AI That Understands Speech By Looking As Well As Hearing
People use AI for a wide range of speech recognition and understanding tasks, from enabling smart speakers to developing tools for people who are hard of hearing or who have speech impairments. But oftentimes these speech understanding systems don’t work well in the everyday situations when we need them most: Where multiple people are speaking …
IBM Watson Advertising Brings AI-Driven Weather Analytics To AWS Data Exchange
IBM Watson Advertising (NYSE: IBM) today announced the availability of data from The Weather Company, an IBM Business, on AWS Data Exchange, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. The AWS Data Exchange allows businesses to easily find and subscribe to third-party data in the cloud. Providing data from the world’s most accurate weather forecaster1, IBM Watson Advertising’s Weather …
A Tensor Language To The Rescue
High-performance computing is needed for an ever-growing number of tasks—such as image processing or various deep learning applications on neural nets—where one must plow through immense piles of data, and do so reasonably quickly, or else it could take ridiculous amounts of time. It’s widely believed that, in carrying out operations of this sort, there …
Accelerate The In-Vehicle Digital Experience With Azure Cognitive Services
Microsoft is helping to reshape the automotive industry in the way it serves its drivers with in-vehicle infotainment systems. As an example, Azure is partnering with XPENG to enable AI voice experiences for automotive brands and customers. The solution provides the industry with a fresh take on text-to-speech and expressive voice, global languages, speaker fidelity, …
How Abigail Annkah Is Using AI To Improve Maps In Africa
As a university student, Abigail Annkah fell in love with mathematics, which soon led to her interest in artificial intelligence. After graduating from the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Abigail made it through the competitive process to become an AI resident at Google Research, Accra. After her residency, Google offered her a job and she’s …
Intel, GoodMaps Work On Safe Indoor Navigation
As part of the Intel RISE Technology Initiative (IRTI), Intel is collaborating with GoodMaps to deliver a high-quality indoor wayfinding solution for people who are blind or visually impaired. Safely and effectively navigating indoor spaces results in greater independence and confidence when traveling. In this video, students at Portland State University share their experiences with the technology and how it …
2021 Year In Review: Google Quantum AI
Google’s Quantum AI team has had a productive 2021. Despite ongoing global challenges, we’ve made significant progress in our effort to build a fully error-corrected quantum computer, working towards our next hardware milestone of building an error-corrected quantum bit (qubit) prototype. At the same time, we have continued our commitment to realizing the potential of …
CES: Udelv Unveils Mobileye-Powered AV Transporter
Udelv unveiled its Transporter – the company’s next-generation autonomous delivery vehicle driven by Mobileye Drive™ – in advance of this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show 2022 in Las Vegas. The cab-less Transporter is designed for commercial delivery fleets and is expected to help solve two of the most pressing challenges facing commercial fleets: the current shortage …
Theoretical Breakthrough Could Boost Data Storage
A trio of researchers that includes William Kuszmaul — a computer science PhD student at MIT — has made a discovery that could lead to more efficient data storage and retrieval in computers. The team’s findings relate to so-called “linear-probing hash tables,” which were introduced in 1954 and are among the oldest, simplest, and fastest …
NUS Engineers Bring A Soft Touch To Commercial Robotics
Inspired by the dexterity of a human hand, the NUS team has developed a hybrid robotic gripper which can be reconfigured on demand to pick and place a wide range of delicate food items. Inspired by the natural dexterity of the human hand, a team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has …