At the ongoing Beijing conference AI cloud computing World 2017 gathered representatives of many of the industry giants to talk about their achievements, share experiences and plans for the future. Among the guests are representatives from Alibaba, Baidu and other technology companies in China and several other countries. Attended the event and acting Director of cryptocurrency giant Bitmain. In his speech he said that, besides mining and the production farms for this purpose, the company decided to try myself in other fields including artificial intelligence.
Executive Director Bitmain Mikri Jan explained that the company has long been successfully producing specialized chips that can be used to create large and efficient data centers. With their help, Bitmain are going to process large amounts of data and to work with artificial intelligence.
Processing required for learning AI was and still is very costly, so it is large technology giants are constantly investing in the development of their capacity a huge amount. Google, Intel, and NVIDIA engaged in their own development in this area, have their own data centers around the world, and now, it seems that Bitmain are going to keep them company.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning is now widely used in various fields and it is found everywhere, ranging from Autonomous driving and games to medicine and security. Not so long ago, for example, the Alpha algorithm Go beat the best Go players, and his colleague working in the police of the United States, helped to significantly reduce crime.
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Manufacturer of farms for mining Bitmain interested in AI
Vyacheslav Larionov