
Epidemic Sound Launches AI Audio-Based Search Tool On Google Cloud
Epidemic Sound, the market-leading service for direct licensing of royalty-free music, today announced Epidemic Audio Reference (EAR), an audio-based search tool running on Google Cloud that will help content creators quickly and easily find music for their productions. Epidemic Sound offers 35,000 tracks and 90,000 sound effects used by millions of storytellers worldwide – everyone …

Qualcomm Advances Development Of Smarter And Safer Autonomous Robots For Logistics, Industry 4.0, And Urban Aerial Mobility With Next-Generation 5G And AI Robotics Solutions
As 5G proliferates beyond the smartphone, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has acted as a catalyst in enabling 5G to scale and revolutionize the robotics industry. At the annual Qualcomm® 5G Summit event, the Company is unveiling an expanded roadmap of cutting-edge 5G and edge-AI robotics solutions with the introduction of the Qualcomm Robotics RB6 Platform and …

Announcing New Voices And Emotions To Azure Neural Text To Speech
Azure Neural Text to Speech (Azure Neural TTS), a powerful speech synthesis capability of Azure Cognitive Services, enables developers to convert text to lifelike speech using AI. Enterprises and agencies utilize Azure Neural TTS for video game characters, chatbots, content readers, and more. The Azure Neural TTS product team is continuously working on bringing new voice …

An Easier Way To Teach Robots New Skills
With e-commerce orders pouring in, a warehouse robot picks mugs off a shelf and places them into boxes for shipping. Everything is humming along, until the warehouse processes a change and the robot must now grasp taller, narrower mugs that are stored upside down. Reprogramming that robot involves hand-labeling thousands of images that show it …

Unpacking Black-Box Models
Modern machine-learning models, such as neural networks, are often referred to as “black boxes” because they are so complex that even the researchers who design them can’t fully understand how they make predictions. To provide some insights, researchers use explanation methods that seek to describe individual model decisions. For example, they may highlight words in …

Securing The Human Voice At Scale: Pindrop Partners With Google Cloud
If you’ve ever used only your voice to authenticate a payment, place an order, or check an account over the phone, there is a good chance that Pindrop’s technology made it possible. Founded in Atlanta in 2011, Pindrop provides software and technology that uses machine learning, voice recognition, and behavioral analytics to help detect and prevent fraud …

Technology University Stops Information-Stealing Cyber-Attack With Darktrace AI
Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security AI, today announced that an African technology university stopped a recent cyber-attack using Darktrace AI. The attackers attempted to distribute PrivateLoader malware, a pay-per-install malware service commonly associated with crypto-mining and IP theft. The public university, which has been established for over 30 years in Africa, awards students …

Lucerne Has New Artificial Intelligence Center
LAC², the Lucerne AI Cognitive Community, has formally been established. The official launch took place at an event in Lucerne on April 21 according to a press release on LinkedIn. This artificial intelligence center is a non-profit association. The aim is to support companies, institutions, and individuals to create added value through the use of AI. Furthermore, …

Securing The Human Voice At Scale: Pindrop Partners With Google Cloud
If you’ve ever used only your voice to authenticate a payment, place an order, or check an account over the phone, there is a good chance that Pindrop’s technology made it possible. Founded in Atlanta in 2011, Pindrop provides software and technology that uses machine learning, voice recognition, and behavioral analytics to help detect and prevent fraud …

Artificial Intelligence System Learns Concepts Shared Across Video, Audio, And Text
Humans observe the world through a combination of different modalities, like vision, hearing, and our understanding of language. Machines, on the other hand, interpret the world through data that algorithms can process. So, when a machine “sees” a photo, it must encode that photo into data it can use to perform a task like image …