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Virginia Tech HokieBot Participates in Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge 5 to Develop Advanced Artificial Intelligence Technology That Improves User Conversation

Virginia Tech HokieBot Participates in Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge 5 to Develop Advanced Artificial Intelligence Technology That Improves User Conversation

A team of four graduate students from the Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics are one of nine international university teams selected to participate in the Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge 5 sponsored by Amazon.com Services LLC. Each team received a $250,000 prize to develop a skill that can help Alexa converse with …

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Amazon Alexa wants to put your child to bed with generative AI

Amazon Alexa wants to put your child to bed with generative AI

Amazon Alexa’s Create with Alexa feature uses conversational and generative AI to create unique stories after users select a theme, character, descriptive word, and color. Leo Zou/Amazon While researchers applaud Amazon’s safeguards to ensure the technology is safe for children, some experts worry that generative AI could trick children into believing these algorithms are smarter …

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What's wrong with Alexa: Former insider on the challenges facing Amazon's AI voice assistant

What’s wrong with Alexa: Former insider on the challenges facing Amazon’s AI voice assistant

Dave Limp, head of Amazon’s Devices & Services division, in 2019. (GeekWire Photo/Kevin Lisota) Amazon quickly created the initial technical scaffolding for Alexa, quickly taking the lead in the smart speaker and home voice assistant market. But nearly a decade later, Alexa is still under construction. Tigger (Charlie) Kindel led Alexa product management before building …

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AI Upscaling of 2K ARRI ALEXA Classic Footage to 8K - YMCinema - News & Insights on Digital Cinema

AI Upscaling of 2K ARRI ALEXA Classic Footage to 8K – YMCinema – News & Insights on Digital Cinema

In this very intriguing experiment, ARRI ALEXA Classic 2K footage underwent AI “processing” to produce 8K footage using machine learning technologies. How can AI methodologies help us increase resolution, instead of scouring 8K sensors? Improve AI video. Source: Topaz In a video titled “This is what an ARRI ALEXA 8K would look like…” a very …

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