Robert Hof
Latest from Robert Hof
Amazon Web Services boss Andy Jassy is now a CEO
As if it weren’t already obvious that Amazon.com’s Web services business is a bonafide blockbuster, the company has cemented the reality by elevating its boss’ title. Andy Jassy’s position will change from senior vice president to chief executive of Amazon Web Services. At the same time, Amazon has given the same CEO title for its ...
IBM aims to make Watson – and all of computing – a little more human
Five years after its Watson supercomputer beat the champions of Jeopardy, IBM aims to help the poster boy of artificial intelligence become a little more human. This year, IBM will focus on a number of technologies intended to enable Watson to detect emotions in written human communications, Rob High, chief technology officer at IBM’s Watson ...
Nvidia CEO bets on artificial intelligence as the future of computing
Nvidia became famous for its graphics processing unit chips that power some of the hottest gaming personal computers. Today, Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang signaled that he’s aiming even higher in a bid to reinvent the data center and cloud computing. The company announced a new chip and a new computers both focused on artificial intelligence, ...