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> word2vec is a Deep Learning technique first described by Tomas Mikolov only 2 years ago but due to its simplicity of algorithm and yet surprising robustness of the results, it has been widely implemented and adopted.

… And patented http://www.freepatentsonline.com/9037464.html

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As someone who has a card at the table with this one, we asked that question on the list fwiw[1].

I don't think there will be any problems here.

1: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/word2vec-toolkit/...

If you use word2vec in an agent, like siri or watson, how would google know?

That's not a question you can ask in a meeting at Apple!

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