Are Video-Based Tasks the Next Big Challenge for AI Models?

:::info Authors: (1) Shehan Munasinghe, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and Equal Contribution; (2) Rusiru Thushara, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and Equal Contribution; (3) Muhammad Maaz, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI; (4) Hanoona Abdul Rasheed, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI; (5) Salman Khan, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and … Read more

UAE Researchers Say New AI Model Can Watch Videos, Understand Audio

:::info Authors: (1) Shehan Munasinghe, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and Equal Contribution; (2) Rusiru Thushara, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and Equal Contribution; (3) Muhammad Maaz, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI; (4) Hanoona Abdul Rasheed, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI; (5) Salman Khan, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and … Read more

UAE Researchers Teach AI to Watch, Listen, and Understand Videos Like Humans

:::info Authors: (1) Shehan Munasinghe, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and Equal Contribution; (2) Rusiru Thushara, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and Equal Contribution; (3) Muhammad Maaz, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI; (4) Hanoona Abdul Rasheed, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI; (5) Salman Khan, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and … Read more

AI Just Got Better at Watching Videos

:::info Authors: (1) Shehan Munasinghe, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and Equal Contribution; (2) Rusiru Thushara, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and Equal Contribution; (3) Muhammad Maaz, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI; (4) Hanoona Abdul Rasheed, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI; (5) Salman Khan, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and … Read more

UAE Researchers Create First AI That Pinpoints Objects in Videos, Down to the Pixel

:::info Authors: (1) Shehan Munasinghe, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and Equal Contribution; (2) Rusiru Thushara, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and Equal Contribution; (3) Muhammad Maaz, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI; (4) Hanoona Abdul Rasheed, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI; (5) Salman Khan, Mohamed bin Zayed University of AI and … Read more

“The Future is Where Any Business Gets Insights From Their Data Easily” says Aniruth from Databricks

At HackerNoon, we value stories about building groundbreaking tech. These questions aren’t just about AI mechanics—they’re about the innovation, challenges, and creativity of bringing cutting-edge tools to life, a perfect fit for our community of tech leaders, builders, and future-minded readers. Introduction My name is Aniruth. I work on the storage team at Databricks, where … Read more

Ashish Komal: Leveraging Cloud-Based Solutions to Make a Positive Impact

Businesses worldwide grapple with ways to become more agile, cost-efficient, and competitive. The rise of cloud migration is a welcome solution for helping companies achieve those ends. However, migrating old systems to new environments raises concerns about infrastructure compatibility, data security, cost management, and skill gaps. Solution Architect Ashish Komal has dealt with these issues … Read more

Powerloom’s Data Network Reaches Milestone as Mainnet Launch Approaches

Powerloom‘s decentralized network has recorded over one billion data points through its network of 5,300 Snapshotter nodes since its testnet launch in February 2024. The nodes capture state changes and event emissions from blockchain activities, converting them into structured datasets. The platform aims to address data accessibility challenges in blockchain applications. Web3 applications can access … Read more

The Evolution of Blockchain Layer 2 Networks: Scaling Solutions for a Decentralized Future

The emergence of the smart contract feature in blockchains, popularized by Ethereum, demonstrated the technology’s potential to transform all aspects of the finance industry through tokenization, trustless platforms, and decentralized governance. Although this was a major leap from Bitcoin’s rigid network, next-gen blockchains required unprecedented scalability. To compete with traditional finance systems, blockchains need a … Read more

How to Automatically Publish Your NPM Package Using GitHub Actions

Automating your npm package publishing process with continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) ensures that each release passes through a quality gate—your test suite—before publication. At the same time, you can control exactly what ends up in the final published package by excluding test files. In this guide, you’ll learn how to set up CI/CD for … Read more

The Under-the-Radar Economy of Social Media Influence

There’s a slice of the internet where the real money isn’t made from crypto volatility but from the steady, lucrative trade of social media influence. Enter SWAPD.co, a platform that’s quietly built a marketplace where social media accounts and services are the commodities. Over the past few years, this site has facilitated over $50,000,000 in transactions, revealing … Read more

EIP-1559: Separating Mechanisms From Memes

EIP-1559 was an upgrade that marked the first ever significant change being made to Ethereum’s transaction fee mechanism (TFM) in the history of the network. Essentially, it replaced the prior TFM model with a new one improving economic efficiency and user experience. It also paved the way for Ethereum to begin working on multi-dimensional fee … Read more

How Sports Is Taking over New Hollywood on Connected TV

Sports is deeply intertwined with digital culture and consumer behavior, shaping how we search, stream, and spend our time online. The relationship between sports and culture is undeniable, with ripple effects across industries like entertainment, fashion, and technology. And as a result, sports is taking over connected TV. Digital Search and Social Trends The dominance of … Read more

Google’s AI Power Moves with Gemini 2.0 and Project Mariner

It’s fashionable to dunk on Google. But the company recently made some announcements that demonstrate how Google is adapting to the AI arms race. The company made two big announcements recently – the launch of Gemini 2.0 and Project Mariner — that demonstrate an ability to balance the need for acting quickly yet thoughtfully. Losing Dominance Is Good for Google … Read more

Zero-shot Voice Conversion: Comparing HierSpeech++ to Other Basemodels

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 2.1 Neural Codec Language Models and 2.2 Non-autoregressive Models 2.3 Diffusion Models and 2.4 Zero-shot Voice Cloning 3 Hierspeech++ and 3.1 Speech Representations 3.2 Hierarchical Speech Synthesizer 3.3 Text-to-Vec 3.4 Speech Super-resolution 3.5 Model Architecture 4 Speech Synthesis Tasks 4.1 Voice Conversion and 4.2 Text-to-Speech … Read more

