“Q, which debuted on Monday at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, is a composite of dozens of voices of people who identify as non-binary. To create the voice, Virtue and partners including Pride Copenhagen, linguists and technologists recorded the voices before creating a composite of all of them. The team then had 4,500 people…
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Microsoft’s new AI Business School teaches execs how to lead AI initiatives, for free
“Microsoft on Monday launched a free, online AI Business School to help business leaders navigate creating an AI strategy. Courses include: “Introduction to AI technology for business leaders,” “Define an AI strategy to create business value,” “Discover ways to foster an AI-ready culture in your business,” “Identify guiding principles for responsible AI in your business.”…
SXSW Panelists Discuss Benefits, Hurdles of Government AI Development
“AI is going to learn what we teach it, so if we have applications in the [Defense Department] where the humans that are involved in the process of training the data are all white 22-year-old soldiers, then there’s going to be bias in the datasets that end up in the algorithms,” Metzger said. https://www.meritalk.com/articles/sxsw-panelists-discuss-benefits-hurdles-of-government-ai-development/
Mark Cuban says you — yes, you — need to understand how AI works
“’If you go in my bathroom, there’s a book, Machine Learning for Idiots,’Cuban said on the latest episode of Recode Media. ‘Whenever I get a break, I’m reading it.’ That’s because Cuban — the Broadcast.com co-founder who went on to become an internet investor, Shark Tank star, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks — believes…
Startup Showcases Sign Language Based Artificial Intelligence at SXSW
“Following on-screen prompts to sign series of single letters, users can order a customized coffee as the computer (a modest but powerful laptop on an adjacent pedestal) registers the letters faster than one can blink. Created by Stradigi AI, an artificial intelligence research and solutions company based in Montreal, the program is the result of…