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Qualcomm's mid-range chip uses AI to clean up the audio on voice calls

September 22, 2020
Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon 750G, a 5G-capable processor designed for mid-range smartphones rather than higher-tier devices that might use the Snapdragon 765G. The key feature is an updated 4 TOPS (trillion operations per second) AI system that can do echo cancellation and background vocal noise suppression for gaming, chat and voice assistants. Qualcomm says it can filter noise like…
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ProBeat: Robots need to solve mobility before we find their killer app

September 19, 2020
This week we published our interview with Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter. We discussed his first year as CEO; the company’s profitability target after three decades (Boston Dynamics was founded in 1992); Spot, Pick, Handle, and Atlas; and the company’s broader roadmap, including which robots are next. The interview comes on the heels of Boston Dynamics opening sales for its quadruped robot…
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AI-powered weight training startup Tonal raises $110 million amid home workout boom

September 17, 2020
A little over a year after the close of its previous funding round, AI gym equipment startup Tonal today nabbed a $110 million tranche from new and existing investors. A spokesperson says the capital will enable Tonal to accelerate its marketing efforts, scale its supply chain and logistics, and roll out software upgrades and new workout content. Shelter-in-place orders and office closures…
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Baidu debuts updated AI framework and voice platform, wireless earbuds

September 15, 2020
Yesterday evening, Baidu held a three-hour virtual keynote to kick off its Baidu World 2020 conference. In addition to voice-activated earbuds dubbed the Xiaodu Pods, the company showcased the newest generation of its natural language processing platform, DuerOS, and its PaddlePaddle machine learning development framework. PaddlePaddle and Baidu Brain The latest beta release of PaddlePaddle —…
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