YouTube has been overhauling its video platform as of late, from revising its partner program to amending its firearm policies. Subscription feeds have largely remained untouched, preserving the chronological format for users to see the latest, and possibly greatest, videos out there. This is now under threat from a more …
Read More »Google reinvents JPEG compression, tells Internet to take a load off
With humans capturing and uploading images to the Internet at an unprecedented rate, social media running amok, and image-heavy websites taking advantage of existing broadband connections, Google has committed to improving JPEG image compression. Google has developed a new open-source JPEG compression algorithm, dubbed Guetzli (apparently that means “cookie” in …
Read More »Musk claims new Tesla autopilot could have prevented death
Tesla's CEO and founder, Elon Musk, has said of the company's latest autopilot software update, that with the on board radar now utilised as a major sensor rather than a complimentary one, it's very possible that the recent in-car fatality of a Tesla customer could have been prevented. The incident …
Read More »Facebook fake news gaff shows why it still needs human editors
Following the firing of its entire trending news team, Facebook has immediately hit a snag with its automated replacement. Despite years of ‘training,' the algorithm was quick to follow up on stories that people on Facebook were talking about, even if they were false ones. Within 72 hours, it was …
Read More »AP now using AI to cover minor sporting events
Sports journalists the world over are looking over their shoulders more and more, as robotic journalists are being roped in to expand coverage to other sporting events. The Associated Press has now begun using algorithms to write up reports for Minor League baseball games, using data provided by Major League …
Read More »Algorithm writes first A.I. screenplay and confuses its characters
Sometimes when you watch a film you can feel real empathy for what characters are going through, seeing them struggle with the trials and tribulations of their lives. That's something that's quite strong in the first short film ever written by an A.I. algorithm, but more so because the characters …
Read More »Google Chrome is getting a significant speed boost soon
Google has been working on optimizing the Chrome browser for a while now. Last year the Chrome team announced that it would be trying to reduce RAM usage and now the browser is set to be up to 25 percent faster thanks to an upcoming update that targets performance improvements. …
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