Huawei uses AI to ‘Master Photography’

Huawei has unveiled its P20 flagship smartphone and we were at the launch to see how AI is helping the company differentiate from its competition. Last year, we covered the impressive AI-powered capabilities of the Mate 10 Pro. This year, the company is starting to really take advantage of its dedicated NPU (Neural Processing Unit). Before we dive into the nitty-gritty of the features, it's worth taking a second to appreciate the effort Huawei puts into developing its technologies. In fact,...

Editorial: The invasion of mobile AI chips is nigh

Most flagship smartphones in 2018 will have a dedicated mobile AI chip and we’re already seeing the industry move in that direction. AI-based tasks on most smartphones today are often carried out in the cloud without the average user even being aware. Google Photos, for example, uses deep learning to artistically crop and edit landscape panorama photos like a human photographer. Photos are categorised automatically, and — as of an update earlier this year — the app will even prompt who...