Global Rush to Fund A.I.
March 10, 2020Serverless Computing
Amazon Web Services, Alibaba Cloud, Microsoft’s Azure, Google Cloud and Baidu Cloud are rolling out new offerings and packages for developers
Amazon Web Services, Alibaba Cloud, Microsoft’s Azure, Google Cloud and Baidu Cloud are rolling out new offerings and packages for developers, hoping to make it easier and more affordable for a wide swath of A.I. startups to launch their ideas into the marketplace.
Amazon’s AWS Lambda lets teams run code for virtually any type of application or backend service—without provisioning or managing servers or hands-on administration.
Microsoft’s Functions architecture for Azure supports myriad programming languages, scales on demand and only charges for active compute time.
This isn’t sitting well with some engineers, though, who are worried about losing control.
Related trends
This trend is part of our section on Artificial Intelligence. Other trends in this section include:
- A.I. and Digital Dividends
- Prioritizing Accountability and Trust
- Ambient Computing Expands
- Ubiquitous Digital Assistants
- A.I. for Drug Development
- A.I. for Interviews
- Consumer-Grade A.I. Applications
- The New Mil-Tech Industrial Complex
- National A.I. Strategies
- The Race to Establish A.I. Rules
- Algorithmic Warfare
- Making A.I. Explain Itself
- Using A.I. in Critical Systems
- China’s A.I. Rules
- Artificial Emotional Intelligence
- Personal Digital Twins
- Problematic Data Sets
- A.I. to Catch Cheaters
- Algorithms Designed to Target Vulnerable Populations
- A.I. Still Has a Bias Problem
- A.I. Systems Intentionally Hiding Data
- The Rise of Undocumented A.I. Accidents
- Multitask Learning
- Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)
- New Generative Modeling Techniques
- Probabilistic Programming Languages
- Machine Image Completion
- Hybrid Human-Computer Vision Analysis
- Predictive Machine Vision
- Automated Machine Learning (AutoML)
- Customized Machine Learning
- Graph Neural Networks
- Intelligent Optical Character Recognition
- A.I. for the Creative Process
- Generative Algorithms for Content Production
- Generating Virtual Environments from Short Videos
- Automated Versioning
- Automatic Voice Cloning and Dubbing
- Spotting Machine-Written Text
- Algorithmic Fact Checking
- Datamining Crowds
- Deep Linking
- Corporate Biometric Spoofing
- Bots
- Global Rush to Fund A.I.
- Algorithm Marketplaces
- Marketplace Consolidation
- Fragmentation
- Liability Insurance for A.I.
- Ambient Surveillance
- Creating 3D Models from Flat 2D Images
- Neuro-Symbolic A.I. Algorithms and Systems
- Real-Time Machine Learning
- Natural Language Understanding (NLU)
- Machine Reading Comprehension (MRC)
- Natural Language Generation (NLG)
- Real-Time Context in Machine Learning
- General Reinforcement Learning Algorithms
- Deep Learning Scales
- Faster and More Powerful Open Source Frameworks
- Reinforcement Learning and Hierarchical RL
- Continuous Learning
- Using A.I. to Speed the Process of Scientific Discovery
- A.I. in the Cloud
- Robotic Process Automation
- Digital Twins and Cognitive Twins in the Enterprise
- Robots with Cognitive Skills
- Advanced A.I. Chipsets
- Serverless Computing
- Proprietary, Homegrown A.I. Languages
- Proliferation of Franken-Algorithms
- Companies Manipulating A.I. Systems for Competitive Advantage
This trend is related to the following industries:
Aerospace, Agriculture, Airlines, Alternative Energy Production & Services, Auto Manufacturers, Bars & Restaurants, Builders/General Contractors, Casinos/Gambling, Chemical & Related Manufacturing, Clothing Manufacturing, Construction, Covid-19/ coronavirus, CPG, Cruise Ships & Lines, Defense, Drug Manufacturers, Education Online, Education Trades, Electric Utilities, Environment, Foreign & Defense Policy, Gas & Oil, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Insurance, Manufacturing, National Security, Trade Associations, Utilities, Waste Management, Work (Future of)