Microsoft Thinks Machines Can Learn to Converse by Making Chat a Game
Microsoft Thinks Machines Can Learn to Converse by Making Chat a Game
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 19, 20178m 36s
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Show Notes
Microsoft is buying a deep learning startup based in Montreal, a global hub for deep learning research. But two years ago, this startup wasn’t based in Montreal, and it had nothing to do with deep learning. Which just goes to show: striking it big in the world of tech is all about being in the right place at the right time with the right idea. Sam Pasupalak and Kaheer Suleman founded Maluuba in 2011 as students at the University of Waterloo, about 400 miles from Montreal.
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