Analysts from Barclays are out with a new investor note, in which they predict that Apple’s iPhone 12 lineup will include upgraded Face ID sensors, among other changes. The analysts also corroborate claims made by Ming-Chi Kuo.
According to the Barclays note obtained by CNBC, the iPhone 12 lineup will include “refreshed” Face ID. What exactly this means is unclear, but theoretically it…
As usual, the NPD group has rounded up sales stats for the last month, but with the flip from 2019 to 2020 it is also listing some of the best sellers over the last ten years. Grand Theft Auto V is the best selling game across all platforms and outlets tracked from 2010…
Google Assistant routines are a handy way to automate some tasks, but the feature doesn’t work everywhere. Technically, it’s supposed to work on Android Auto, but Assistant routines have weirdly been broken for over a year on the platform, with no fix in…
Amazon details the AI behind Alexa’s Whisper Mode
January 17, 2020
In October 2018, months after a brief reveal, Amazon brought Whisper Mode to select third- and first-party Alexa devices. It expanded the feature to all locales in November 2019, such that all smart home appliances powered by Alexa — the company’s virtual assistant — now respond to whispered speech by whispering back.
Amazon was a bit light on the technical details initially, save that…
Whether it’s language, music, speech, or video, sequential data isn’t easy for AI and machine learning models to comprehend — particularly when it depends on extensive surrounding context. For instance, if a person or an object disappears from view in a video only to…
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Most discussions of AI infrastructure start and end with compute hardware — the GPUs…
Social networks including Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest tap AI and machine learning systems to detect and remove abusive content, as does LinkedIn. The Microsoft-owned platform — which has over 660 million users, 303 million of whom are active monthly — today detailed its approach to handling profiles containing inappropriate content, which ranges from profanity to advertisements for…
Meet the new twist on data encryption that promises better privacy and security for AI
January 17, 2020
Presented by Intel
AI and privacy needn’t be mutually exclusive. After a decade in the labs, homomorphic encryption (HE) is emerging as a top way to help protect data privacy in machine learning (ML) and cloud computing. It’s a timely breakthrough: Data from ML is…
VCs double down on hot Seattle startup scene with $10 million Allen Institute AI Incubator investment
January 17, 2020
Some of the top investment firms in Silicon Valley and Seattle are joining up to put $10 million into the Allen Institute AI Incubator for early-stage AI startups. The news comes a day after Apple acquired Xnor. The edge computing AI startup was one of the first companies to…
Google is still plugging away at adding features to its Stadia game-streaming service. In a blog post, the company highlighted some of the recent improvements. It then went on to talk about some of its upcoming plans. Those include Google’s intentions to work with developers to launch 10 timed exclusives on Stadia.
“Looking at our upcoming lineup, we are tracking more than 120 games coming to…
