AI now detects the majority of new malware on Android

The way Google detects malware on Android is changing rapidly. Fifty-five percent percent of Google’s new malware detections on their mobile operating system in the last week came through machine learning. That’s an exponential increase over just six months ago when that figure sat at around five percent, according to Adrian Ludwig, an NSA veteran who now oversees Android security inside Google. Google Play Protect, Android’s automated application security software, is on more than 2 billion devices, in every country in the world. After three years of testing, Google started applying machine learning models to Google Play Protect only about a year ago in what’s described as a nascent and experimental period. The last six months have seen “an inflection point,” Ludwig told CyberScoop. “We’re now actually starting to see some of that return on investment.” Android employs a team of machine learning experts and security researchers to drive the technology forward and handle it […]

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The director of Baidu’s Silicon Valley AI Lab has departed

 Adam Coates, director of Baidu’s Silicon Valley AI Lab, has left the company, according to a recent LinkedIn update from Coates. Coates joined the Chinese search giant back in May of 2014 to lead a California-based team of 50 machine learning developers. Baidu has built up an established proficiency in natural language processing. While at Baidu, Coates publicly evangelized… Read More Continue reading The director of Baidu’s Silicon Valley AI Lab has departed

The director of Baidu’s Silicon Valley AI Lab has departed

 Adam Coates, director of Baidu’s Silicon Valley AI Lab, has left the company, according to a recent LinkedIn update from Coates. Coates joined the Chinese search giant back in May of 2014 to lead a California-based team of 50 machine learning developers. Baidu has built up an established proficiency in natural language processing. While at Baidu, Coates publicly evangelized… Read More Continue reading The director of Baidu’s Silicon Valley AI Lab has departed

Tencent to open AI research center in Seattle

 Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent will be opening a new AI research center in Seattle, according to The Information. The company has long had a core office in Palo Alto, but this will be its first major machine intelligence R&D effort in the country. Earlier this week Tencent announced that it would open its first data center in Silicon Valley.  Yu Dong, formally of Microsoft Research,… Read More Continue reading Tencent to open AI research center in Seattle