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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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So Stillwell went inside Atwood’s and used his phone to record his conversation with Libby and another man, Duane Maki. Secret Service claims to be able to identify an unknown person in a voice-only lineup, comparing a recording of an unknown voice with a recording of a known speaker, as a reference. I heard it. A 2020 U.S.

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Apple, Microsoft Shrink AI Models to Improve Them

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Aaron Mueller , who researches language models at Northeastern University in Boston, isn’t surprised SLMs can go toe-to-toe with LLMs in select functions. The SLM can summarize audio recordings and produce smart replies to conversations without an Internet connection. in many of these benchmarks.

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This Engineer’s Solar Panels Are Breaking Efficiency Records

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Yifeng Chen Employer Trina Solar Title Assistant vice president of technology Member Grade Member Alma Maters Sun Yat-sen University, in Guangzhou, China, and Leibniz University Hannover, in Germany An incredulous Chen marveled at not only the technology but also the economics. Chen’s group is trying to make the panels more efficient.

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Apps Put a Psychiatrist in Your Pocket

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Nearly every day since she was a child, Alex Leow, a psychiatrist and computer scientist at the University of Illinois Chicago, has played the piano. Compared to a healthy user [top], a person experiencing symptoms of bipolar disorder [middle] or depression [bottom] may use their phone more than usual and late at night.

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When AI Unplugs, All Bets Are Off

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Personalized, private AI so seamless you might forget it’s “AI” at all. Fifty percent of edge is now seeing AI as a workload,” says Pallavi Mahajan , corporate vice president of Intel’s Network and Edge Group. Spring seemed likely to benefit from the creative, humanlike conversational abilities of modern LLMs.

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Volkswagen Group talks EV charging standards, electrification strategy

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Earlier this month, Volkswagen and Eaton executives met with a small group of journalists at the VW Electronics Research Laboratory in Belmont, California, to discuss VW’s partnership with Eaton on AC and DC charging, followed by a broader conversation about VW’s plans for vehicle electrification over the next several years.

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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Saracco also taught courses on technology forecasting and market impact at the University of Trento in Italy. students from European universities to help them transform their research into marketable products and solutions. Roberto had a unique talent for recognizing and valuing the best in each person.

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