News of Note for the Internet-Minded – 4/28/16

Several companies cast an eye toward the Internet of Things, Twitter’s AI gets pretty good at live video, some industry giants get behind the driverless car, and more …

• Samsung launches a place in the cloud just for Internet of Things. (Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat)
• AT&T exec calls the Internet of Things a top priority. (The Star Online via Reuters)
• Twitter’s Artificial Intelligence can tell what’s happening in live video. (Will Knight, MIT Technology Review)
• China looks to reinvigorate its manufacturing with an army of robot workers. (Will Knight, MIT Technology Review)
• What is the future of AI? (Nanette Byrnes, MIT Technology Review)
• For Samsung, the future of virtual reality has a Star Trek feel. (Shara Tibken, c|net)
• There’s been a sharp increase in government requests for Facebook user data. (Kate Conger, TechCrunch)
• Angry Birds game promotes upcoming movie via augmented reality. (Jacob Bryant, Variety)
• YouTube lets videos earn ad revenue while copyright claims are pending. (Todd Spangler, Variety)
• Google, Ford and Uber band together to help get self-driving cars to market. (David Shepardson, Reuters)