Don’t Miss Out! 5 AI Innovations You Need to Know About Now!
As November comes to a close and the year-end celebrations approach, the field of artificial intelligence remains active. Starting with today’s updates, Voicemod, a well-known AI voice changer app for PC and Mac, has introduced a new feature enabling users to generate unique voices from scratch. Additionally, Microsoft President Brad Smith has addressed speculations surrounding OpenAI’s progress in achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), stating that the likelihood of AGI emerging in the near future is very low. These stories and more are covered in today’s AI roundup. Let’s delve deeper into the details.
Voicemod is getting an update
Voicemod has introduced new features that allow users to easily create and share their own custom AI voices, reports The Verge. Widely popular among gamers and streamers, Voicemod originally offered over 100 preset AI voices, including fantasy characters and celebrities. With the AI Voice Creator feature, users can now create unique synthetic voices by selecting different genders, ages, and tones. The Voicelab function enables fine-tuning, enabling pitch, volume, frequency adjustments and adding sound effects without external tools. Users can share the voices they create in Community Voices and use voices shared by other users, expanding the possibilities for unique voice customization.
Microsoft president Brad Smith says AGI is unlikely in the near future
Microsoft President Brad Smith dismissed concerns of an immediate breakthrough in super-intelligent artificial intelligence, or AGI, saying it was not possible in the next 12 months and suggested the technology could take decades to develop, Reuters reported. The remarks come amid controversy at OpenAI, where CEO Sam Altman was briefly fired and then reinstated amid employee and shareholder concerns over a potentially risky discovery at an internal project called Q* (pronounced Q-Star), according to reports. Despite reports of the project as a potential breakthrough in AGI, Smith rejected claims of dangerous progress.
“There is absolutely no chance that you will see this so-called AGI, where computers are more efficient than humans, in the next 12 months. It will take years, if not several decades, but I still believe that the time is Now let’s focus on security,” he said .
Microsoft reveals £2.5 billion investment in UK AI
In a ground-breaking move, Microsoft has announced a major investment in Britain’s AI landscape, which official sources say marks a defining moment for the country’s scientific and technological prowess. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak praised the tech giant’s commitment and highlighted its critical role in driving future growth and innovation, positioning the UK as a powerhouse of AI.
As part of this strategic initiative, Microsoft plans to more than double its data center capacity in the UK, with plans to train more than a million people in the emerging AI economy. The company also actively supports UK AI security and research through strategic partnerships with government and leading universities.
HPE is partnering with Nvidia to develop a full-stack Gen AI solution
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has revealed an enhanced partnership with Nvidia to develop a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) enterprise computing solution. Designed for businesses of all sizes, this co-designed solution provides a pre-configured AI tuning and inference system. It enables rapid adaptation of basic models using private data and facilitates the deployment of production applications in different environments from the edge to the cloud. The collaboration aims to simplify the development and deployment of GenAI infrastructure by providing a comprehensive AI tuning and inference solution that seamlessly integrates both HPE and Nvidia technologies.
Artificial intelligence can identify people at risk of postpartum hemorrhage
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the US have used artificial intelligence, specifically the large language model Flan-T5, to improve identification of individuals at higher risk of postpartum hemorrhage, a common pregnancy complication, PTI reported. The AI model extracted medical concepts from electronic health records and provided a more detailed understanding of the populations affected by this condition, which involves excessive bleeding after childbirth and can pose life-threatening risks. The study demonstrated the model’s remarkable accuracy, achieving a 95% success rate in identifying patients with postpartum hemorrhage, and it identified 47% more patients compared to the standard method. The results were published in the npj Digital Medicine magazine.
