Amazon revives the Echo Spot smart alarm clock from the dustbin of its product line

Amazon revives the Echo Spot smart alarm clock from the dustbin of its product line

As early Prime Day deals continue to become available, Amazon has revealed an all-new Echo Spot ahead of the shopping event. It’s very much like the original Echo Spot that came out in 2017 and was discontinued two years later except the front face is now split between a hemispherical display and speaker.Amazon says the new model comes with better sound and a sharper display. Time will tell if the reboot suffers from the same screen flicker issues as its predecessor. Otherwise, the conceit is more or less identical: it's a bare-bones smart alarm clock that, via Alexa integration, can…
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Seamless Monitoring of Stress Levels Leveraging a Universal Model for Time Sequences

Seamless Monitoring of Stress Levels Leveraging a Universal Model for Time Sequences

arXiv:2407.03821v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Monitoring the stress level in patients with neurodegenerative diseases can help manage symptoms, improve patient's quality of life, and provide insight into disease progression. In the literature, ECG, actigraphy, speech, voice, and facial analysis have proven effective at detecting patients' emotions. On the other hand, these tools are invasive and do not integrate smoothly into the patient's daily life. HRV has also been proven to effectively indicate stress conditions, especially in combination with other signals. However, when HRV is derived from less invasive devices than the ECG, like smartwatches and bracelets, the quality of measurements…
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POSTURE: Pose Guided Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Human Body Part Segmentation

POSTURE: Pose Guided Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Human Body Part Segmentation

arXiv:2407.03549v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Existing algorithms for human body part segmentation have shown promising results on challenging datasets, primarily relying on end-to-end supervision. However, these algorithms exhibit severe performance drops in the face of domain shifts, leading to inaccurate segmentation masks. To tackle this issue, we introduce POSTURE: underline{Po}se Guided Ununderline{s}upervised Domain Adapunderline{t}ation for Hunderline{u}man Body Paunderline{r}t Sunderline{e}gmentation - an innovative pseudo-labelling approach designed to improve segmentation performance on the unlabeled target data. Distinct from conventional domain adaptive methods for general semantic segmentation, POSTURE stands out by considering the underlying structure of the human body and uses anatomical guidance…
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Olivia Culpo said she didn’t want her wedding dress to ‘exude sex,’ sparking a debate about modest gowns

Olivia Culpo said she didn’t want her wedding dress to ‘exude sex,’ sparking a debate about modest gowns

Olivia Culpo's wedding dress is causing a stir online.The former Miss Universe married NFL player Christian McCaffrey on June 29 in Rhode Island, a little over a year after they got engaged.Culpo wore three custom Dolce & Gabbana dresses throughout her wedding day, including a simple ball gown for her ceremony. But the gown became controversial after Culpo emphasized its modesty in an interview with Vogue.Culpo and Dolce & Gabbana did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.Olivia Culpo said she didn't want her wedding dress to 'exude sex'Culpo's three Dolce & Gabbana wedding dresses each had a…
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Differentiating between human-written and AI-generated texts using linguistic features automatically extracted from an online computational tool

Differentiating between human-written and AI-generated texts using linguistic features automatically extracted from an online computational tool

[Submitted on 4 Jul 2024] View a PDF of the paper titled Differentiating between human-written and AI-generated texts using linguistic features automatically extracted from an online computational tool, by Georgios P. Georgiou View PDF Abstract:While extensive research has focused on ChatGPT in recent years, very few studies have systematically quantified and compared linguistic features between human-written and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated language. This study aims to investigate how various linguistic components are represented in both types of texts, assessing the ability of AI to emulate human writing. Using human-authored essays as a benchmark, we prompted ChatGPT to generate essays of equivalent…
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Microsoft drops ‘MInference’ demo, challenges status quo of AI processing

Microsoft drops ‘MInference’ demo, challenges status quo of AI processing

We want to hear from you! Take our quick AI survey and share your insights on the current state of AI, how you’re implementing it, and what you expect to see in the future. Learn More Microsoft unveiled an interactive demonstration of its new MInference technology on the AI platform Hugging Face on Sunday, showcasing a potential breakthrough in processing speed for large language models. The demo, powered by Gradio, allows developers and researchers to test Microsoft’s latest advancement in handling lengthy text inputs for artificial intelligence systems directly in their web browsers. MInference, which stands for “Million-Tokens Prompt Inference,”…
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Chinese developers scramble as OpenAI blocks access in China

At the World AI Conference in Shanghai last week, one of China’s leading artificial intelligence companies, SenseTime, unveiled its latest model, SenseNova 5.5.The model showed off its ability to identify and describe a stuffed toy puppy (wearing a SenseTime cap), offered feedback on a drawing of a rabbit, and instantly read and summarised a page of text. According to SenseTime, SenseNova 5.5 is comparable with GPT-4o, the flagship artificial intelligence model of the Microsoft-backed US company OpenAI.If that wasn’t enough to entice users, SenseTime is also giving away 50m free tokens – digital credits for using the AI – and…
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Multi-Time Scale Service Caching and Pricing in MEC Systems with Dynamic Program Popularity

Multi-Time Scale Service Caching and Pricing in MEC Systems with Dynamic Program Popularity

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Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best deals from Apple, Anker and more

Amazon Prime Day 2024: The best deals from Apple, Anker and more

Amazon Prime Day 2024 will arrive next week, bringing a deluge of discounts and deals on everything from household essentials to clothing to tech. Even though the shopping event is limited to 48 hours, Amazon typically has early Prime Day deals rolling out for weeks ahead of time. This year is no different: we’re already starting to see early Prime Day deals trickle in that members can take advantage of. Plus, there are also a number of solid tech deals available on Amazon that aren’t explicitly tied to July Prime Day, but are likely to get lumped in with the…
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