Artificial intelligence
Instagram shuts down Boomerang, Hyperlapse standalone apps
Shortly after dropping support for the IGTV application, Instagram has removed its standalone Boomerang as well as Hyperlapse apps from Apple's App Store and Google Play. Boomerang from Instagram launched back in 2014 and allowed users to create mini videos from a burst of 10 shots. Instagram expects the quality to "continue to improve" as the AI learns, however.
Microsoft working on 'Singularity' AI Cloud infrastructure service
Microsoft is working on a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure service codenamed 'Singularity' that will provide data scientists and AI researchers a way to build, scale, experiment and iterate on their models on a Microsoft Azure Cloud service built specifically for AI. A group of researchers, mostly of Indian origin, have published a paper which provides technical details about the ‘Singularity' project.
Artificial Intelligence can't own artwork: US Copyright Office
In a significant ruling, the US Copyright Office has rejected a request to let an artificial intelligence (AI) system called 'Creativity Machine' copyright a piece of art it created. Its developer Steven Thaler tried to copyright the artwork on behalf of the algorithm he dubbed as 'Creativity Machine', reports The Verge. The decision calls "the nexus between the human mind and creative expression" a vital element of copyright.
Journalists' favourite transcription app Otter listening to recordings: Report
A report in Politico suggests that Cloud-based real-time transcriptions -- being adopted worldwide for their ease and simplicity -- are not entirely safe. Politico journalist Phelim Kine interviewed Mustafa Aksu, an outspoken Uyghur human rights activist who could be a target of surveillance from the Chinese government. Aksu is with the Washington, DC-based Uyghur Human Rights Project.
Our AI supercomputer will be world's fastest this year: Meta
Called the AI Research SuperCluster (RSC), the machine is already being used by Meta researchers to train large models in natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision for research, with the aim of training models with trillions of parameters in the near future.
Google AI tools bring back women in science to the fore
The machine-learning (ML) project builds on Google Arts & Culture's previous work, which made over 2.8 million 2D and 3D images from the museum collections available to the public for the very first time in 2020.
Garmin launches its first-ever smartwatch with voice control features
The all new Venu 2 Plus is priced at Rs 46,990, available in 3 colours; graphite black, cream gold and powder grey. The Venu 2 Plus comes with 43-mm watch case with durable Corning Gorilla Glass 3 along with stainless steel bezel and a comfortable 20-mm industry-standard quick release silicone band.
Second largest in AI talent pool, Bengaluru ranked fifth in the world
The ranking is derived based on a framework of indicators such as talent pool, investments, diversity of talent, the evolution of the country's digital foundations (TIDE). The other cities topping the list are San Francisco, New York, Boston, and Seattle. Bengaluru is also among the top cities on HBR's list of AI hotspots in the developing world scoring favourably on the cost of living.
After being fired from Google, Gebru forms AI research institute
The Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR) is a response to the need Gebru sees for independent spaces where researchers across the globe can set the agenda and conduct AI research rooted in their communities and lived experiences. "AI needs to be brought back down to earth," said Gebru, Founder of DAIR.
Nvidia announces new platform for creating AI Avatars
Omniverse Avatar connects the company's technologies in speech AI, computer vision, natural language understanding, recommendation engines and simulation technologies. "The dawn of intelligent virtual assistants has arrived. Omniverse Avatar combines NVIDIA's foundational graphics, simulation and AI technologies to make some of the most complex real-time applications ever created. The use cases of collaborative robots and virtual assistants are incredible and far reaching," Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia said in a statement.
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