50 Smartest Companies 2015
Massive solar panel factories. Fertility treatments. Friendly robots. Meet the companies reshaping the technology business. Read the full article at Technology Review
5 AI startups to watch in 2015
For some, artificial intelligence (AI) represents the next logical progression in the advancement of technology. For others, it is simply mankind trying to play God. Despite the ardent arguments lobbied from either side of the debate, AI continues to move forward. Tools such as IBM Watson and Wolfram|Alpha are growing in popularity, with the former […]
Could this computer save your life?
Cancer is good at hiding. It’s so good that sometimes sick patients are sent home with a clean bill of health. And screenings don’t always help: A 2013 study by Oxford University found “no evidence” that screening programs are responsible for the decline in breast cancer, and a study by the Huntsman Cancer Institute last […]
Deep learning in diagnostic healthcare: The future?
The accumulation of X-rays, CT scans and MRIs means that doctors face an enormous task of sifting through this medical data in order to reach diagnoses. But now, thanks to advances in machine learning, this task is becoming much easier. Enlitic, is one such machine learning startup that is using deep learning techniques to revolutionize […]
Why deep learning is at least inspired by biology, if not the brain
As deep learning continues gathering steam among researchers, entrepreneurs and the press, there’s a loud-and-getting-louder debate about whether its algorithms actually operate like the human brain does. The comparison might not make much of a difference to developers who just want to build applications that can identify objects or predict the next word you’ll text, […]
No, you don’t need a ton of data to do deep learning
There are a couple of seemingly contradictory memes rolling around the deep learning field. One is that you need a truly epic amount of data to do interesting work. The other is that in many subject areas there is a ton of data but it’s not just laying around for data scientists to snarf up. […]
Here are the winners of the 2015 Structure Data Awards
The second-annual Structure Data Awards are here, where Gigaom picks the most-interesting and most-promising data startups that launched in the previous year. The winners, which range from a non-profit data science organization to a company building infrastructure for deep learning, will present during a special session at our Structure Data conference, which takes places March […]
These 11 Technologies Will Go Big in 2015
If you thought 2014 was thrilling, here’s a look at what I’m most excited about for 2015. Here are 11 of the most exciting new technologies moving from deceptive to disruptive this year. Companies built around algorithms, like Enlitic (a company that uses machine learning to detect tumors and make medical imaging diagnostics faster and […]
5 deep learning startups to follow in 2015
It’s been a huge year for a type of artificial intelligence known as deep learning. Google, Twitter, and Yahoo have all acquired startups that deal in deep learning, which entails training systems called artificial neural networks on lots of information derived from audio, images, or other inputs, and then presenting the systems with new information […]