Month: May 2024

Solving Othello: Related Works You Should Be Aware Of

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:::info Author: (1) Hiroki Takizawa, Preferred Networks, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan (contact@hiroki-takizawa.name). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Intro Related Works Methods Results Discussion and Conclusions and Acknowledgements Additional Information and Declarations and References 2 Related Works 2.1 Solved Games To the best of our knowledge, the latest game solved prior to this study as … Read more

Othello Is Finally Solved

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:::info Author: (1) Hiroki Takizawa, Preferred Networks, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan (contact@hiroki-takizawa.name). ::: Table of Links Abstract and Intro Related Works Methods Results Discussion and Conclusions and Acknowledgements Additional Information and Declarations and References ABSTRACT The game of Othello is one of the world’s most complex and popular games that has yet to be computationally … Read more

Silent Hill 2’s remake hits PS5 and Steam in October

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Image: Konami Konami provided a fresh — and terrifying — look at its upcoming remake of the survival horror classic Silent Hill 2, sharing a new trailer and release date during Sony’s State of Play and offering an extended look at gameplay during Konami’s Silent Hill Transmission event. In the trailer, husband of the year … Read more

OpenVoice: Versatile Instant Voice Cloning – Discussion and References

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:::info Authors: (1) Zengyi Qin, MIT & MyShell.ai and (email: qinzy@mit.edu); (2) Wenliang Zhao, Tsinghua University; (3) Xumin Yu, Tsinghua University; (4) Xin Sun, MyShell.ai; ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Approach n Experiment Discussion and References 4 Discussion OpenVoice demonstrates remarkable instance voice cloning capabilities and is more flexible than previous approaches in … Read more

OpenVoice: Versatile Instant Voice Cloning – Experiment

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:::info Authors: (1) Zengyi Qin, MIT & MyShell.ai and (email: qinzy@mit.edu); (2) Wenliang Zhao, Tsinghua University; (3) Xumin Yu, Tsinghua University; (4 ) Xin Sun, MyShell.ai; ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Approach n Experiment Discussion and References 3 Experiment The evaluation of voice cloning is hard to be objective for several reasons. First, … Read more

OpenVoice: Versatile Instant Voice Cloning – Approach

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:::info Authors: (1) Zengyi Qin, MIT & MyShell.ai and (email: qinzy@mit.edu); (2) Wenliang Zhao, Tsinghua University; (3) Xumin Yu, Tsinghua University; (4 ) Xin Sun, MyShell.ai; ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Approach n Experiment Discussion and References 2 Approach The technical approach is simple to implement but surprisingly effective. We first present the … Read more

OpenVoice: Versatile Instant Voice Cloning – Abstract and Introduction

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:::info Authors: (1) Zengyi Qin, MIT & MyShell.ai and (email: qinzy@mit.edu); (2) Wenliang Zhao, Tsinghua University; (3) Xumin Yu, Tsinghua University; (4 ) Xin Sun, MyShell.ai; ::: Table of Links Abstract and Introduction Approach n Experiment Discussion and References Abstract We introduce OpenVoice, a versatile instant voice cloning approach that requires only a short audio … Read more

7 Pitfalls of Continuous Deployment and How to Avoid Them

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What Is Continuous Deployment? Continuous deployment is a software development practice where code changes are automatically deployed to production without explicit approval from developers or operations teams. This enables a fully automated flow from development to deployment, ensuring that new features, bug fixes, and updates are quickly made available to end-users. By integrating this process … Read more

Twitch is disbanding its Safety Advisory Council and will replace it with streamers

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Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge According to a report published at CNBC, Twitch has decided to terminate the contracts of all the existing members of its Safety Advisory Council. The council received the news that Twitch would not be renewing their contracts earlier this month, and they will reportedly be terminated effective Friday, … Read more

Safety, Sentience: Will AI Replace Jobs? Ask Consciousness

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Speaking, listening, explaining, apparent understanding of scenarios, reporting, interaction, and so on, that the new GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Flash displayed in their announcements are things that non-organisms had never done. Even several organisms are limited in those—domains of human abilities. Now, if those AI models are shown things, they can infer what might be … Read more