Microsoft Research Watch: AI, NoSQL and Microsoft’s Big Data Future
From the post:
Probase is a Microsoft Research project described as an “ongoing project that focuses on knowledge acquisition and knowledge serving.” Its primary goal is to “enable machines to understand human behavior and human communication.” It can be compared to Cyc, DBpedia or Freebase in that it is attempting to compile a massive collection of structured data that can be used to power artificial intelligence applications.
It’s powered by a new graph database called Trinity, which is also a Microsoft Research project. Trinity was spotted today by MyNoSQL blogger Alex Popescu, and that led us to Probase. Neither project seems to be available to the public yet.
These and other projects shed some light on Microsoft’s search and big data ambitions.
Doesn’t hurt to keep track of what people with a proven track record of making money, if not always producing useful software, are up to.
BTW, when you read the article quoting MS on Probase where it says:
…as evidences that can add to or modify the claims and beliefs in Probase. This means Probase is able to integrate information of varied quality from heterogeneous data sources.
Whoa! There is a long step from treating statements about a commonly identified subject, statement X is about the birth certificate of Barack Obama, to integrating information from heterogeneous data sources, which identify a subject differently, hospital record of B.H. Obama.
Looking forward to learning more about Trinity.