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New deep reinforcement learning technique helps AI to evolve

October 29, 2021
Hundreds of millions of years of evolution have produced a variety of life-forms, each intelligent in its own fashion. Each species has evolved to develop innate skills, learning capacities, and a physical form that ensures survival in its environment. But despite being inspired by nature and evolution, the field of artificial intelligence has largely focused on creating the elements of…
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Here’s what’s new in iOS 15.2 beta 1 [Update: Public beta]

October 29, 2021
Update October 28, 2021: Apple is now rolling out iOS 15.2, watchOS 8.3, and tvOS 15.2 to public beta testers. Apple today released iOS 15.2 beta 1 to developers. Coming just two days after the public release of iOS 15.1, today’s beta of iOS 15.2 continues to add new…
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Twitter for iOS adds support for recording and sharing Spaces

October 29, 2021
Twitter has today announced one of the features users have been asking for for quite some time: the ability to record Spaces sessions and then share with others. As posted by the Twitter Spaces account, starting today, some hosts on iOS will be able to start using the Spaces Recording feature. The app says that in a few weeks, it will expand to everyone else. As of now, if you don’t have this…
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Google Fi calls between Android subscribers will soon be end-to-end encrypted

October 29, 2021
In addition to blocking spam and offering a built-in VPN, Google Fi will soon gain end-to-end encrypted voice calls. There are, however, some notable requirements to use this capability. End-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Google Fi means that “no one besides you and the person you’re talking to should be able to hear what you’re saying over the phone.” Encoded audio can only be decoded with…
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Google announces next-gen ‘Pathways’ AI architecture to allow for more general, multimodal, & efficient models

October 29, 2021
Google Research today announced a next-generation AI architecture called “Pathways.” This “new way of thinking about AI” is meant to address current “weaknesses of existing systems.” Google says Pathways can “train a single model to do thousands or millions of things” compared to the current, highly individualized approach. The old method takes a long time and “much more…
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