Computer Vision News - February 2019

AI predictions for 2019 from Yann LeCun, Andrew Ng … : …and more... We already know many of Yann LeCun’s plans from our exclusive interview. Here is what other AI celebs ( like Cloudera’s Hilary Mason and Accenture’s Rumman Chowdhury) have to tell us about AI in 2019. Read Here… This Cool Tool Deletes the Background from Images: Looks like a very cool tool, so you don’t have to use Photoshop. It is called Remove.bg and it can clear out the background of an image in seconds. It uses AI trained on images of people, so as of today it only works on photos of humans. Read More… Will NVIDIA's Automotive PlatformWiden itsMoat vs Intel: NVIDIA introduced at recent CES2019 (see pages 34-35) Drive AutoPilot , a new reference platform that lets automakers add automated driving features to their vehicles, thus improving current advanced driver- assistance systems ( ADAS ) with features that bridge the gap between semi-autonomous vehicles and fully autonomous ones. The Fool thinks this is a direct move against Intel’s MobilEye , which provides ADAS platforms for over 90% of the world's automakers. Read More… We Don’t Need no Education! We Don’t Need no… : Yes, like in the song: we are talking about Computer Vision for classroom “Engagement Detection”. It is said that engagement is raised as a major concern by educators, especially (but not exclusively) in online learning contexts. So why not tracking each pupil’s attention, both in the classroom and in the student’s home? Is 1984 here? Who can keep singin’, after this… 11 Big Autonomous Vehicle & AI Stories: It’s the month of Autonomous Driving , so here are more stories from somewhere else. Big or not, I don’t know: certainly interesting. Enjoy! Deep Learning: the confluence of Big Data, Big Models, Big Compute. Interesting… 2018 proved that computer vision is the most powerful manifestation of AI. Nice Read This bot judges how much you smile during your job interview. Another 1984ish app! Self-driving car startup Zoox gets permit to transport passengers in California. More… 31 Computer Vision News Artificial Intelligence Spotlight News Computer Vision News has found great new stories, written somewhere else by somebody else. We share them with you, adding a short comment. Enjoy!