Microsoft is teaching machines to read and understand context in pursuit of building smarter AI

Microsoft is teaching machines to read and understand context in pursuit of building smarter AI

Microsoft is going beyond the concepts of image recognition and machine learning to make artificial intelligence smarter, and building systems that can read text, comprehend the context behind it and even ask and answer questions. This effort is in part the fruits of its acquisition in January of Maluuba, a Montreal-based company that uses deep learning to develop natural-language understanding.