Methods for learning from noisy data, using phonetic embeddings to improve entity resolution, and quantization-aware training are a few of the highlights.
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DARPA is experimenting with giving driverless combat vehicles off-road autonomy
DARPA’s Robotic Autonomy in Complex Environments with Resiliency (RACER) program has successfully completed one experiment and is now moving on to even more difficult off-road landscapes at Camp Roberts, California, for trials set for September 15–27, according to a press release by the organization published last week.
Giving driverless combat vehicles off-road autonomy
The program has stated that its aim is “to give driverless combat vehicles off-road autonomy while traveling at speeds that keep pace with those driven by people in realistic situations.”
Chinese researchers use a wind tunnel to mimic hypersonic bombing
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The technique has enabled scientists to test a hypersonic bomber prototype in the wind tunnel.
Company’s vertical-farming technology enables it to produce algae from clean energy
The products are vegan-friendly, as well as free of antibiotics and pesticides.
The Israeli startup VAXA uses algae to transform renewable energy into sustainable nourishment. Microalgae can grow indoors using their vertical farming technique, regardless of the weather outside.
The sealed and bio-secured module, which is embedded with pink glowing lights (UV LEDs), enables year-round production of high-quality, pathogen-free, fresh algae with a consistent composition.
Researchers reveal soleus muscle helps to burn fat while sitting
We still need to go to the gym, though.
What would you think if I told you that you could burn fat sitting down? Hang on to your hat because if you don’t like moving that much, this new development may be a turning point for you.
With this new development, the soleus muscle in the calf, despite accounting for only 1 percent of your body weight, can do a lot to improve metabolic health in the rest of your body if activated properly.
University of Houston.
Marc Hamilton, professor of Health and Human Performance at the University of Houston, has invented a method for optimal activation — the “soleus pushup” (SPU), which effectively elevates muscle metabolism for hours, even while sitting.
Tokyo builds an eco-friendly high-end technology city on the bay
It is scheduled to be completed by 2050.
Tokyo’s Metropolitan Government plans to build a high-tech, sustainable city on reclaimed land in its bay area — Tokyo Bay eSG. Announced in April 2021, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is clearing the decks for action to make the city carbon-neutral and better able to withstand future climate and health crises.
As its name implies, Tokyo eSG will be designed on the fundamentals of social and environmental governance and combine cutting-edge green technologies.
Tokyo Bay eSG
Announced in April 2021, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is clearing the decks for action to make the city carbon-neutral and better able to withstand future climate and health crises.
AI-designed Apple Car concept shows how it could stand out from Tesla
The artificial artist Dall-E 2 has now designed the Apple Car.
A hypothetical “AI-generated Apple Car” ingeniously made use of artificial intelligence technology was created by Dall-E 2 in response to a text request by San Francisco-based industrial designer John Mauriello.
Mauriello focuses on advancing his one-of-a-kind craft by utilizing cutting-edge technologies. He typed that he wanted a minimalist sports automobile inspired by a MacBook and a Magic Mouse created out of metal and glass on DALL-E 2, an artificial intelligence system that can create realistic visuals and art from a description. Additionally, he gave the AI instructions to style the design using Jony Ive’s methods, the former head of design at Apple.
AI model from OpenAI automatically recognizes speech and translates it to English
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On Wednesday, OpenAI released a new open source AI model called Whisper that recognizes and translates audio at a level that approaches human recognition ability. It can transcribe interviews, podcasts, conversations, and more.
OpenAI trained Whisper on 680,000 hours of audio data and matching transcripts in 98 languages collected from the web. According to OpenAI, this open-collection approach has led to “improved robustness to accents, background noise, and technical language.” It can also detect the spoken language and translate it to English.
Hackers Using Fake CircleCI Notifications to Hack GitHub Accounts
GitHub team has issued a warning about an ongoing phishing campaign impersonating CircleCI notifications to steal targeted users’ credentials and two.