Apple’s quiet AI acquisition 🍎

 

Apple is rumored to have acquired privacy-focused AI startup Silk Labs, according to a Tuesday report from The Information. While the move may seem like just another example of big tech snapping up the hottest AI startup, beneath the surface, it signals something deeper:

The competition among tech giants over AI isn’t just an arms race —it’s a battle of philosophies.

Credits: AngelList via Outlook

The artificially intelligent bubble

 

“Right now, we’re living in the inhumane age and the human age is about to come, but we’re going to need assistance to get there. And that’s why I’m optimistic about artificial intelligence.”

Credits: Anoop V and dribbble via 鈴木公平, モーション and Pinterest, The Mission and Medium

Robocyclist

 

 

It’s so cute, mechanical and environmentally-aware, and it rides its bike better than a lot of the cyclists I see on the streets of my city London.

Credits: reddit r/interestingasf**k via Lisette Hyuk, Reaction Gifs and Google+

A.I. mind

 

AI is a great thinker with many minds behind it.

Credit: FOUND.

Machine learning demystified

 

According to our watches, it’s been 18 hours since the last machine learning news article surfaced on Google News. Do a quick search of the buzzword, and you’ll find a slew of Matrix-inspired green numerals running over a filtered image of a computer or brain.

Credits: Codecademy via GMail