Quest for AI leadership pushes Microsoft further into chip development


By Dina BassIan King
  • TECH
  • Monday, 24 Jul 2017

Microsoft Researcher Ethan Jackson works on the AI technology that the drives Project Premonition mosquito trap in this handout photo obtained by Reuters June 30, 2017. Microsoft/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES

Tech companies are keen to bring cool artificial intelligence features to phones and augmented reality goggles-the ability show mechanics how to fix an engine, say, or tell tourists what they are seeing and hearing in their own language. 

But there's one big challenge: how to manage the vast quantities of data that make such feats possible without making the devices too slow or draining the battery in minutes and wrecking the user experience. 

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