Azure Cognitive Service

An Azure Cognitive Service is a cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) service that is an Azure AI/ML service.

• Context:
  • It can include:
    • Azure OpenAI Services.
    • Azure Vision, Azure Speech, Azure Language, Azure Decision.
    • …
  • It can be accessed via:
    • Azure Cognitive Services Dashboard [1].
    • …
  • …
• Example(s):
  • Azure Cognitive Services, 2023.
• Counter-Example(s):
  • AWS AI Service.
  • GCP AI Service.
• See: Azure Machine Learning (ML) Platform, Azure OpenAI.

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References

2023

• https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_ProjectOxford/CognitiveServicesHub/~/overview
  • QUOTE: ... Cognitive Services brings AI within reach of every developer — without requiring machine-learning expertise. All it takes is an API call to embed the ability to see, hear, speak, search, understand, and accelerate decision-making into your apps. ...

2023

• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/what-are-cognitive-services
  • Azure Cognitive Services are cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) services that help developers build cognitive intelligence into applications without having direct AI or data science skills or knowledge. They are available through REST APIs and client library SDKs in popular development languages. Azure Cognitive Services enables developers to easily add cognitive features into their applications with cognitive solutions that can see, hear, speak, and analyze.
  • Cognitive Services can be categorized into five main areas:
    • Azure Vision.
    • Azure Speech.
    • Azure Language.
    • Azure Decision.
    • Azure OpenAI Service

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