Computerworld January 17, 2020
What’s the $200 million buy mean? Think machine imaging, smart home devices and IoT industry implementations.
Apple’s $200 million acquisition of Xnor.ai provides tools for evolution in imaging, edge-based AI, HomeKit and more.
What does Xnor.ai do?
Xnor.ai was spun out of the Allen Institute for AI by Professor Ali Farhadi and Dr. Mohammed Rastegari in 2017. These men were also responsible for YOLO, YOLO9000, Label Refinery and other machine intelligence achievements.
The company developed machine learning and image recognition models that combined accuracy with the ability to work locally on the device, rather than sending those images to a server.
One client, Wyze Labs, used the tech for person detection in CCTV videos, though that feature was withdrawn earlier...
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