Microsoft to integrate LinkedIn data with Dynamics 365

Nadella’s vision is to tightly knit Microsoft’s apps such that they can mine data from a common dataset. By integrating LinkedIn data with its sales software, Dynamics 365, Nadella is hoping that the tight integration could benefit from inputs coming from Artificial Intelligence to push sales deals. Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s CEO, has disclosed that Microsoft…

Google offers machine-learning coders a chance to grab $30,000 in cash money and more

Google is looking for coders who can design machine learning algorithms for tagging 700,000 audio video files in its YouTibe-8M dataset. Machine learning coding teams are welcome to join the competition. Although most of us may not have heard of YouTube-8M, for those of you who are into machine learning, YouTube-8M is a big deal,…

Apple confirms its interest in autonomous vehicle technology

While Apple has confirmed its interest in self-driving technology and has asked to be treated ‘en pars’ with existing traditional car manufacturers, it has feigned disinterest in developing its own car and has instead requested the sharing of near-crash and crash data from existing players. Apple wants to focus on the underlying technologies of the…