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Edition #91 - February 18th 2022
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🧘 AI-powered yoga video system can instantly identify postures for instruction
The team have used an end-to-end deep learning pipeline that includes a convolutional neural network (CNN) and a bidirectional long short-term memory (LSTM) network to identify the postures. Their system was then tested with previously unclassified video and shown to have an accuracy of almost 97 percent when cross-validated by experts.
📸 SKYLUM LAUNCHES LUMINAR NEO: A FASTER AI-DRIVEN PHOTO EDITOR
Luminar Neo AI-driven photo editing app, which offers features such as Relight AI, Powerline Removal, Dust Spot Removal and faster image editing workflows. The Powerline Removal and Dust Spot Removal tools use AI to identify and remove powerlines from landscapes/cityscapes and small artifacts, like dust spots, respectively.
🏎️ Sony's Gran Turismo AI Demolishes the World's Best Human Drivers
GT Sophy used a different technique called reinforcement learning that starts with an entirely untrained system that has no idea what to do. It raced courses over and over again, following a human-designed reward system that encouraged better results and eventually mastered the game.
A new artificial intelligence program has been developed that can mimic flirty speech patterns, thanks to new 'non-word sounds' including sighs and breaths. The voice models generated by Sonantic can already express happiness and sadness. As well as being flirty, the team have developed coy and teasing 'styles' of speech, to give non-playable characters in movies a much more realistic feel.
🧑🍳 COOKSY: A SMART ASSISTANT TO ELEVATE YOUR CULINARY SKILLS
Cooksy, the Smart Cooking Assistant, which uses artificial intelligence to guide you through stovetop culinary preparations like a Master Chef. The assistant combines the intelligence of video, thermal imaging technology and an artificial intelligence app on a smart phone or tablet to take the guess work out of cooking.
✨ DcodeAI organises Artificial Intelligence Festival 2022
DcodeAI recently conducted the biggest Artificial Intelligence Festival of 2022 with participation of impactful leaders from all over the world. The program also brought together a wide spectrum of AI innovations and best practices represented by Students, Educational Organizations, Thought Leaders & Industry Experts contributing to leverage AI for future generations.
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