Microsoft made its Space Partition Tree And Graph (SPTAG) algorithm available to all as an open source GitHub project. This algorithm is used in their own Bing search engine. The algorithm uses vector search and deep learning models, which provides results based on search intent. The intent of the algorithm is designed to allow users […]

Bing has announced large upgrades to their text-to-speech capabilities in voice search, visual search capabilities and improvements to their intelligent answers. According to the company, Bing’s intelligent answers are smarter by leveraging their own deep learning models.  Bing says that they are able to answer “harder questions than ever before”by being able to use advancements in GPU […]

It’s a bit of a surprising that Amazon has found such success with their Alexa devices.  In response to it, Google decided to develop Google Home to compete with Alexa.  rumors about a stand-alone Apple Siri device have been thrown around as well.  Will Microsoft respond in kind?  Looks like there already is one. This is […]