Apple changes policy to allow AI team to publish research papers and engage with other experts

Briefing

Apple changes policy to allow AI team to publish research papers and engage with other experts

December 15, 2016

Briefing

  • Sharing AI research – Director of AI research said at Neural Information Processing Systems conference in Barcelona that Apple’s AI teams can now publish research papers and engage with other field experts
  • Lagging AI – Apple did not let AI engineers to publish scientific papers before, slowing its learning on AI advancements, and letting other companies like Alphablet’s Google Assistant and Amazon.com’s Alexa take the lead in AI
  • Impact to hiring – Has led to Apple having difficulty attracting the best talent and in Apple buying AI startups, including $200 million acquisition of Turi Inc. in addition to its half dozen acquisitions

Accelerator

Business Model and Practices

Business Model
and Practices

Sector

Information Technology

Organization

Apple Inc.

Source

Original Publication Date

December 6, 2016

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