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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI helps a stroke patient speak, MediaTek-Meta AI collaboration, more
23Aug By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: AI helps a stroke patient speak, MediaTek-Meta AI collaboration, more

[ad_1] Today was an interesting day for artificial intelligence developments. New research reveals that AI helped a stroke patient who lost the ability to speak. The technology converted the patient's brain signals into words. In other news, MediaTek announced today that it is leveraging Meta's Llama 2 large language model to build an edge computing system that does not require cloud computing for heavy processing. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Patient with stroke speaks with the help of AIAccording to a New York Times report, a 30-year-old woman, suffered a cataclysmic stroke that paralyzed her and took away her ability to speak recently spoke once again with the power of AI. In a research that was published today in the Nature journal, scientists demon...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Meta brings AI for speech and translation, Microsoft-Epic AI collaboration
22Aug By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Meta brings AI for speech and translation, Microsoft-Epic AI collaboration

[ad_1] Today was a major day in artificial intelligence space. Large companies such as Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Deloitte, and others announced their new ventures and initiatives in the AI space. Meta introduced SeamlessM4T, a multimodal AI model that can do translation and transcription. In other news, Microsoft announced its collaboration with Epic to expand AI in the healthcare space. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Meta unveils AI model for speech and translationMeta introduced a new AI model for speech and translation. In its blog post, it said that this new AI model will give people access to more multilingual content and will enable many in communicating and understanding information in any language. The blog stated, “Today, we're introducing Seamles...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Meta’s new AI tool, Google enhances AI experience, more
2Aug By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Meta’s new AI tool, Google enhances AI experience, more

[ad_1] Today was a massive day in the artificial intelligence domain. We saw big announcements from major players in this space. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has released a new AI tool called AudioCraft that can generate audio and music from simple text prompts. In other news, Google has shared three new ways in which users can enhance their Search experience with AI. This comes as the company plans to roll out the AI Search feature next week. And in a shocking development, it appears that Elon Musk might have bought the domain www.ai.com from OpenAI. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.Meta announces AudioCraftJust hours ago, Meta announced its newest AI tool called AudioCraft which lets users generate high-quality audio and ...
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Meta is working on AI-powered chatbots that can soon come to Facebook, Instagram
2Aug By adminNo Comments
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Meta is working on AI-powered chatbots that can soon come to Facebook, Instagram

[ad_1] Meta Platforms is preparing to launch a range of artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbots that exhibit different personalities as soon as September, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. These AI chatbots are also likely to come to Facebook and Instagram and are internally called ‘personas'. Reportedly, they will offer a new way to use search, get recommendations, and interact with social media platforms.Meta has been designing prototypes for chatbots that can have humanlike discussions with its users, as the company attempts to boost its engagement with its social media platforms, according to the report, citing people with knowledge of the plans. The Menlo Park, California-based social media giant is even exploring a chatbot that speaks like Abraham Lincoln and another ...
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Meta’s AI personas, Pearson’s AI study buddy and more
1Aug By adminNo Comments
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Meta’s AI personas, Pearson’s AI study buddy and more

[ad_1] It is the first day of August and some major announcements were made in the field of artificial intelligence. YouTube is working on some experimental AI features that will allow it to auto-generate video summaries. In other news, Meta is developing AI personas for Facebook and Instagram that will offer a new way to interact with social media platforms. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.YouTube AI summary generationAccording to a support page on Google, YouTube has started testing a new AI feature that will auto-generate summaries on the platform. As a part of the test, the summaries will only be generated on a limited number of English-language videos and will be viewable to only a few users at this stage. However, the feature is expected to be rolled...
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Meta prepares AI-powered chatbots in attempt to retain users
1Aug By adminNo Comments
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Meta prepares AI-powered chatbots in attempt to retain users

[ad_1] Meta Platforms is preparing to launch a range of artificial intelligence (AI) powered chatbots that exhibit different personalities as soon as September, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.Meta has been designing prototypes for chatbots that can have humanlike discussions with its users, as the company attempts to boost its engagement with its social media platforms, according to the report, citing people with knowledge of the plans. The Menlo Park, California-based social media giant is even exploring a chatbot that speaks like Abraham Lincoln and another that advises on travel options in the style of a surfer, the report added. The purpose of these chatbots will be to provide a new search function as well as offer recommendations. The report comes as Meta executives are fo...
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Investors Are Happy to Pay Premium for Tech, But Not for AI
31Jul By adminNo Comments
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Investors Are Happy to Pay Premium for Tech, But Not for AI

[ad_1] Investors on Wall Street and beyond are betting that the great tech rally of 2023 has staying power, even as they appear skeptical that the artificial-intelligence era will live up to the hype.Some 77% of the 514 respondents to the latest Markets Live Pulse survey are planning to either increase their exposure to technology stocks or keep it steady over the next six months. Meanwhile, less than 10% see a bubble in the sector bursting anytime soon. That bullishness has pushed the Nasdaq 100 to its best first half in history, ramping up market valuations and blindsiding pros on the Street. Yet while survey participants are likely riding the AI-fueled market melt-up thanks to their broad equity exposure, they aren't going all-in on the technology just yet. Half are disinclined to pa...
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Amazon, Google, Meta and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House
21Jul By adminNo Comments
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Amazon, Google, Meta and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House

[ad_1] President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by his White House are an important step toward managing the “enormous” promise and risks posed by the technology.Biden announced that his administration has secured voluntary commitments from seven U.S. companies meant to ensure their AI products are safe before they release them. Some of the commitments call for third-party oversight of the workings of commercial AI systems, though they don't detail who will audit the technology or hold the companies accountable. “We must be clear eyed and vigilant about the threats emerging technologies can pose," Biden said, ad...
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5 things you should know about Meta’s ChatGPT-rival, AI platform LLaMA
19Jul By adminNo Comments
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5 things you should know about Meta’s ChatGPT-rival, AI platform LLaMA

[ad_1] Facebook's parent company Meta might have been late to the AI party, but it has still managed to make a grand entry. Yesterday night, the company announced that its large language platform LLaMA will be made open-source and entirely free for research and commercial purposes, taking a similar approach to OpenAI's ChatGPT. The move was announced during Microsoft's Inspire event, where Meta also revealed its partnership with Microsoft, and extended its support for products such as Azure and Windows. And these are the 5 important things you should know about Meta's AI platform.1. What is LLaMA?In February, Meta announced its LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI) platform, a large language model built on 65 billion parameters. At the time of its announcement, Meta revealed that the pla...
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Meta introduces Voicebox, does a first on Generative AI speech
17Jun By adminNo Comments
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Meta introduces Voicebox, does a first on Generative AI speech

[ad_1] Meta AI researchers have moved a step forward in the field of generative AI for speech with the development of Voicebox. Unlike previous models, Voicebox can generalize to speech-generation tasks that it was not specifically trained for, demonstrating state-of-the-art performance.Voicebox is a versatile generative system for speech that can produce high-quality audio clips in a wide variety of styles. It can create outputs from scratch or modify existing samples. The model supports speech synthesis in six languages, as well as noise removal, content editing, style conversion, and diverse sample generation. Traditionally, generative AI models for speech required specific training for each task using carefully prepared training data. However, Voicebox adopts a new approach called F...
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