Idibon is announcing the launch of a new Machine Learning library, IdiML, for ultra-low latency text analytics at scale. Capacity is over 250’000 words per second on the laptop computer.
Source: http://idibon.com/ai-for-world-scale-data-on-a-laptop/
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Newly launched artificial intelligence healthcare startup MedyMatch Technology (developing a decision support platform that uses deep vision, cognitive analytics and AI that pairs with standard emergency room imaging platforms to aid operating physicians in recognizing difficult to see and obscure conditions) said today it snagged ex-Royal Philips Imaging Systems division CEO Gene Saragnese as its new chief exec and board chair.
Source: http://www.massdevice.com/ai-startup-medymatch-lures-ex-phg-imaging-ceo-saragnese/
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Facebook is teaching its AI to read (and understand) ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Source: http://www.techinsider.io/facebook-artificial-intelligence-is-reading-alice-in-wonderland-2016-2
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IBM Watson Health buys Truven Health Analytics (a cloud-based health-care data, analytics and insights provider), for $2.6B.
Sources: https://www.dotmed.com/news/story/29179; http://www.barrons.com/articles/ibm-bulks-up-in-health-care-with-buy-1455898712; www.businesscloudnews.com/2016/02/19/ibm-watson-health-buys-truven-health-analytics-for-2-6b/