The MIT AI Hardware Program is aimed at bringing collectively academia and trade to develop energy-optimized machine-learning and quantum-computing systems, reports Katyanna Quach for The Register. “As progress in algorithms and knowledge sets continues at a brisk tempo, hardware should keep up or the promise of AI won’t be realized,” explains Professor Jesús del Alamo. “That is why it is critically essential that research takes place on AI hardware.” The technology, based mostly on software program developed by artificial intelligence firm Brain Corp, will be mounted on autonomous floor-cleaning machines already in operation in shops across the U.S.
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