Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation
The feature is rolling out in the U.S. and India with support for English, Spanish, and Hindi.
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Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public
Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.
Noxtua Integrates US Legal Data in Partnership with Midpage
Europe’s ‘sovereign legal AI’ platform, Noxtua – which CMS and Dentons have invested in – and the legal research startup Midpage, are partnering to combine …
Soren Launches To Deliver ‘Private AI’
Soren, which is backed by Y Combinator, has launched what it calls ‘private AI’ aimed at regulated sectors that deal with highly sensitive information. They …
Don’t Automate Your Moat: Matching AI Autonomy to Risk and Competitive Stakes
I was talking to a senior engineer at a well-funded company not long ago. I asked him to walk me through a critical algorithm at the heart of their product,…
When Robots Have Their ChatGPT Moment, Remember These Pincers
From sorting chicken nuggets to screwing in light bulbs, Eka’s robots are eerily lifelike. But do they have real physical smarts?
How AI Policy in South Africa Is Ruining Itself
South Africa has had its first draft national artificial intelligence policy removed following the discovery of fictitious citations in the document that appeared to be AI generated. The recall, which…
How AI Could Help Combat Antibiotic Resistance
At WIRED Health, British surgeon Ara Darzi said AI is set to transform the diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant infections. But a lack of incentives means innovation may not reach…
Coby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100 million to train its models for war. We visited its bootcamp.
We visited Scout AI’s training ground where it’s working on AI agents that give individual soldiers control of fleets of autonomous vehicles.
Meta FAIR Releases NeuralSet: A Python Package for Neuro-AI That Supports fMRI, M/EEG, Spikes, and HuggingFace Embeddings
Researchers at Meta’s FAIR lab have released NeuralSet, a Python framework designed to eliminate one of the most persistent bottlenecks in Neuro-AI research: the painful, fragmented process of getting brain…