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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As Europes transparent solar panel market swells, Swiss scientists have set a new efficiency record for the technology. This could lead the way to energy-generating windows that power up our homes and devices. Also known as Grätzel cells, dye-sensitised solar cells (DSCs) are a type of low-cost solar cell that use photosensitized dye to convert visible light into electricity. Previous versions of DSCs have been reliant on direct sunlight, but a team of researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have found a way to make transparent photosensitizers that can absorb light across the entire visible light spectrum,…

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Natural language processing (NLP) is among the most exciting subsets of machine learning. It lets us talk to computers like theyre people and vice versa. Siri, Google Translate, and the helpful chat bot on your banks website are all powered by this kind of AI but not all NLP systems are created equal. In todays AI landscape, smaller, targeted models trained on essential data are often better for business endeavors. However, there are massive NLP systems capable of incredible feats of communication. Called large language models (LLMs), these are capable of answering plain language queries, and generating novel text.…

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Digitals maps and navigation apps have become an integral part of not only how we move, but also how businesses and entire industries operate. Think about it. Geolocation data is necessary for delivery companies to bring goods to your doorstep, for ride-hailing apps to get you to your destination, and for automotive brands to make the most out of their driver assistance systems (ADAS) technology. The list of examples goes on and on. The requirement for location-based mapping services has increased to such an extent that the global digital map market is expected to rise by $33.18 billion in the…

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Elon Musk is causing consternation among his new employees. According to Bloomberg News, Twitters new owner is set to cut around 3,700 jobs about half the companys workforce. Those who remain are also bracing for upheaval. Musk reportedly intends to scrap the platformswork-from-anywhere policy and mandate returns to offices from Monday. The U-turn has reignited calls for legal rights to work-from-home on both sides of the Atlantic. Changing times Musks mooted move would scrap a groundbreaking policy. In 2020, Twitter became one of the first tech firms to allow staff to work from home indefinitely. The policy quickly proved…

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