Tag: author_name|Andrew Tarantola
Meta’s ‘Make-A-Scene’ AI blends human and computer imagination into algorithmic art
Text-to-image generation is the hot algorithmic process right now, with OpenAI’s Craiyon (formerly DALL-E mini) and Google’s Imagen AIs unleashing tidal waves of wonderfully weird procedurally generated art synthesized from human and computer imaginations. On Tuesday, Meta revealed that it too has developed an AI image generation engine, one that…
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Hyundai’s first EV sedan is the futuristic Ioniq 6
While Tesla, Ford and GM all (very publicly) vie for the top spot in the American electric vehicle market, Hyundai has quietly built a powerhouse lineup of EVs that threatens to surpass them all. On Wednesday (Thursday in Korea), Hyundai Motor Group officially unveiled the Ioniq 6, a streamlined sedan…
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Hitting the Books: Modern social media has made misinformation so, so much worse
It’s not just that one uncle who’s not allowed at Thanksgiving anymore who’s been spreading misinformation online. The practice began long before the rise of social media — governments around the world have been doing it for centuries. But it wasn’t until the modern era, one fueled by algorithmic recommendation…
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VW is getting into the EV battery business
With supply chains still in disarray and the war in Ukraine wreaking havoc on EV battery component commodity prices, many forward-thinking automakers are scrambling to secure not only stocks of the valuable metals like cobalt, lithium and nickel that go into EV batteries, but also the means of of building…
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Human Horizons’ next China-only EV will come with a robotic arm and ‘light curtains’
Chinese electric vehicle maker Human Horizons unveiled its second EV model on Wednesday, dubbed the GT HiPhi Z. This four-door grand touring sedan comes packed with gadgets and intelligent systems including the world’s only “vehicle-grade” high-speed robotic arm, which HH claims “can move back and forth in place in less…
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Meta’s latest AI can translate 200 languages in real time
More than 7,000 languages are currently spoken on this planet and Meta seemingly wants to understand them all. Six months ago, the company launched its ambitious No Language Left Behind (NLLB) project, training AI to translate seamlessly between numerous languages without having to go through English first. On Wednesday, the…
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