Techmeme Nvidia and Baidu announce broad AI partnership that outlines cooperation on self-driving, cloud, and home assistant tech (Seth Archer / Business Insider) http://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nvidia-stock-price-rising-after-announcing-ai-par Read more ... tnership-with-baidu-2017-7-1002149994

Techmeme Baidu partners with Bosch and Continental to work on autonomous driving and connected cars (Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch) http://techcrunch.com/2017/06/01/baidu-teams-up-with-bosch-and-continental-on-self-driving-tech/

Techmeme Baidu opens up self-driving vehicle platform Apollo, encompassing both hardware and software, which aims to offer fully autonomous driving by 2020 (Rich McCormick / The Verge) http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/18/15352462/baidu-project-apollo-self-drivi Read more ... ng-cars-autonomous

Techmeme Baidu Inc. hires AI specialist and former Microsoft EVP Qi Lu as group president and chief operating officer to oversee and develop AI technologies (Bloomberg) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-17/microsoft-executive-qi-lu-departs-to-joi Read more ... n-china-s-baidu-as-coo?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business

AACC International Will 2017 be the year of #purple #foods? http://ow.ly/qs95307ITIq via Mother Nature Network #FoodTrends #FoodScience

Techmeme Baidu establishes Baidu Capital, a $3B investment fund focused on mid- and late-stage deals in the internet sector (Paul Carsten / Reuters) http://www.reuters.com/article/us-baidu-investment-idUSKCN12C0KI

TechCrunch AR is hitting a huge population

NPR So, what does "Purple Rain" become when you don't have a word for purple? "Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It."

Techmeme "With over 600 million active users, Baidu is one of the most frequently used Internet gateways in China." Microsoft partners with Baidu to create local Windows 10 experience in China; Baidu will be homepage and provide search in Microsoft Edge (Yus Read more ... uf Mehdi / Windows Blog) http://bit.ly/1NN90Sb http://techme.me/K5VN

Los Angeles Times Entertainment In black-ish's second season premiere Wednesday, the comedy underlines the point that it isn't hitting cruise control on its narratives. Instead, it's taking on arguably the most inflammatory epithet in America today: The N-word.