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Acceleration of Deep Neural Network Training with Resistive Cross-Point Devices
May 1, 2016
In recent years, deep neural networks (DNN) have demonstrated significant business impact in large scale analysis and classification tasks such as speech recognition, visual object detection, pattern extraction, etc. Training of large DNNs, however, is universally considered as time consuming and computationally intensive task that demands datacenter-scale computational resources recruited for many days. Here we propose a concept of resistive processing unit (RPU) devices that can potentially accelerate...
May 1, 2016
In recent years, deep neural networks (DNN) have demonstrated significant business impact in large scale analysis and classification tasks such as speech recognition, visual object detection, pattern extraction, etc. Training of large DNNs, however, is universally considered as time consuming and computationally intensive task that demands datacenter-scale computational resources recruited for many days. Here we propose a concept of resistive processing unit (RPU) devices that can potentially accelerate...
Why Embracing AI is in Your Best Interest
May 1, 2016
Artificial intelligence has long been a tool for lawyers to perform their tasks more efficiently. However, the technology has advanced to the point where computers can now perform many of the tasks that were once the exclusive domain of humans. In this month’s Asked and Answered, the ABA Journal’s Victor Li talks to freelance writer Julie Sobowale about how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the practice of law. Julie Sobowale is a freelance journalist and lawyer based in Halifax,...
May 1, 2016
Artificial intelligence has long been a tool for lawyers to perform their tasks more efficiently. However, the technology has advanced to the point where computers can now perform many of the tasks that were once the exclusive domain of humans. In this month’s Asked and Answered, the ABA Journal’s Victor Li talks to freelance writer Julie Sobowale about how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the practice of law. Julie Sobowale is a freelance journalist and lawyer based in Halifax,...
The Dawn of the Age of Holograms
April 30, 2016
Alex Kipman wants to create a new reality — one that puts people, not devices, at the center of everything. With HoloLens, the first fully untethered holographic computer, Kipman brings 3D holograms into the real world, enhancing our perceptions so that we can touch and feel digital content. In this magical demo, explore a future without screens, where technology has the power to transport us to worlds beyond our own. (Featuring Q&A with TED's Helen Walters)
April 30, 2016
Alex Kipman wants to create a new reality — one that puts people, not devices, at the center of everything. With HoloLens, the first fully untethered holographic computer, Kipman brings 3D holograms into the real world, enhancing our perceptions so that we can touch and feel digital content. In this magical demo, explore a future without screens, where technology has the power to transport us to worlds beyond our own. (Featuring Q&A with TED's Helen Walters)
PacerPro’s New ‘Case Feed’ Shows Case Activity in Real Time
April 30, 2016
PacerPro, the company that provides various advanced tools for searching the federal courts’ PACER system and for managing PACER documents, today unveiled Case Feed, a feature that shows all activity on all of a law firm’s PACER cases in real-time chronological order, including PDFs of case filings. The feature makes electronic filings from PACER instantly available through the PacerPro platform, where they can be easily accessed by anyone in the law firm. It works by automatically retrieving...
April 30, 2016
PacerPro, the company that provides various advanced tools for searching the federal courts’ PACER system and for managing PACER documents, today unveiled Case Feed, a feature that shows all activity on all of a law firm’s PACER cases in real-time chronological order, including PDFs of case filings. The feature makes electronic filings from PACER instantly available through the PacerPro platform, where they can be easily accessed by anyone in the law firm. It works by automatically retrieving...
How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the Legal Profession
April 30, 2016
A REVOLUTION BEGINS Artificial intelligence is changing the way lawyers think, the way they do business and the way they interact with clients. Artificial intelligence is more than legal technology. It is the next great hope that will revolutionize the legal profession. Change can be brought on through pushing existing ideas. What makes artificial intelligence stand out is the potential for a paradigm shift in how legal work is done. AI, sometimes referred to as cognitive computing, refers...
