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Are You Speaking to a Human? Google Duplex and Third-Gen TPUs Take Text-to-Speech to New Levels

Are You Speaking to a Human? Google Duplex and Third-Gen TPUs Take Text-to-Speech to New Levels

Text-to-speech has been a frustrating area for developers and users alike (and the butt of many tech jokes). But Google's recently demonstrated Duplex, their latest AI text-to-speech engine, shows extraordinary—and somewhat worrying—results.


News May 16, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Robots and AI: Our New Lawyers, Police, and Dentists?

Robots and AI: Our New Lawyers, Police, and Dentists?

Increasingly more capable robots and artificial intelligence systems are capable of even more complex jobs that normally would require years of post-secondary training for a human to do. Here are a few examples in law, law enforcement, and dentistry.


News Mar 02, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Tricking Autonomous Driving Systems Could Be as Simple as Subtly Altering Street Signs

Tricking Autonomous Driving Systems Could Be as Simple as Subtly Altering Street Signs

Recent research indicates that it may be easier to dupe a vision system in an autonomous vehicle than previously thought.


News Feb 16, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Developing an Open Source Voice Assistant: Interview with Mycroft AI’s Steve Penrod

Developing an Open Source Voice Assistant: Interview with Mycroft AI’s Steve Penrod

A look at Mycroft, a machine-learning AI home voice assistant—that's open source.


News Feb 09, 2018 by Kate Smith
Maxim Integrated Sets Sights on Continuous Sensing for Preventative Healthcare

Maxim Integrated Sets Sights on Continuous Sensing for Preventative Healthcare

Maxim Integrated touted three new continuous sensing healthcare products at CES 2018.


News Feb 01, 2018 by Justin Kirkham
The Everything-as-a-Service Business Model: Making AI, Drones, and Robotics More Accessible

The Everything-as-a-Service Business Model: Making AI, Drones, and Robotics More Accessible

The "as-a-Service" model is changing the way innovators use new technologies—sometimes by giving access to new technologies that would be out of their grasp otherwise.


News Jan 21, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
AI Enables Shark Spotting Drones to Patrol Australia’s Beaches

AI Enables Shark Spotting Drones to Patrol Australia’s Beaches

AI-enabled drones hope to improve swimmer safety at places where shark attack numbers remain high.


Google’s Auto ML Can Replicate Next-Gen ML Software More Capable Than Human-Made Systems

Google’s Auto ML Can Replicate Next-Gen ML Software More Capable Than Human-Made Systems

Google’s AutoML system, first announced in May 2017, has demonstrated the ability to replicate and produce other machine learning systems that are more powerful and efficient than the best human-designed machine learning systems that currently exist.


News Nov 01, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Form Factors and Funding Issues as Devices Move Past Noise-Canceling Headphones

Form Factors and Funding Issues as Devices Move Past Noise-Canceling Headphones

The technology behind noise-cancelling headphones has been around since the 1970s, but in recent years, the technology has been brought to broader applications.


News Oct 02, 2017 by Tim Youngblood
3 Applications for AI Image Recognition

3 Applications for AI Image Recognition

AI image recognition has uses across industries, from the personal to the professional.


Putin’s Comments on Artificial Intelligence Raise Questions about Future Geopolitics and Warfare

Putin’s Comments on Artificial Intelligence Raise Questions about Future Geopolitics and Warfare

Russia’s president spoke briefly about the future of artificial intelligence in the context of military applications, leading many to wonder how exactly AI will shape the way we go to war.


How Pairing Drones with AI, the IoT, and RFID Tracking Is Making Business More Efficient

How Pairing Drones with AI, the IoT, and RFID Tracking Is Making Business More Efficient

Mixing and matching tech domains can produce some amazing results and sophisticated solutions to today’s problems.


News Sep 04, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Elon Musk and the Future of Life Institute Pursue Warnings About Lethal AI Technology

Elon Musk and the Future of Life Institute Pursue Warnings About Lethal AI Technology

Recently, a series of news outlets published headlines about SpaceX CEO Elon Musk urging the United Nations to take action against “killer robots”. But he's not the only one supporting these efforts.


News Aug 25, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
What People Are Talking About: Highlights from the  Hot Chips Symposium

What People Are Talking About: Highlights from the Hot Chips Symposium

A hub for technological innovation and inspiration, Hot Chips delivered tutorials, presentations, and more.


Intel, Qualcomm, Google, and NVIDIA Race to Develop AI Chips and Platforms

Intel, Qualcomm, Google, and NVIDIA Race to Develop AI Chips and Platforms

AI labs race to develop processors that are bigger, faster, stronger.


Apple to Enter the Automotive Game as Siri Begins to Lag in Personal Assistant AI

Apple to Enter the Automotive Game as Siri Begins to Lag in Personal Assistant AI

Is Apple going to go up against Waymo and Tesla in the autonomous car industry?


News Jul 13, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
What Are Dolphins Talking About? Gavagai’s Using Linguistics, AI, and Machine Learning to Find Out

What Are Dolphins Talking About? Gavagai’s Using Linguistics, AI, and Machine Learning to Find Out

What did one dolphin say to the other? With the use of AI, we might soon find out.


News Jun 05, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
How Elon Musk’s Neuralink and Bryan Johnson’s Kernal Are Bridging the Biological-Digital Gap

How Elon Musk’s Neuralink and Bryan Johnson’s Kernal Are Bridging the Biological-Digital Gap

Electronics are ever becoming more advanced but their users, humans, have barely kept up with the changes. But this is something that some companies are attempting to address by trying to bridge the gap between humans and the digital world in the form of neuron-circuit connections.


News Jun 04, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
How AI Can Help Stop Counterfeiters (Or Make Them More Effective Than Ever)

How AI Can Help Stop Counterfeiters (Or Make Them More Effective Than Ever)

AI is proving useful in many applications ranging from games to medical diagnostics. However, there is a growing realization of the importance of AI in a particular field that can potentially save billions for business globally: counterfeits.


News Jun 03, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Prototype Memristor Network Uses Visual Processing Inspired by Mammalian Brains

Prototype Memristor Network Uses Visual Processing Inspired by Mammalian Brains

This News Brief covers a new memristor prototype capable of processing vast amounts of visual data.


News May 22, 2017 by Kate Smith