Jul 31, 2019
Text to Speech In Three Languages
Human voices retain their distinctive character no matter what language they’re speaking. New research lets computers imitate human voices across a number of languages.
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The Batch: AI for Artists, Relief for Programmers, Diagnosing Heart Disease, Emotional Un-Intelligence, Multilingual Text-to-Speech
Shortly after Pi day (3/14), I announced our Pie & AI series of meetups. We held them in Seattle in March and London in April. We just hosted our third Pie & AI meetup to celebrate the launch of the final course in the deeplearning.ai TensorFlow Specialization.
Jul 24, 2019
Who Robowatches the Robowatchmen?
Do security cameras make your local bank or convenience store safer? These devices monitor countless locations around the clock, but it takes people watching to evaluate their output — an expensive, exhausting, and error-prone solution.
Jul 24, 2019
Closing in On Cancer
For all the research attention paid to cancer, there’s still no foolproof way to catch it early. Now AI is homing in on tumors that doctors previously missed.
Jul 24, 2019
Africa Rising
Africa isn’t known as a tech hub, but the continent’s embrace of AI is putting it in the spotlight. African researchers lately have turned to AI to tackle everything from crop failure to bureaucratic red tape.
Jul 24, 2019
Do GANs Dream of Moving Pictures?
Generative adversarial networks make amazingly true-to-life pictures, but their output largely has been limited to still images — until now. Get ready for generated videos.
Jul 24, 2019
Wiring the Brain for AI
Chips that connect the human brain to outboard equipment have given paralyzed patients rudimentary control over robotic limbs. Elon Musk envisions brain-computer interfaces that wouldn’t just rehabilitate people but link them to artificial intelligence.
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The Batch: Wiring the Brain for AI, Diagnosing Cancer, Generating Realistic Videos, Innovating in Africa
I recently met an engineer at a large travel agency who had built a fun ML project for sending guests greetings. This was one of the company’s first forays into ML. The project did not generate any revenue, and their managers discouraged them from doing more work on ML.
Jul 17, 2019
Upping the Ante
Artificial intelligence has bested humanity at chess, Go, even StarCraft II. But those games are played against a single opponent in one sitting. Poker requires neural nets to learn skills like tracking a table full of players and maximizing winnings over many games.
Jul 31, 2019
Da Vinci Code
Artificial intelligence is fueling artistic experimentation from painting to music. Now creatives can spend less time keeping up with the expanding AI palette and more time making digital masterpieces.
Jul 17, 2019
More Learning From Less Data
Neural networks surpass human abilities in many tasks, with a caveat: Typical supervised learning requires lots of labeled data. New research is pushing back that threshold.
Jul 17, 2019
Excitement Recognition
Video highlights are as integral to sports as endorsement deals for star athletes. Now AI is picking the most exciting moments and compiling them quicker than humans.