(Paper) Microsoft VASA-1 : Lifelike Audio-Driven Talking Faces Generated in Real Time
[Tech]
2024/04/23 09:06
Microsoft's VASA-1 takes AI-generated video one step closer to 'aw hell, we're all doomed'. The researchers are targeting 'positive applications' for their work, so that's alright then. With generative AI being a key feature of all its new software and hardware projects, it should be no surprise that Microsoft has been developing its own machine learning models. VASA-1 is one such example, whe...
OpenAI's Sam Altman Invests in Energy Startup, Exowatt Focused on AI Data Centers
[Investing]
2024/04/23 09:05
Exowatt Launches with $20 Million to Modernize Data Center Power for the AI Era. Breakthrough Modular Approach Makes Renewable Energy Scalable, Reliable, and Cost-Effective.Exowatt, a next-generation renewable energy company, today unveiled a first-of-its-kind modular energy platform designed to power energy-intensive data centers along with a $20 million seed round from a16z, Atomic, and Sam A...
(Infographic) How Carbon Credits Can Help Close the Climate Funding Gap
[Investing]
2024/04/23 09:04
Governments around the world have committed to the goals of the Paris Agreement, but their climate pledges are insufficient. To keep a 1.5℃ world within reach, global emissions need to fall by as much as 45% by 2030.Bold and immediate action is essential, but so are resources that will make it happen. In this graphic, we have partnered with Carbon Streaming to look at the role that the volunta...
Voltpost Lamppost Doubles As Electric Vehicle Charging Solution
[Design]
2024/04/23 09:03
Voltpost has released its commercial availability of curbside EV charging solution. It has managed to transform Voltpost lamppost into a modular, upgradeable Level 2 EV charging platform. The company aims to decarbonize mobility through democratizing charging access, the lamppost promises first-of-a-kind platform that provides you with convenient and affordable charging while reducing install c...
Flip Phone Concept Aims to Inspire Creativity with Nokia
[Design]
2024/04/22 09:10
It may have been criticized for flooding the mobile phone market with dozens of confusing designs, but Nokia’s seemingly eccentric designs sometimes hit the right marks when it comes to uniqueness, aesthetics, or usability.From the XpressMusic to the N-Gage to the Communicator, there are times when those designs felt far ahead of their time, which didn’t do their sales any favors. There has b...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The Human Side of Generative AI : Creating a Path to Productivity
[Consumer]
2024/04/22 09:09
The number of employees who use generative AI is expected to soar, freeing many to focus on higher-level cognitive work. Can organizations use this moment to make jobs more people centric?Ever since OpenAI’s ChatGPT exploded into public view in late 2022, the possibilities of generative AI (gen AI) have captured imaginations throughout the business world.When it comes to crafting an effective...
(Patent) Intel’s Deepfake Diversifier
[Tech]
2024/04/22 09:08
Intel wants its AI models to identify all manner of deepfakes. The company filed a patent application for systems to “augment training data” based on diverse sets of synthetic images. This tech uses generative AI to create deepfakes representative of “diverse racial attributes,” aiming to train its models to better detect a wider range of AI-generated imagery. “Some training datasets inclu...
The Highest Earning Athletes in Seven Professional Sports
[Investing]
2024/04/22 09:07
How much money do the world’s biggest athletes really make? And how do they compare across different sports?We visualized the highest earning athletes in various professional sports, according to calculations from Forbes. Earnings reported here cover the period of May 2022 to May 2023. Earnings includes on-field (salary, bonuses, prize money) and off-field (endorsements, licensing, etc).Los An...
(Video) 3-Legged Asteroid-Hopping Robot Passes Zero G Airplane-ride Test - SpaceHopper
[Tech]
2024/04/22 09:06
The SpaceHopper may ultimately make its way across the surface of asteroids via a series of long-distance hops.A three-legged robot could one day be hopping across the surface of asteroids, searching for valuable minerals. Known as the SpaceHopper, the bot was recently put to the test on a zero-gravity aircraft flight.The SpaceHopper program was first launched two and a half years ago, as a stu...
Deep Learning : How Do AI Models Fare on Human Tests ?
[Tech]
2024/04/22 09:06
As AI has gone mainstream, companies haven’t been shy in deploying the technology — applying it to manual and repetitive tasks and even citing it as a reason for mass layoffs.But how does AI compare to humans on technical tasks? A new report, Stanford University’s 2024 AI Index, summarizes where the burgeoning technology is at.The headline is that recent breakthroughs have heralded an unprec...
(Paper) MIT Study Reveals an AI Model That Can Predict Future Actions of Human
[Tech]
2024/04/22 09:05
This AI model analyzes the limitations of an agent. This way it can find out what humans or other AI models are going to do next.A new study from researchers at MIT and the University of Washington reveals an AI model that can accurately predict a person or a machine’s future actions. The AI is known as the latent inference budget model (L-IBM). The study authors claim that L-IBM is better tha...
Mortgage Rates Climb Past 7% for the First Time in 2024
[Investing]
2024/04/22 09:03
Mortgage rates in the United States climbed to the highest level since November 2023 this week, as higher-than-expected inflation readings have dashed hopes of the Fed starting to cut rates soon. According to Freddie Mac, the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage increased to 7.10 percent in the week ended April 18, making it difficult for many would-be homebuyers to afford a house.Along wi...
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