Machine Learning News Issue 55

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Big Data, machine learning is serving consumer wanderlust - Memeburn Given the massive increase in the amount of data that companies - of all sizes and across sectors - are generating, it is no surprise that data analytics and machine learning are fast becoming key components of every innovative company's toolkit.

Survey of IT Pros Shows Rise in Machine Learning - Blazent Pradeep Bhanot / Blog, Data Management | Earlier this month Blazent conducted a survey of IT professions at ServiceNow's annual user conference (Knowledge16) in Las Vegas. We wanted to compare this targeted sample with recent surveys we sponsored with leading analysts into the use of Advanced Analytics in Data Quality Management (DQM).

The preoccupation with test error in applied machine learning "Predictive accuracy on test sets is the criterion for how good the model is." - Leo Breiman, Statistical Modeling: The Two Cultures , 2001 The quote above may be one of the most important observations, from one of the most important papers, in data science.

AI In Ads: 13 High-Momentum Companies Using Machine Learning In Marketing, Ads, And Sales Startups applying machine learning algorithms to advertising, sales, and marketing were highlighted this quarter by Oracle's acquisition of Tel Aviv-based cross-device advertising startup Crosswise for $50M. In fact, since January 2015, there have been 10 acquisitions in the space: Twitter acquired TellApart for more than $530M, Google acquired marketing-management startup Granata Decision Systems, and Israeli unicorn IronSource merged with in-app advertising startup Supersonic, to name a few.

Intel's data center chief talks machine learning -- just don't ask about GPUs If you want to get under Diane Bryant's skin these days, just ask her about GPUs. The head of Intel's powerful data center group was at Computex in Taipei this week, in part to explain how the company's latest Xeon Phi processor is a good fit for machine learning.

The Cloud Is Just One Step Toward Machine Learning The critics are right. Cloud savings don't all go to the bottom line. Cloud is the first step in this decade's change process. Companies move files to the cloud because it costs less, and scales better. They enable development of apps that are instantly available to all users.

Google's Magneta project aims to advance art of machine learning for music and art generation Google has launched Magneta project that gives you the power to create art yourself using the AI. Artists use tools under the project for making the machine learning to their creations. The project includes both audio and video production.

Google's Training Its AI to Be Android's Security Guard When Adrian Ludwig describes the ideal approach to computer security, he pulls out an analogy. But it's not a lock or a firewall or a moat around a castle. Computer security, he says, should work like the credit card business. A credit card company, he explains, doesn't eliminate risk.

Jeff Bezos Says AI Could Become Amazon's Fourth Pillar The technology behind Alexa, the voice inside Amazon's Echo speaker, could become Amazon's fourth business pillar, alongside retail marketplace, Amazon Prime, and Amazon Web Services. Amazon has more than 1,000 people working on artificial intelligence and third-party apps that people have built using the company's SDK, Bezos, the founder and CEO of the company, said at Recode's Code Conference Tuesday.

Mapping The Modern Industry: The Trajectory Of Machine Learning Mapping out the technology industry of today requires understanding the trajectory of machine learning. Machine learning is a hot topic, garnering billions of dollars in investments from tech giants Google, Facebook, and Cisco with its recent 1.4 billion dollar investment into the Internet of Things; however, Machine Learning Consultant Charles Martin suggests the fascination with machine learning isn't as abrupt as it appears.