Month: August 2021

All the Feels: NVIDIA Shares Expressive Speech Synthesis Research at Interspeech

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AI has transformed synthesized speech from the monotone of robocalls and decades-old GPS navigation systems to the polished tone of virtual assistants in smartphones and smart speakers. But there’s still a gap between AI-synthesized speech and the human speech we hear in daily conversation and in the media. That’s because people speak with complex rhythm, Read article >

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On Thin Ice: Arctic AI Model Predicts Sea Ice Loss

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Promising more accurate predictions in an era of rapid climate change, a new tool is harnessing deep learning to help better forecast Arctic sea ice conditions months into the future. As described in a paper published in the science journal Nature Communications Thursday, the new AI tool, dubbed IceNet, could lead to improved early-warning systems Read article >

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On Thin Ice: Arctic AI Model Predicts Sea Ice Loss

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Promising more accurate predictions in an era of rapid climate change, a new tool is harnessing deep learning to help better forecast Arctic sea ice conditions months into the future. As described in a paper published in the science journal Nature Comm…

Hibernate time reduced

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Theo de Raadt (deraadt@)
committed
a change which significantly reduces
hibernate
time on machines with larger amounts of RAM:

CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/08/30 03:45:29

Modified files:
sys/ker…

Duos Technologies Uses AI-Powered Inspection to Help Railway Operators Stay on Track

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In March, a 28-car freight train derailment in Gibbons, Neb., forced Union Pacific to shut down three rail lines, delaying shipments nationwide for up to 48 hours and costing it millions as its rail network slowed down substantially. Fortunately, no one was injured. Duos Technologies, based in Jacksonville, Fla., says its NVIDIA GPU-accelerated AI railcar Read article >

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(open)rsync gains include/exclude support

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Claudio Jeker (claudio@) has
committed
support for simple include and exclude cases
in (open)rsync:

CVSROOT: /cvs
Module name: src
Changes by: claudio@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/08/29 07:43:46

Modified files:
usr.bin/rsync : Makefile extern.h …

1,200+ Interns From Around the World Join NVIDIA’s Green Team

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I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started my internship at NVIDIA. For a journalism student, joining a company full of engineers pioneering the technology behind AI, virtual reality and high-performance computing isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of the typical internship. But there are stories to tell. Stories about Read article >

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An AI for Fine Art: Attorney Trains NVIDIA RTX 2070 to Authenticate Masterpieces

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What’s the difference between art created by Leonardo da Vinci and a knockoff? In the case of the Salvator Mundi, the answer is nearly half a billion dollars. Drawing on a convolutional neural network — a deep learning algorithm that’s led to breakthroughs in the analysis of a vast array of visual imagery — intellectual Read article >

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Field of AI: Startup Helps Farmers Reduce Chemicals and Costs

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Brad Janzen, a farmer based in Henderson, Neb., with more than 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans, knew he had to do something about herbicide-resistant weeds. Farms everywhere faced the rising costs of switching to new herbicides and the increased soil contamination. “Invasive weed species have inherited the ability to resist herbicides used in row-crop Read article >

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GFN Thursday Celebrates Gamescom 2021 with ‘Dying Light 2’ and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Announcement

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Congratulations. You’ve made it to another awesome GFN Thursday. This year’s Gamescom was full of announcements for GeForce NOW. We’ve got all of the exciting updates for the future of Dying Light 2 Stay Human streaming on GeForce NOW upon release later this year, as well as Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy coming with support Read article >

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