Technology Giants Battle for Dominance in Artificial Intelligence Software

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So who are their competitors? Industry heavy weights such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Facebook. Google puts TensorFlow on Github back in Nov 2015. Microsoft released its software in Jan 2016 and Amazon added its MXNet software to GitHub in May 2016. To ensure AI software runs best on their cloud service, cloud service providers have built custom hardware for their AI software — both Microsoft and Amazon are using FPGA solutions and Google designed their own TensorFlow Processor (TPU). Read More...