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The CMU-NVIDIA team won the DCASE 2024 Automated Audio Captioning (AAC) Challenge with a system that describes sounds in words using advanced AI technology. Their solution uses multiple audio encoders (like BEATs and ConvNeXt) to capture a wide range of sound features. This multi-encoder setup helps the system provide richer, more accurate descriptions of sounds.… Continue reading NVIDIA’s Multi-Agent AI Advances Sound-to-Text Innovations

Millions of patients in England with suspected broken bones could benefit from an AI scan that helps doctors spot fractures more accurately. The AI scan, costing just £1, has been approved by the NHS and can support doctors and radiologists in identifying fractures on X-rays, reducing the chance of missing or misdiagnosing injuries. Missing fractures… Continue reading NHS in England given go-ahead for AI scans to help detect bone fractures

Weather forecasting is challenging, especially beyond 10 days, because small changes in atmospheric conditions can lead to big, unpredictable shifts. Researchers at the University of Washington are exploring how deep learning can improve long-term weather forecasts. They tested two AI models—Google DeepMind’s GraphCast and Huawei Cloud’s Pangu-Weather—by predicting the extreme Pacific Northwest heatwave in June… Continue reading New era in forecasting: AI will improve extreme weather warnings

NVIDIA and Microsoft are teaming up to help AI startups, starting with healthcare and life sciences. Startups in their programs will get cloud credits, AI tools, and support to develop advanced health solutions. Companies like Artisight and Pangaea Data are already using this help to improve hospital care and find better ways to treat patients.… Continue reading NVIDIA and Microsoft Give AI Startups a Double Dose of Acceleration

IBM has released Granite 3.0, a new set of powerful language models designed for enterprise use. The highlight is the Granite 3.0 8B Instruct model, which is fast, cost-effective, and trained on a massive amount of data. These models are ideal for businesses and can be fine-tuned to fit specific needs, offering strong performance on… Continue reading IBM Granite 3.0: open, state-of-the-art enterprise models

Sonos faced angry customers when a glitchy app update caused problems, but instead of human agents, they used an AI bot from a startup called Sierra, co-founded by Bret Taylor from OpenAI. Surprisingly, the bot handled the situation well, even finding its own fix for some app issues. Generative AI is becoming popular in customer… Continue reading Can artificial intelligence rescue customer service?

OpenAI has released its ChatGPT app for Windows, letting users easily access the AI chatbot while doing other tasks. Some features, like voice modes and cloud connections, are not available yet but will be added later. You can upload files for analysis, and there’s a handy keyboard shortcut (“Alt + Space”) to quickly switch to… Continue reading ChatGPT app now available on Windows, but its currently limited to paid subscribers

  A new study challenges the idea that AI models like those from OpenAI and Google can truly “reason” like humans. Researchers tested 20 of these models, giving them over 8,000 simple math problems. But to avoid AI cheating by remembering answers, they changed the names, numbers, and even added unnecessary details to the questions.… Continue reading Can AI truly reason? A new Apple study exposes the critical flaw in modern LLMs

The rapid evolution of AI models has driven the need for more efficient and scalable inferencing solutions. As organizations strive to harness the power of AI, they face challenges in deploying, managing, and scaling AI inference workloads. NVIDIA NIM and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) together offer a powerful solution to address these challenges. NVIDIA has… Continue reading Scale High-Performance AI Inference with Google Kubernetes Engine and NVIDIA NIM