Tag: Language processing
Alexa-Tron: You have beautiful eyes
As computers become more powerful, they also become smaller and less obtrusive. Maker Thomas Burns goes a step further, claiming they often lack visual character. In fact, most language assistants…
Google I/O: Reduced audio and visual barriers with Android
Google I/O: Reduced audio and visual barriers with Android Accessibility has traditionally been a top priority for Android. This year, Android operator Google is concentrating primarily on improvements for the…
Talk fast: Google Translate translates 33 other languages offline
Since last year, the translation app Google Translate has mastered 131 languages plus both the traditional and the simplified version of written Chinese. Most recently, almost all of this language…
Amazon expands kids program to Alexa – and brings special speakers
Amazon’s language assistant Alexa can run in a child-friendly mode from October. The company announced this feature called “Amazon Kids for Alexa” on Wednesday evening for the German market. Such…
Friday: Plant growth in lunar soil, Google supports app developers
Scientists have grown plants in soil samples from the moon for the first time. NASA sees this as a first step towards possible self-sufficiency for astronauts on the Earth satellite.…
DeepMind: RETRO language model even more powerful thanks to “external memory”
It’s been two years since OpenAI released its impressive GPT-3 language model. Since then, most of the well-known AI laboratories have produced their own text generators. Google, Facebook and Microsoft…