The audio problem Learn how new cloud-based API solutions are solving imperfect, frustrating audio in video conferences. Access here Genies is expanding its focus from celebrities to everyday consumers with its 3D avatars for social apps from the likes of Giphy and Gucci. Genies already makes cartoon-like 2D avatars for …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now University of Washington language researchers and legal professionals recently created a labeled dataset for detection of interruptions and competitive turn-taking in U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments. They then used the corpus of “turn changes” to train AI models to experiment …
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On Wednesday afternoon (2 Sept), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke in Parliament about Singapore’s response to Covid-19. He said that investment projects will create job opportunities for Singaporeans but first, in order for them to come here, we need to make them feel welcome. This is because Singapore does …
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Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now The next strategic inflection point in computing will be the cloud expanding to the edge, involving highly parallel computer architectures connected to hundreds of billions of IoT devices. Nvidia is uniquely positioned to dominate that ecosystem, and if it does …
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For creatives, inspiration really can come from anywhere. Karimah, Managing Director of Animatic Studios told us that their newest and first intellectual property (IP) ever, Cubic Cats, was inspired by the bizarre behaviours of their very own cats. Cubic Cats was originally an idea for MDEC’s Intellectual Property Creator’s Challenge …
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Pregnancy and childbirth is undoubtedly a magical journey for many, but with it also comes stress and anxiety. For instance, though breastfeeding is said to be extremely important, many new mothers might be unable to produce enough milk for their infants. Inspired by her own mother, Gooberr founder Chin Rui …
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Researchers affiliated with Uber AI and OpenAI have proposed a new approach to neural architecture search (NAS), a technique that involves evaluating hundreds or thousands of AI models to identify the top performers. In a preprint paper, they claim their technique, called Synthetic Petri Dish, accelerates the most computationally intensive …
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Alice&Bob has raised $ 3.3 million to join the quantum computing arms race by accelerating research that promises to make this next generation computing more stable. Elaia Partners and Breega led the round of funding for the Paris-based startup which has developed its first prototype. The company is using research …
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Last year, I issued myself a challenge to read 52 challenging books I already owned. I made up the list in advance and made it my goal over the course of that year to read every one of them. I read Capital in the 21st Century by Thomas Piketty, Debt: …
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