The text discusses the development of a universal audio generation model called UniAudio. It aims to handle various audio-generating tasks, such as speech synthesis and music production, using a single unified model. The model utilizes Large Language Models (LLMs) and tokenization techniques to generate audio based on different input modalities. UniAudio has been shown to…
Meter-to-cash solutions are crucial in the utilities sector for revenue generation and efficient operations. These solutions have become indispensable, offering a comprehensive guide for businesses in 2023. AIMultiple provides information and tools to help businesses grow.
CD Projekt, the developer of Cyberpunk 2077, utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to replicate the voice of deceased actor Miłogost Reczek. With consent from Reczek’s family, voice-cloning software was utilized to make a new actor’s lines sound like Reczek’s. This decision raises concerns about the use of AI in the entertainment industry. Other companies, like Disney,…
GTE-tiny is a lightweight and fast text embedding model developed by Alibaba DAMO Academy. It uses the BERT framework and has been trained on a large corpus of relevant text pairs. Although it has slightly lower performance than gte-small, it is half the size. GTE-tiny is useful for semantic search, clustering, sentence translation, and summarization…
This edition of the AI News Roundup focuses on various topics related to artificial intelligence. It highlights advancements in brain-machine interfaces, such as visualizing thoughts and decoding speech from brain recordings. The roundup also covers the use of AI in different sectors, including media, finance, law enforcement, healthcare, and entertainment. It concludes with a mention…
SpaceEvo is a novel method introduced by Microsoft researchers to automatically create specialized search spaces for efficient INT8 inference on specific hardware platforms. It offers hardware-specific, quantization-friendly neural network models and outperforms manually designed search spaces. This advancement in deep learning has the potential to enhance edge computing solutions and can be adapted for various…
Customer service executives believe their customer experience is “superior”, but customers think only 8% of organizations provide a superior experience. This highlights the need for companies to address this gap.
Google Cloud’s Vertex AI Search is set to revolutionize the healthcare and life sciences industries by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to extract accurate clinical information from various sources, addressing the challenge of data overload. This advancement supports operational enhancements, compliance, personalized member materials, IT modernization, and alleviating administrative burdens. Google’s partnership with healthcare organizations is…
Researchers from CalTech and ETH Zurich have explored the use of diffusion models in text-to-image synthesis and its application in vision tasks. They propose using automatically generated captions to enhance text-image alignment and achieve substantial improvements in perceptual performance. Their approach sets new benchmarks in diffusion-based semantic segmentation, depth estimation, object detection, and segmentation tasks.…
This article discusses the expectations and responsibilities of junior, mid-level, and senior data scientists. It emphasizes the importance of experience and technical expertise in defining these roles, but also highlights the need for clarity on business expectations. The article provides a framework for understanding the scope of work at each level and offers insights for…
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Arabic has been largely overlooked in Natural Language Processing (NLP) due to its complex nature, but researchers have been developing AI solutions to process Arabic and its dialects. This research has the potential to revolutionize how Arabic speakers interact with technology. Challenges include the complexities of the Arabic language, variations in dialects, and the need…
Researchers from Meta have introduced a machine learning model that aims to decode speech perception from non-invasive brain recordings. By employing contrastive learning, the model achieved promising results in decoding perceived speech representations. This advancement offers potential for non-invasive language decoding in healthcare and neuroscience applications. The study highlights the significance of contrastive objectives, pretrained…
OpenAI is planning to reduce costs for developers and enterprise users. The company is expected to introduce changes next month that will streamline software development and decrease costs. One notable upgrade is the integration of memory storage in OpenAI’s developer tools, which has the potential to reduce application development costs by up to 20 times.…
Bank of England representatives have expressed concerns about the potential threats that biased AI decision-making poses to the financial system. They have highlighted that algorithms can perpetuate biases found in datasets, leading to unfair treatment of consumers and professionals. The use of “biased or unfair AI” could expose companies to legal and reputational risks. Instances…
IBM has launched Threat Detection and Response Services, a solution to address the overwhelming volume of security alerts faced by organizations. Leveraging AI, the system can automatically escalate or close 85% of alerts, allowing security teams to focus on critical threats. It also offers an MITRE ATT&CK assessment for security posture comparison and seamless integration…
Neural networks use non-linear activation functions to enable them to model and fit complex functions. The most common activation function is the rectified linear unit (ReLU), but there are others such as sigmoid, tanh, and leaky ReLU. The choice of activation function depends on the specific problem and should be experimented with to find the…
Researchers have developed an algorithm that can rapidly halt a man-in-the-middle cyberattack on an unmanned military robot, with a 99% success rate, when tested in real-time.
Infatica is a notable player in the proxy industry, providing different types of proxy servers for businesses and individuals. This post discusses the top 5 alternatives and competitors to Infatica in 2023.
The rise of LLMs has made the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) framework popular for building question-answering systems. However, without proper tuning and experimentation, these systems may not be reliable in production. This article explores the problems with the RAG framework and provides tips for improving its performance, including leveraging document metadata and fine-tuning hyperparameters.