In a preprint paper published this week on Arxiv.org, scientists at Microsoft, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and the University of Washington describe PlotMachines, an AI system that learns to transform outlines into stories by tracking plot threads. PlotMachines, the code for which is available on GitHub, could bolster the development of systems capable […]
Stormtrooper Gaming Keyboard, Mouse, And More Are All Discounted For May The 4th
May the 4th is here once again, and to celebrate all of the Star Wars shenanigans, discounts on a bunch of merch, games, and movies are popping up all over the internet. The latest Star Wars Day deals come from Amazon. Razer’s selection of Stormtrooper PC gaming accessories have some sweet discounts, so if you’ve […]
OpenAI’s Jukebox AI produces music in any style from scratch — complete with lyrics
OpenAI today released Jukebox, a machine learning framework that generates music — including rudimentary songs — as raw audio in a range of genres and musical styles. Provided with a genre, artist, and lyrics as input, Jukebox outputs a new music sample produced from scratch. The code and model are available on GitHub, along with […]
Google’s AI can adjust voice emotion, pitch, and speed with 30 minutes of data
In a paper originally published last October and accepted to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) 2020, researchers affiliated with Google and the University College London propose an AI model that enables control of speech characteristics like pitch, emotion, and speaking rate with as little as 30 minutes of data. The work has obvious […]
Current Health partners with the Mayo Clinic for remote coronavirus patient monitoring
Current Health, which offers a suite of AI-powered remote patient monitoring solutions, today announced a partnership with the Mayo Clinic to develop technologies that identify coronavirus cases and predict symptom and disease severity in patients, health care workers, and other at-risk individuals. As a part of the partnership, the Mayo Clinic will become an investor […]
This 65-Inch 4K TV Is On Sale For $428, Includes Free Pair Of Google Home Minis
If you’re looking for a new TV to get you through self-isolation, then Walmart has an excellent deal on a 4-Series TCL 65-inch 4K TV. The 4 Series represents TCL’s budget TVs, and Walmart’s discount on the TCL 65S421 brings the TV’s price down to $428. That matches the best price we’ve seen for this […]
The challenges of developing autonomous vehicles during a pandemic
In the months since the coronavirus prompted shelter-in-place orders around the world, entire companies, industries, and economies have been decimated. One market that appeared poised to escape the impact was autonomous vehicles, particularly in the case of companies whose cars can be used to transport supplies to health care workers. But it seems even they […]
PS5 Pre-Order Notification Sign-Ups, Controller Details, And More
Over the past year and change, we’ve learned details about the PlayStation 5 through a steady but slow drip. The two biggest details we’ve learned recently is what the PS5 controller, also known as the DualSense, looks like, as well as that production of the PS4 will be slower than that of its predecessor due […]
You Can Pre-Order MSI's New Budget Gaming Laptops
If you’re looking to get a brand-new gaming laptop but you don’t want to cut in your savings, now might be a good time to buy one. MSI has revealed two new gaming laptops are around the $1,000 mark. The MSI Bravo 15 and 17 feature specs that can run most modern games at modest […]
Amazon’s AI uses a microphone array to localize multiple speakers in a room
In a technical paper scheduled to be presented next month at the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP), a group of Amazon researchers propose an AI approach to multiple-source localization, or the problem of estimating a sound’s location using microphone audio. They say that in experiments involving real and simulated data (the […]