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Twitter buys artificial intelligence firm Magic Pony

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twitter said Monday it was acquiring British-based artificial intelligence startup Magic Pony to bolster its capacity for analysis of visual content. Magic Pony’s technology, based on research to create algorithms that can understand the features of imagery “will be used to enhance our strength in live and video and opens up a whole lot of exciting creative possibilities for Twitter,” said Twitter co-founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey in a […]

Fiscal reforms bolster PH competitiveness upgrade

MANILA, Oct. 6 — Budget Secretary Florencio ‘Butch’ Abad hailed the Aquino Administration’s governance and fiscal reform efforts as the Philippines leaps five notches in the global competitiveness ranking. The Philippines placed 47th out of 140 competitive economies in this year’s Global Competitiveness Index released by the World Economic Forum (WEF). “This is proof of the success of our fiscal and governance reforms,” Abad said. The Budget Secretary also said that along with the improvements in the country’s fiscal […]