Robo ETF record

Google blog announced on 8th, now software developers through the voice-activated virtual assistant "Google Assistant" development platform (named: Actions on Google) for Google Home sound stream speakers, create dialogue action code.

Google says Google Assistant Emplacement Pixel smart phone, Google will Allo application software, and the increased purchases, subscriptions, and other new features. Amazon.com website display, built-in Alexa cloud Echo of the voice-activated digital assistant functions inventory until December 22, 2016.

According to the comments of more than 46,000 customers, Echo (built-in Alexa Sky Digital Assistant) obtained a perfect score rating.

PwC report shows that global spending on research and development for large enterprises is shifting rapidly from the entities to the virtual (software, services), the fast growing enterprise software research and development expenditure 25% than those of laggards on average.

Sundar Pichai, Google Executive said in machine learning, artificial intelligence will be the company's priority areas of investment. PwC statistics show that Alphabet 2016 spending on research and development amounted to $12.3 billion from 2015, global ranking rose from sixth place fourth.

Amazon ranking jumped from seventh place to third, ranked "software, the Internet industry" of the first.

United Kingdom Financial Times report on 4th, Apple (Apple Inc.) quality control department director Steve Kenner from November 22 to the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) mentioned in the content of the letter, Apple through machine learning products and services become more clever, more intuitive, and more personal. (Uber Technologies Inc.) December 5 announced the acquisition of artificial intelligence (AI) startups Geometric Intelligence and founded AI laboratories.

Long product Jeff Holden pointed out that AI Lab in the United States before settling in San Francisco, focused on developing artificial intelligence, machine learning. Nikkei Asia comments reported in July that Masayoshi Son, President of SoftBank Group Corporation said in interview, Superintelligence would be used to prevent incurable disease, can also be used to prevent natural disasters, tsunamis.

He said 300 years the average human life expectancy is more than 200 years, Super Intelligent will be able to reduce as much as possible people unhappy (such as company) experience.

United States President-elect Donald Trump12 6th through Facebook, Twitter announced that SOFTBANK President Masayoshi Son agreed to in the United States to invest $50 billion, the move is expected to create 50,000 new jobs. Robo World ETF on Robotics and automation (ROBO.us), 8th rose 0.97%, receiving $29.16, began trading its highest close since October 22, 2013 records so far this year, rose 20.5%, far better than the NASDAQ index up 8.19%. AI chip developer Nvidia for the ROBO one of the major shareholders.