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Tweet Share Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence has produced what could be some of the most realistic-sounding machine speech yet. WaveNet, as the system is called, generates voices by sampling real human speech and directly modeling audio waveforms based on it, as well as its previously generated audio. In Google’s tests, both English and Mandarin Chinese …

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With information-rich digital signage tools, MealViewer is making sure schoolchildren stay in the lunch line long enough to grab a nutritious meal, especially in underprivileged areas where that might be the most they eat all day. But MealViewer isn’t another well-funded Silicon Valley or New York unicorn. It’s a bootstrapped homegrown start-up out of Augusta, …

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Alexa, Amazon’s digital assistant, will no longer need voice commands to speak to you. Amazon is reportedly gearing up to have its digital assistant offer up information before you can request it, according to a report from The Information. For example, Alexa will be able to tell you via your Echo when your Uber ride …

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Advertisement Amazon is finally bringing its Alexa smart assistant to mobile, or at least to its new Fire HD 8 tablet. The latest version of the Amazon Fire HD 8 sports the same name as its predecessor and the same 8-inch display with a resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels, but it boasts twice the …

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Google DeepMind cofounder and CEO Demis Hassabis.Google DeepMind Google DeepMind claims to have significantly improved computer-generated speech with its AI technology, paving the way forward for sophisticated talking machines like those seen in sci-fi films like “Her” and “Ex-Machina.” The London-based research lab, acquired by Google in 2014 for a reported £400 million, announced on …

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