Intel's investment into AI reaches $1bn

The importance of artificial intelligence has been one of the biggest trends in the technology industry in recent years, with many large companies throwing their weight behind the system. This includes Intel, which has today revealed it has invested more than $1 billion into AI startups to date through its Intel Capital center arm. Among the companies Intel has invested in are Mighty AI, Data Robot, Lumiata and AEye. Applications of AI among these companies are varied, from healthcare, to climate change, to autonomous driving and in-between. Investing in AI start-ups is not Intel’s only way of dipping its fingers… [Continue Reading]