Researchers from Google AI (formerly Google Research) and Toyota Technological Institute of Chicago have created ALBERT, an AI model that achieves state-of-the-art results that exceed human performance. ALBERT now claims first place on major NLP performance leaderboards for benchmarks like GLUE and SQuAD 2.0, and high RACE performance score.
On the Stanford Question Answering Dataset benchmark…
Google Assistant voice controls come to Xbox One
September 26, 2019
When it launched alongside, one of the Xbox One’s main selling points was voice control, delivered via an upgraded Kinect unit. Kinect was quickly phased out, though, and Alexa and Cortana voice controls eventually served as a replacement. Now, Google Assistant users…
NVIDIA has created an AI-powered greenscreen for streamers
September 26, 2019
NVIDIA has unveiled the RTX Broadcast Engine, powered by the Tensor Cores on RTX GPUs, that can do live filters, greenscreening and other tricks for Twitch streamers. The most interesting feature is RTX Greenscreen, which can remove the background from Twitch streamers and…
Alibaba unveils its own AI chip for cloud computing
September 26, 2019
Apparently, Huawei isn’t the only Chinese mega-corporation that was developing its own AI chip. Alibaba has unveiled an in-house-designed AI chip called the Hanguang 800 a month after Huawei launched the Ascend 910. The company, mostly known for its e-commerce business, said the chip could significantly cut down on the time needed to finish machine learning tasks. For example: Alibaba-owned…
McDonald's is using Alexa and Google Assistant to hire new workers
September 25, 2019
McDonald’s has launched a new voice experience for both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, but it’s not for hungry customers looking to order a couple of burgers. It’s called Apply Thru, and the company says it’s the world’s first…
MegaBots calls it quits, puts battle robots on eBay
September 25, 2019
The era of giant battle robots appears to be over… although you might have a chance to bring it back. MegaBots has gone bankrupt after once again running out of money, and it’s auctioning its 16-foot-tall Eagle Prime robot on eBay as part of the shutdown.
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robot is now a gymnast
September 24, 2019
The latest footage from Boston Dynamics is, unsurprisingly, both impressive and terrifying. Over the past few years we’ve seen Atlas navigate uneven terrain and even jump around a parkour course. This is on another level, though. The bipedal robot does a handstand, rolls around and even does a few jumping twists — all without losing its balance.
A new workflow helps Atlas pull off…
Waze can take commands from Google Assistant anywhere in the US
September 23, 2019
Google Assistant is officially available for all English-speaking Waze users in the United States. Waze announced the rollout last week after making the feature available in limited test runs earlier this year. The integration will give users the opportunity to ask Google…
Facebook’s latest AI experiment helps you pick what to wear
September 21, 2019
Just when you think researchers have found the wackiest possible use for a neural net yet, another team finds an even more novel use for artificial intelligence. Take Facebook’s new Fashion++ AI. It’s a program that will help you become a fashionista.
Facebook…
A 4G flip phone with Google Assistant is coming to the US
September 19, 2019
Dumb phones are getting smarter. Last year Nokia showed us what was possible in a feature phone with its 8110 4G, now Alcatel is leveraging the same operating system, Kai, to launch a 4G flip phone with Google Assistant integration, as well as apps such as WhatsApp and YouTube.
The Go Flip 3 (on T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile) and the SmartFlip (on AT&T and Cricket Wireless) come with all the…
