Two years ago, Elon Musk and others established a nonprofit AI lab called OpenAI. OpenAI has published dozens of research papers and just posted one Thursday – the lead author is still in high school. According to this Wired article, Kevin Frans is a senior in high school that trained his first neural net two years ago. He started working for OpenAI after taking on one of the lab’s list of problems in need of new ideas. The rest is history so they say because he is the only person at OpenAI that doesn’t have any kind of degree. With kids like this the future is looking really good.



Frans’s new paper, with Schulman and three others affiliated with the University of California Berkeley, reports new progress on this problem. “If it could get solved it could be a really big deal for robotics but also other elements of AI,” Frans says. He developed an algorithm that helped virtual legged robots learn which limb movements could be applied to multiple tasks, such as walking and crawling. In tests, it helped virtual robots with two and four legs adapt to new tasks, including navigating mazes, more quickly.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Meet the High Schooler Shaking Up Artificial Intelligence

The juggernaut named Intel continues to reap the benefits of a diverse product portfolio and beat analyst expectations for the third quarter. Intel reported net income of $4.52B and that’s up 34 percent from last year. It just goes to show that Intel dances to the beat of their own drum and competition isn’t harming their business at all. You can check out the earnings release here.



“We executed well in the third quarter with strong results across the business, and we’re on track to a record year,” said Brian Krzanich, Intel chief executive, in a statement. “I’m excited about our progress and our future. Intel’s product line-up is the strongest it has ever been with more innovation on the way for artificial intelligence, autonomous driving and more.”

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Intel Handily Beats Analyst Expectations as Chips Continue to Shine

FCC Chariman Ajit Pai released a blog post of what the FCC will be voting on next month and the “Restoring Internet Freedom” rule isn’t on the list. However, there are several items on the list that appear to be straight forward and shouldn’t be too controversial. The bottom line for me is that everything the FCC does isn’t bad. I can certainly support combating robocalls and other phone-based spam for one.



We’ve been energetic in advancing the public interest. For instance, over the past nine months, the Commission has voted on 63 items at our monthly meetings, compared to 103 in the preceding three years. And we’ve been nimble when needed, taking action within days to extend $77 million in up-front funding to companies eager to rebuild communications networks in Puerto Rico.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Looks Like the FCC Will Not Vote on Net Neutrality in November

According to Canalys, India has surpassed the US as the world’s second largest smartphone market. It’s not really surprising if you think about it since India does have a population of over 1.3 billion, but it does go to show that India isn’t going to remain an underdeveloped country for long. Manufacturers have got to be foaming at the mouth to tap this growing market. Welcome to the digital world India.



“This growth comes as a relief to the smartphone industry. Doubts about India’s market potential are clearly dispelled by this result,” said Canalys Research Analyst Ishan Dutt. “There are close to 100 mobile device brands sold in India, with more vendors arriving every quarter.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – India Overtakes the US to Become Second Largest Smartphone Market