Microsoft announces new Custom Cognitive Services at Build 2017

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Since its general release in 2015, over 568,000 developers have signed up for Microsoft Cognitive Services in over 60 countries. Announced today at Build 2017, a list of new services joined the fray such as Bing Custom Search, Custom Vision Service, Custom Decision Service and Video Indexer, creating a total of 29 services now available to developers.   But Microsoft wants to take it a step further by making AI even more available to developers as a whole.

Microsoft Cognitive Services Labs will put the creation of AI into developers hands. Through this, custom AIs can be constructed and submitted to the community for further development, expanding the reach of AI services for apps. Furthermore, the new Azure Batch AI Training is now available in preview for training custom deep neutral networks. This includes training their models to use any framework including Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit, TensorFlow, and Caffe. 

It’s the goal of Microsoft to add a bit more humanity​ into computer interactions by giving app developers the ability to make more natural experiences with data. The tech giant is putting AI into every available product and service, fusing AI and Azure together as what they consider ‘the most comprehensive AI platform’ moving forward.

Keep up with this and more Microsoft Build 2017 news here at OnMSFT.

Radu Tyrsina

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Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time). For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web. Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they're looking for.