Mozilla Common Voice updates will help train the ‘Hey Firefox’ wakeword for voice-based web browsing
Mozilla updated Common Voice, its open source collection of transcribed voice data. It now contains over 7,000 hours of speech across 54 languages.
Researchers find some third-party Facebook apps are misusing email addresses
A preprint study from the University of Iowa found some third-party Facebook apps share data like email addresses with other parties without disclosure.
AI Powered Cancer Screening Coming to the NHS
For the first time, the UK will be widely utilising artificial intelligence to help pathologists detects prostate cancer in a promising partnership between the companies Ibex Medical Analytics and LDPath.
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New system combines smartphone videos to create 4-D visualizations
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated that they can combine iPhone videos shot "in the wild" by separate cameras to create 4-D visualizations that allow viewers to watch action from various angles, or even erase people or objects that temporarily block sight lines.
MIT removes huge dataset that teaches AI systems to use racist, misogynistic slurs
MIT has taken offline a massive and highly-cited dataset that trained AI systems to use racist and misogynistic terms to describe people, The Register reports. The training set — called 80 Million Tiny Images, as that’s how many labeled images it’s s
Dating app Badoo is now using AI to detect unsolicited dick pics
Badoo says the "Private Detector" can spot 98% of dick pics, nudes, and other inappropriate content.
Facebook advances VR rendering quality with neural 4×4 supersampling
A research team has come up with a way to teach computers how to transform low-res 3D renders into high-resolution versions suitable for live VR viewing.
Google brings its AI-powered SmartReply to YouTube
Google announced SmartReply, its AI-powered technology that recommends replies to comments, is now available on YouTube for creators.
Stanford AI researchers introduce LILAC, reinforcement learning for dynamic environments
Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) researchers created an AI technique called LILAC to allow reinforcement learning algorithms to operate in dynamic environments.
Disney makes face swapping more believable
It may sound contradictory, but deepfakes are becoming more real.
What if Facebook can’t be fixed?
A boycott organized by the Stop Hate For Profit Coalition is pressuring Facebook to embrace 10 reforms. But the real problems are too fundamental to fix.
Deepfake Technology Enters the Documentary World
A film about persecuted gay and lesbian Chechens uses digital manipulation to guard their identities without losing their humanity. The step raises familiar questions about nonfiction movies.
Google is testing Smart Compose on WhatsApp and Telegram
Users of Gboard beta have spotted Smart Compose popping up in Google Messages, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
Pudu Technology raises over $15 million for ‘contact-free’ autonomous delivery robots
Pudu Technology, a Shenzhen-based startup designing robots for hospitals, restaurants, and offices, today announced it raised $15 million.
Voicemod raises $8 million for silly or serious voice filters in games
Voicemod has raised $8 million to expand its business of offering voice filters that people can use to change their voices in video games or virtual worlds.
Salesforce researchers claim new method mitigates AI models’ gender bias
A new paper from researchers at Salesforce proposes a technique for mitigating gender bias in word embeddings from large data sets.
A hyperdimensional computing system that performs all core computations in-memory
Hyperdimensional computing (HDC) is an emerging computing approach inspired by patterns of neural activity in the human brain. This unique type of computing can allow artificial intelligence systems to retain memories and process new information based on data or scenarios it previously encountered.