Researchers at MIT have developed a fascinating machine learning model that leverages sound to accurately map an environment and also determine the acoustics of the room at different locations.
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Microsoft reflects its commitment towards breaking the language barrier and ensuring that endangered languages are preserved by adding Inuinnaqtun and Romanized Inuktitut to its list of languages.
Snapchat's Scan feature can now suggest recipes to users based on the ingredients they scan. The data for this feature is provided by Allrecipes and Wikipedia. Food Scan is only available in the U.S.
Microsoft's AI-powered system for generating image caption is now integrated into Azure's computer vision service, and it's billed as being more accurate in describing images than people.
With this move, Microsoft is going expand the capabilities offered through Dynamics 365, with focus on allowing retailers to build and train their own AI models through the available solutions.
By harmonizing modules pertaining to different media, Nvidia Jarvis will help build context for accurately predicting and generating responses in conversation-based AI applications.
The 4D tracking techniques would use 4D dynamic solid modeling of a cluttered space by collecting depth data from 3D cameras. These modeling concepts can then be applied in a number of use cases.
With the initiation of the Deepfake Detection Challenge, Facebook, Microsoft, MIT, Oxford, UC Berkeley, and others join hands in figuring out new ways to contain the spread of deepfakes.
Microsoft has highlighted five ways in which it is assisting conservationists track and help endangered species. These include the use of AI tools and various machine learning models on Azure.
Read My World is the latest Microsoft Garage project; it enables users to take photos of objects and documents using their phone cameras, and then learn their spellings and pronunciations.
Seeing AI is a Microsoft app that narrates the world for blind users, using their smartphone cameras. Today, it has been updated to include a couple of nifty new features and native iPad support.
MIT has developed an automated approach to mapping called RoadTracer, which promises 45 percent more accuracy than existing methods such as those used by Google and other mapping companies.
Microsoft has created a new AI bot which apparently draws whatever it is told to. The company believes that the techniques used for text-to-image generation produce an image of a much higher quality.
Google has acquired the Belarusian firm AIMatter. The startup, which operates from Europe and the US, has developed computer vision AI which is available through a proof-of-concept app.
Google is open sourcing a new version of its image-captioning, machine-learning AI system. It is four times faster and significantly better than its predecessors at analyzing and understanding images.
