Microsoft affirms commitment to AI with acquisition of deep learning startup Maluuba
Microsoft today further proved its commitment to artificial intelligence through the acquisition of Maluuba. Maluuba — a Montreal-based startup that impressed during TechCrunch’s 2012 San Francisco Startup Battlefield competition — uses natural language processing and machine learning to achieve a singular goal: achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI). AGI is the unicorn, at least so far, in the artificial intelligence and machine learning segments but if (once) achieved it’ll lead to machines that can perform tasks at least as well as humans. Currently the company taps the power of reinforcement learning (and deep learning) to train computer-based systems to perform general tasks like…
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