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Meta's New AI Translates Speech in Real Time Across More Than …
Jan 16, 2025 · The dream of a universal AI interpreter just got a bit closer. This week, tech giant Meta released a new AI that can almost instantaneously translate speech in 101 languages as soon as the words tumble out of your mouth.. AI translators are nothing new. But they generally work best with text and struggle to transform spoken words from one language to another.
‘Droidspeak’: AI Agents Now Have Their Own Language Thanks to …
Nov 21, 2024 · Getting AIs to work together could be a powerful force multiplier for the technology. Now, Microsoft researchers have invented a new language to help their models talk to each other faster and more efficiently.
Google DeepMind’s New AI Weatherman Tops World’s Most …
Dec 6, 2024 · The team trained the AI on 40 years of historical weather data from a publicly available database up to 2018. Rather than asking for one prediction, they had GenCast spew out a number of forecasts, each one starting with a slightly different weather condition—a different “butterfly,” so to speak.
Google’s Latest Quantum Computing Breakthrough Shows …
Dec 12, 2024 · As well as showing off the chip’s error-correction prowess, the company’s researchers also demonstrated its speed. They carried out a computation in under five minutes that would take the world’s second fastest supercomputer, Frontier, 10 …
Neuralink Rival’s Biohybrid Implant Connects to the Brain With …
Dec 19, 2024 · Brain implants have improved dramatically in recent years, but they’re still invasive and unreliable. A new kind of brain-machine interface using living neurons to form connections could be the future.. While companies like Neuralink have recently provided some flashy demos of what could be achieved by hooking brains up to computers, the technology still has serious limitations preventing ...
How to Be Healthy at 100: Centenarian Stem Cells Could Hold the …
Dec 18, 2024 · When Jeanne Calment died at the age of 122, her longevity had researchers scratching their heads. Although physically active for most of her life, she was also a regular smoker and enjoyed wine—lifestyle choices that are …
Thousands of Undiscovered Genes May Be Hidden in DNA 'Dark …
Dec 9, 2024 · Thousands of new genes are hidden inside the “dark matter” of our genome. Previously thought to be noise left over from evolution, a new study found that some of these tiny DNA snippets can make miniproteins—potentially opening a new universe of treatments, from vaccines to immunotherapies for deadly brain cancers. The preprint, not yet peer-reviewed, is the latest from a global ...
Four Clinical Trials We’re Watching That Could Change Medicine …
Jan 2, 2025 · A Component of Weed Tackles Psychosis. Despite being federally illegal, psychedelics are having a moment. CBD, a component of both weed—which isn’t traditionally considered psychedelic, but can have similar effects—and hemp has already been approved by the FDA for treating seizures in kids two years or older.. A new clinical study called Stratification and Treatment in Early Psychosis ...
The Secret to Predicting How Your Brain Will Age May Be in Your …
Dec 13, 2024 · Brain aging occurs in distinctive phases. Its trajectory could be hidden in our blood—paving the way for early diagnosis and intervention. A new study published in Nature Aging analyzed brain imaging data from nearly 11,000 healthy adults, middle-aged and older, using AI to gauge their “brain age.” Roughly half of participants had their blood proteins analyzed to fish out those related ...