential of big data. Five years later, we remain convinced that this potential has not been oversold … The volume of data continues to double every three years as information pours in from digital platforms, wireless sensors, virtual-reality applications, and billions of mobile phones. Read more…

Mckinsey Analytics Article

The Age of Analytics: Competing in a Data-Driven World

2DEEP LEARNING TOP 5

Early customers of Nvidia’s DGX-1, which combines machine-learning software with eight of the chip maker’s highest-end graphics processing units (GPUs), say the system lets them train their analytical models faster, enables greater experimentation, and could facilitate breakthroughs in science, health care, and financial services. Read more ...

MIT Tech Review Article

The Pint-Sized Supercomputer that Companies are Scrambling to Get

Learn HERE for the latest information on NVIDIA’s DGX-1

3DEEP LEARNING TOP 5

If you missed it, be sure to listen to last week’s AI podcast HERE

In the latest edition of the AI Podcast, NVIDIA engineer Bob Bond and Make: Magazine Executive Editor Mike Senese explain to host Michael Copeland how they’ve taken the once esoteric technology of deep learning and put it to work on offbeat projects that can be tackled on budgets of a few hundred bucks. Read more...

NVIDIA Blog Article

AI Podcast: DIYers Use Deep Learning To Shoot Cats, Harass Ants

4DEEP LEARNING TOP 5

Researchers from Sony developed a deep learning machine that generated a harmony in the style of Johann Sebastian Bach, one of the great composers of baroque music. “After being trained on the chorale harmonizations by Johann Sebastian Bach, our model is capable of generating highly convincing chorales in the style of Bach,” Read more...

NVIDIA Developer Article

Watch the video HERE for more information on how deep learning was used for

harmonization

Machine Composes Harmony That Sounds Like Bach

5st fall, we learned that NVIDIA GPUs were being employed to help create the perfect brew, and now, we learn of another instance where high-tech equipment is being used for the exact same thing. Here, though, the focus is more on AI than the tech that helps make that AI work.Read more at http://hothardware.com/news/beer-ai-makes-better-tasting-brew-based-on-your-feedback#ZI5bccprsISeDSOM.995

DEEP LEARNING TOP 5

Keep up with the latest GPU applications and usages HERE

The world's first beer brewed with the help of artificial intelligence is on sale in the UK. Four beers have been created, with each recipe altered based on customer feedback through a mobile app. Bloomberg's Adam Satariano went to find out if machines can brew a really great beer. Read more...

Bloomberg Article

Beer AI Makes Better Tasting Brew Based on Your Feedback

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