Conducting Ablation Studies to Verify the Effectiveness of Each Component in HierSpeech++

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 2.1 Neural Codec Language Models and 2.2 Non-autoregressive Models 2.3 Diffusion Models and 2.4 Zero-shot Voice Cloning 3 Hierspeech++ and 3.1 Speech Representations 3.2 Hierarchical Speech Synthesizer 3.3 Text-to-Vec 3.4 Speech Super-resolution 3.5 Model Architecture 4 Speech Synthesis Tasks 4.1 Voice Conversion and 4.2 Text-to-Speech … Read more

The 7 Objective Metrics We Conducted for the Reconstruction and Resynthesis Tasks

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 2.1 Neural Codec Language Models and 2.2 Non-autoregressive Models 2.3 Diffusion Models and 2.4 Zero-shot Voice Cloning 3 Hierspeech++ and 3.1 Speech Representations 3.2 Hierarchical Speech Synthesizer 3.3 Text-to-Vec 3.4 Speech Super-resolution 3.5 Model Architecture 4 Speech Synthesis Tasks 4.1 Voice Conversion and 4.2 Text-to-Speech … Read more

How We Used the LibriTTS Dataset to Train the Hierarchical Speech Synthesizer

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 2.1 Neural Codec Language Models and 2.2 Non-autoregressive Models 2.3 Diffusion Models and 2.4 Zero-shot Voice Cloning 3 Hierspeech++ and 3.1 Speech Representations 3.2 Hierarchical Speech Synthesizer 3.3 Text-to-Vec 3.4 Speech Super-resolution 3.5 Model Architecture 4 Speech Synthesis Tasks 4.1 Voice Conversion and 4.2 Text-to-Speech … Read more

Style Prompt Replication: A Simple Trick That Helped Us In Our Journey

Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Related Work 2.1 Neural Codec Language Models and 2.2 Non-autoregressive Models 2.3 Diffusion Models and 2.4 Zero-shot Voice Cloning 3 Hierspeech++ and 3.1 Speech Representations 3.2 Hierarchical Speech Synthesizer 3.3 Text-to-Vec 3.4 Speech Super-resolution 3.5 Model Architecture 4 Speech Synthesis Tasks 4.1 Voice Conversion and 4.2 Text-to-Speech … Read more

Worldshards Launches Complete In-Game Economy With Pre-tge Airdrops For All The Active Players

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, December 19th, 2024/GamingWire/–WorldShards, the Sandbox MMORPG released on the Open Loot platform alongside other successful web3 titles, has announced the launch of its complete in-game economy, set to roll out in December 2024. This milestone marks a pivotal step toward the game’s Token Generation Event (TGE) in early 2025, building … Read more

Boost VC Invests In PoSciDonDAO, Welcoming It To Their Go-To-Market Program

Panama City, Panama, December 19th, 2024/Chainwire/–PoSciDonDAO has announced that Boost VC has invested in the project, representing a significant step forward in its mission to decentralize scientific research and innovation. The investment includes PoSciDonDAO’s acceptance into Boost VC’s Go-To-Market Program, which will provide valuable resources to support the project’s development and adoption. Boost VC Expands … Read more

Harbour Teams With Velocity Labs To Launch Instant Stablecoin Payment Between EU Banks And Polkadot

LONDON, UK, December 19th, 2024/Chainwire/–Harbour in partnership with Velocity Labs announces the launch of their stablecoin payment system “Magic Ramp”, connecting SEPA Instant payment rails with Polkadot. This collaboration seamlessly integrates TradFi banking systems into Web3, providing efficient, low-cost payment solutions. Magic Ramp allows Euros to be sent from any bank account and received as … Read more

WhiteBIT’s Institutional Focus Drives Trading Volume To Record $2.7 Trillion In 2024

Vilnius, Lithuania, December 20th, 2024/Chainwire/–Europe’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, WhiteBit, concludes the year with notable achievements. The latest estimates reveal the company’s capitalization has reached $38.9 billion, while the annual trading volume surged to $2.7 trillion — a 200% increase compared to the previous year. These figures encompass all exchange markets (spot and futures), showcasing the … Read more

Metaverse Growth Brings New Data Protection Headaches

When we hear the word “metaverse,” we may first picture Zuckerberg’s somewhat cringey, uncanny valley-esque virtual world that many of us don’t take seriously. Despite this, the metaverse has been growing into a beast, beginning to impact every aspect of life from schooling to healthcare, and even entertainment. Merging the physical and digital realities through … Read more

Bety.com Introduces Blockchain-Powered Transparency And Fairness To Online Gaming

Victoria, Seychelles, December 19th, 2024/Chainwire/–BETY. com is enhancing the online gaming and betting landscape by integrating blockchain technology and hash algorithms to create a transparent, secure, and open gaming experience. The platform addresses long-standing challenges in traditional casinos, such as fairness and credibility, by providing a decentralized and verifiable gaming ecosystem. Bety.com’s Blockchain Technology Application … Read more

Mantle Network Advances Technical Roadmap As The First ZK Validity Rollup With Succinct’s SP1

SINGAPORE, Singapore, December 19th, 2024/Chainwire/–Mantle Network, an Ethereum layer 2 (L2) known for its modular design and being the first adopter of EigenLayer’s EigenDA, today announced its architectural transition to a zero-knowledge (ZK) validity rollup through an industry-first alliance with Succinct. Combining its modular architecture, data availability solutions through EigenDA, and now zero-knowledge proofs via … Read more