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Microsoft debuts its edge AI service Azure Percept at Ignite

Azure Percept is designed to enable futuristic scenarios that can be made possible now by combining AI with computing at the network edge. They include elevators that can respond to voice commands and video cameras that can notify store managers when a particular product needs restocking.

These possibilities can be enabled simply by adding AI capabilities such as voice recognition or image classification to standalone edge devices. The new Azure Percept service is set to become Microsoft’s way of doing exactly that.

Azure Percept will connect to Azure AI Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning models as well as AI models available from the open-source community that have been designed to run on the edge. In addition, Microsoft is working with various outside silicon and device makers to create what it says will be an ecosystem of intelligent edge devices that are certified to run on Azure Percept.

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/azure-percept/