FocusAI - Edition #90
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Edition #90 - February 11th 2022
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🤖 DeepMind says its new AI coding engine is as good as an average human programmer
AlphaCode is an AI system by DeepMind that can write computer programs at a competitive level. The research on AlphaCode is still in its early stages, but it was able to achieve a rank that placed it within the top 54% of human coders when tested against challenges on a competitive coding platform. While the challenges were not representative of the real-world challenges that developers face, AlphaCode's abilities could lead to tools that could make programming more accessible.
⛷️ AI tech touches ensure smoother, smarter Games
An AI scoring system, which can convert the fleeting movements of the athletes into quantitative data indicators, is being used at the Games. The system not only helps athletes in pre-competition training, but also assists referees to accurately score and tally results.
👐 China Tech Digest: Tencent Launches 3D Sign Language Anchor
Tencent has launched 3D sign language anchor "Lingyu" on CCTV to provide AI sign language translation services for the Beijing Winter Olympics. "Lingyu" has learned more than 1.6 million words and sentences, and has been optimized for sports events, with sign language intelligibility reaching over 90%.
🏆 Alibaba creates virtual influencer for Winter Olympics to highlight innovation capabilities
While her main purpose is to promote Olympic merchandise using livestreams, Dong Dong is also able to answer viewers’ questions and use body gestures like dancing to communicate with them. She used a wide range of tools like Text to Speech, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Emotional Speech Synthesis, and computer vision on the cloud to bring Dong Dong to life.
🖍️🖼️ Artists Uses AI Technology to Imagine What Cartoon Characters Might Look Like in Real Life
Brazilian artist Hidreley Diao uses AI technology in order to imagine what cartoon characters might look like in real life. Included in Diao’s series of creations are Moe Szyslak from The Simpsons, Carl Fredericksen from Up, Princess Merida from Brave,
🚦📷 AI-Enabled Traffic Lights May Make Traffic Jams a Thing of the Past
The researchers at Fraunhofer are working to address these problems by using high-resolution cameras and radar sensors to capture the actual traffic situation more precisely. The researchers claim this allows the number of vehicles waiting at a junction to be determined accurately in real-time. The technology also detects the average speed of the cars and the waiting times. The real-time sensors are combined with artificial intelligence, which replaces the usual rigid control rules.
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