Will AI power video chats of the future? That’s what Nvidia implied this week with the unveiling of Maxine, a platform that provides developers with a suite of GPU-accelerated AI conferencing software. Maxine brings AI effects including gaze correction, super-resolution, noise cancellation, face relighting, and more to end users, while in the process reducing how […]
Nvidia spans AI from $59 Jetson Nano robots to massive datacenters on a chip
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is delivering the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) keynote address this morning as he spotlights the company’s strategic platforms that span all of computing, from a $59 Jetson Nano robot brain to massive data processing units that are part of its datacenter-on-a-chip strategy. Nvidia’s big event is expected to draw 30,000 attendees […]
Facebook’s AI matches people in need with those willing to assist
Facebook says it has deployed a feature in its Community Help hub to make it easier for users to assist each other during the pandemic. As of this week, AI will detect when a public post on News Feed is about needing or offering help and will surface a suggestion to share it on Community […]
Google launches AI Platform Prediction in general availability
Google today launched AI Platform Prediction in general availability, a service that lets developers prep, build, run, and share machine learning models in the cloud. It’s based on a Google Kubernetes Engine backend and features an architecture designed for high reliability, flexibility, and low overhead latency. IDC predicts that worldwide spending on cognitive and AI systems will […]
AI Weekly: Cutting-edge language models can produce convincing misinformation if we don’t stop them
It’s been three months since OpenAI launched an API underpinned by cutting-edge language model GPT-3, and it continues to be the subject of fascination within the AI community and beyond. Portland State University computer science professor Melanie Mitchell found evidence that GPT-3 can make primitive analogies, and Columbia University’s Raphaël Millière asked GPT-3 to compose […]
Qualcomm details Cloud AI 100 chipset, announces developer kit
During its AI Day conference last April, Qualcomm unveiled the Cloud AI 100, a chipset purpose-built for machine learning inferencing and edge computing workloads. Details were scarce at press time, evidently owing to a lengthy production schedule. But Qualcomm today announced a release date for the Cloud AI 100 — the first half of 2021, […]
Crusader Kings 3’s AI used to be way too thirsty
Crusader Kings 3 puts the player in the seat of power, ruling over a dynasty and attempting to spread their family’s influence beyond humble territories into ruling an empire. There are multiple ways to go about this, including being a faithful ruler who relies on the pope, or raising an army to go to war. […]
How Adobe is using an AI chatbot to support its 22,000 remote workers
When the COVID-19 shutdown began in March throughout the United States, my team at Adobe had to face a stark reality: Business as usual was no longer an option. Suddenly, over just a single weekend, we had to shift our global workforce of over 22,000 people to working remotely. Not surprisingly, our existing processes and […]
Oakland Black Business Fund aims to deliver both relief and investment
The Oakland Black Business Fund (OBBF) is announcing multiple initiatives it hopes can jump-start Black-owned businesses around the country, both in the tech world and outside of it. The organization is starting out with a relief fund to benefit Black businesses that have been hit hard during the pandemic and the upheaval related to the […]
Google Pixel Buds tap AI to alert users to sirens, crying babies, and barking dogs
Google Pixel Buds can now alert you to the sounds of a crying baby, barking dog, or the siren of an emergency vehicle when you’re listening to something and may not otherwise hear the sound. The feature reduces the volume of whatever music or podcast you’re listening to and plays a chime sound to signal […]