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Google DeepMind’s new AI model is the best yet at weather forecasting

GenCast…relies on AI methods alone. It works sort of like ChatGPT, but instead of predicting the next most likely word in a sentence, it produces the next most likely weather condition. In training, it starts with random parameters, or weights, and compares that prediction with real weather data. Over the course of training, GenCast’s parameters begin to align with the actual weather…In its predictions, it was more accurate than the current best forecas…97% of the time,

December 4, 2024
Google DeepMind’s new AI model is the best yet at weather forecasting
Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists

Teams that were randomly assigned to use the tool discovered 44% more new materials and filed 39% more patent applications than did the ones that stuck to their standard workflow

December 3, 2024
Huge randomized trial of AI boosts discovery — at least for good scientists
World Labs’ AI can generate interactive 3D scenes from a single photo

The AI-generated scenes…are rendered live in the browser and have a controllable camera with an adjustable simulated depth of field (DoF).

December 2, 2024
World Labs’ AI can generate interactive 3D scenes from a single photo
Scientists Discover a Way to Shrink Quantum Computer Components by 1,000x

Researchers have developed a revolutionary method to produce entangled photon pairs using much thinner materials, drastically reducing the size of quantum computing components.

December 1, 2024
Scientists Discover a Way to Shrink Quantum Computer Components by 1,000x
Video-Guided Foley Sound Generation with Multimodal Controls

We generate Foley sounds for silent videos withvarious control signals to shape their audio. (a) Text prompts, both positive and negative, guide synchronized Foley generation. (b) Referenceaudio from sound libraries defines the customized audio style. (c) A partial audio track is extended to produce a complete Foley sound.

November 30, 2024
Video-Guided Foley Sound Generation with Multimodal Controls
How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture

Indigenous languages are rapidly disappearing, and AI could help preserve them, according to Indigenous technologists.

November 30, 2024
How Indigenous engineers are using AI to preserve their culture
Hyundai Motor & Kia unveil wearable robot for workers

The wearable robot is estimated to reduce shoulder load by up to 60% and reduce muscle strain in the anterior/lateral deltoid by 30%.

November 30, 2024
Hyundai Motor & Kia unveil wearable robot for workers
Augmented dexterity: How robots can enhance human surgical skills

These advances have the potential to allow augmented dexterity to make surgery safer, faster, and more reliable for patients worldwide.

November 30, 2024
Augmented dexterity: How robots can enhance human surgical skills
AI-Powered Communication Solution for People Living With ALS Revealed at Lenovo Tech World

Traditional voice banking is an arduous process…Past models also suffered from a clear lack of emotional expressiveness…but AI has changed all that. Now, limited audio samples, even of poor quality, can generate a compelling, on-demand AI voice.

November 29, 2024
AI-Powered Communication Solution for People Living With ALS Revealed at Lenovo Tech World
Chinese cat robot built to always stick landing could revolutionise asteroid mining, scientists say

The robot is capable of moving its four legs in a coordinated manner and can adjust its posture mid-air to stick landings, according to the study, published last month in the Journal of Astronautical Sciences.

November 28, 2024
Chinese cat robot built to always stick landing could revolutionise asteroid mining, scientists say