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Algolia acquires MorphL to turbocharge ‘search-as-a-service’ platform with AI

Algolia, which offers a “search-as-a-service” platform, has acquired Romanian AI and machine learning (ML) startup MorphL. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded out of San Francisco in 2012, Algolia — which counts Salesforce and Accel among its investors — provides the engine and tools for businesses to build Google-like indexing and search smarts into their own platforms using…
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OpenCV opens $400,000 contest to solve real-world problems with spatial AI

At some point in the not-too-distant future, pairing depth-sensing cameras with artificial intelligence will enable computers to truly understand the physical world — a vision researchers and companies have spent years working to transform into reality. Today, open source computer vision library OpenCV announced that it’s celebrating its 20th anniversary with a global competition designed to…
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This is What 8K Video Looks Like on the Sony Alpha 1

Sony has announced its new flagship camera, the Alpha 1, which is capable of 8K video capture. If you’re curious what that looks like, Sony has uploaded a video to allow for close inspection. While it is still subject to YouTube’s compression, the video here should…
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Sony Unveils the Alpha 1: 50MP at up to 30FPS, 8K Video, $6,500

Sony has announced the Alpha 1 mirrorless camera, a camera that combines all of Sony’s top technologies into one body, creating a 50-megapixel camera that can capture stills at up to 30 frames per second, blackout-free, as well as 8K video. The Sony Alpha 1 is a combination/condensation of all of Sony’s most advanced technologies into one body. It features a new 50.1-megapixel full-frame…
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Nvidia launches certification program for AI platforms

Nvidia today launched a formal certification program for systems based on graphical processor units (GPUs) deployed in on-premises IT environments by its OEM partners. The Nvidia-Certified Systems initiative comes at a time when AI models are starting to be both trained and…
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Grimes and Endel bring their AI-powered sleep sounds to Android

Last October, Endel announced that it had partnered with Grimes for a special ‘soundscape’ inside its music app, which is meant to help you focus, relax or fall asleep. The collaboration was called AI Lullaby and, as you might have guessed from the name, combined artificial intelligence with Grimes’ original music and vocals. There was just one problem: it was only available on iOS. The…
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