April 30, 2016
A REVOLUTION BEGINS Artificial intelligence is changing the way lawyers think, the way they do business and the way they interact with clients. Artificial intelligence is more than legal technology. It is the next great hope that will revolutionize the legal profession. Change can be brought on through pushing existing ideas. What makes artificial intelligence stand out is the potential for a paradigm shift in how legal work is done. AI, sometimes referred to as cognitive computing, refers...
Google Founders’ Letter
April 29, 2016
Every year, Larry and Sergey write a Founders' Letter to our stockholders updating them with some of our recent highlights and sharing our vision for the future. This year, they decided to try something new. - Ed. In August, I announced Alphabet and our new structure and shared my thoughts on how we were thinking about the future of our business. (It is reprinted here in case you missed it, as it seems to apply just as much today.) I’m really pleased with how Alphabet is going. I am also very...
April 29, 2016
Every year, Larry and Sergey write a Founders' Letter to our stockholders updating them with some of our recent highlights and sharing our vision for the future. This year, they decided to try something new. - Ed. In August, I announced Alphabet and our new structure and shared my thoughts on how we were thinking about the future of our business. (It is reprinted here in case you missed it, as it seems to apply just as much today.) I’m really pleased with how Alphabet is going. I am also very...
Google Sees the End of Computers as Physical Devices
April 29, 2016
Forget personal computer doldrums and waning smartphone demand. Google thinks computers will one day cease being physical...
April 29, 2016
Forget personal computer doldrums and waning smartphone demand. Google thinks computers will one day cease being physical...
SCOTX Chips Away at Municipal Immunity for Discretionary Acts
April 29, 2016
The Supreme Court of Texas in two cases this month limited municipal immunity for cities engaged in discretionary activity. The court ruled in a third case that city officers must act within their legal authority for immunity to apply. The unanimous decisions are expected to impact pending cases, including a $19 million gas lease fight between the City of Dallas and Trinity East Energy. The lawyer representing Trinity East said the court is signaling its willingness to look critically at municipal...
April 29, 2016
The Supreme Court of Texas in two cases this month limited municipal immunity for cities engaged in discretionary activity. The court ruled in a third case that city officers must act within their legal authority for immunity to apply. The unanimous decisions are expected to impact pending cases, including a $19 million gas lease fight between the City of Dallas and Trinity East Energy. The lawyer representing Trinity East said the court is signaling its willingness to look critically at municipal...
The Curious Robot
April 28, 2016
Curiosity is the strangest mental state. The mind usually craves certainty; being right feels nice; mystery is frustrating. But curiosity pushes back against these lesser wants, compelling us to seek out the unknown and unclear. To be curious is to feel the pleasure of learning, even when what we learn is that we’re wrong. * * * The implication, of course, is that curiosity is a defining feature of human development, allowing us to develop “domain-specific” talents – speech, tool use,...
April 28, 2016
Curiosity is the strangest mental state. The mind usually craves certainty; being right feels nice; mystery is frustrating. But curiosity pushes back against these lesser wants, compelling us to seek out the unknown and unclear. To be curious is to feel the pleasure of learning, even when what we learn is that we’re wrong. * * * The implication, of course, is that curiosity is a defining feature of human development, allowing us to develop “domain-specific” talents – speech, tool use,...
March 2016 Bankruptcy Filings Down 8.5 Percent
April 28, 2016
Bankruptcy filings fell 8.5 percent for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2016, compared with the year ending March 31, 2015, according to statistics released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The March 2016 annual bankruptcy filings totaled 833,515, compared with 911,086 cases in the year ending March 2015. The following bankruptcy statistics are available: Business and non-business bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2016. (Table F-2, Business...
April 28, 2016
Bankruptcy filings fell 8.5 percent for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2016, compared with the year ending March 31, 2015, according to statistics released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. The March 2016 annual bankruptcy filings totaled 833,515, compared with 911,086 cases in the year ending March 2015. The following bankruptcy statistics are available: Business and non-business bankruptcy filings for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2016. (Table F-2, Business...
