2. Peri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRoA9-qmPh0
Using a Deep Neural Network model deployed locally on a
Windows PC to recognize faces and then sending those
face images to Azure Face API to determine face
characteristics, such as the individual's gender, age, any
accessories they may be wearing and more.
3. Baby Bot
• Help parents navigate and discover
resources available.
• Make policy and parental
leave information, and related
articles, easier to access in any
situation – on mobile or desktop.
https://www.qnamaker.ai/
Microsoft QnA Maker
Microsoft Teams
Azure Bot Service
A common and looming barrier
for parents-to-be is the confusion
around information – where and
how to find it, who to ask and
when.
Create QnA Bot: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/qnamaker/tutorials/create-qna-bot
Create a Bot on Teams: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/concepts/bots/bots-create
4. The Good
University of Oxford trained a model with over 10 million
images from Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute (PRI)
video archive of wild chimpanzees in Guinea, West Africa.
• Reduces resources needed to collect data in the field
• Curbs illegal wildlife trade, used to identify poached animals
https://www.fastcompany.com/90292089/facial-recognition-for-chimps-searches-the-internet-for-stolen-baby-apes
https://cosmosmagazine.com/technology/finding-a-chimp-in-the-crowd
Recognizing chimps in the wild
5. The Bad
Scammers - Spoof a voice
AI-generated audio to impersonate a CEO's voice and con subordinates
into transferring funds to a scammer's account.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/forget-email-scammers-use-ceo-voice-deepfakes-to-con-workers-into-wiring-cash/ gence-heist
https://www.wired.com/amp-stories/cambridge-analytica-explainer/
Cambridge Analytica / Facebook
*Vox.com
7. Jump into it…
Microsoft AI Demos
https://aidemos.microsoft.com/
Microsoft AI Labs
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/ai-lab
Microsoft AI School
https://aischool.microsoft.com/
8. Gadgets
Microsoft Vision AI Developer Kit – AI at the edge
https://azure.github.io/Vision-AI-DevKit-Pages/#
https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/03/microsofts-vision-ai-developer-kit-is-now-generally-available/
• Pre-trained solutions ready to deploy from Azure Cognitive Services
• Customized solutions that can be trained online using a point and click
interface
• Code-first solutions that leverage Azure Machine Learning services