Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has bought Audio Analytic, a Cambridge-based startup building AI-driven sound recognition software. Founded in 2010 by Chris Mitchell, Audio Analytic aims to augment consumer technology with high-end sound recognition, and has trained its AI to recognize a broad range of sounds, including smoke alarms, dogs barking, windows breaking, or even babies crying. As per the companys website, its technology can give machines the most accurate, robust, and compact sense of hearing on the planet. Audio Analytic, the Telegraph reports, will join Metas Reality Labs division thats tasked with the development of AR and VR tech.…

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