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Alphabet – Other people’s money

Reply to this post           Core businesses showing signs of maturity. Alphabet reported good Q2 17A results but the fact that it has having to share...

Baidu – Talking machines.

Reply to this post           The way in China is wide open for Baidu. Baidu’s strategy around its AI platform and its Duer OS has become...

Alibaba – Virgin home

Reply to this post           Another day, another home assistant. Alibaba is moving to launch a home speaker, much like Amazon Echo, that should direct users...

Digital sensors – Eyes and ears.

Reply to this post           Sensors are the eyes and ears of AI. Data is the raw material of artificial intelligence (see here) meaning that will...

Facebook – Dial M pt. II

Reply to this post           Very little AI in the assistant that has launched. Now that Facebook’s digital assistant is available in the wild, one can...

Alphabet – Goodbye blue sky pt. II.

Reply to this post           Homeless robots find permanent shelter. Alphabet has reached a deal to sell both Boston Dynamics and Schaft to SoftBank leaving it...

Samsung Bixby – Failure to launch

Reply to this post           Bixby is not fit for purpose. Samsung has once again delayed the roll out of the voice component of its digital...

Essential Products – Not essential.

Reply to this post           Andy Rubin still works for Google.  Essential Products Inc has launched a series of products aimed at creating an ecosystem but...

Google DeepMind – Pebble hanging.

Reply to this post           AlphaGo’s retirement shows that humans are still needed.  AlphaGo is hanging up its pebbles after emphatically demonstrating that from here on,...

Google i/o 2017 – Brain game

Reply to this post           Superior brains being used to make its services the best. Google held the first day of its annual developer conference and...