Mois : avril 2017 (Page 1 of 2)
« Epic Games has released a realistic, comprehensive Unreal Engine 4 sample along with accompanying documentation to demonstrate the use of high-quality character shader techniques, similar to those used for characters in Paragon, Epic’s MOBA for PC and PS4 ».
« Style Check keeps your look on point using advanced machine learning algorithms and advice from fashion specialists. Submit two photos for a second opinion on which outfit looks best on you based on fit, color, styling, and current trends. Over time, these decisions get smarter through your feedback and input from our team of experienced fashion specialists ».
Que dire… !
Source : Introducing Echo Look – Hands-Free Camera and Style Assistant
« By releasing our technology publicly and making it available to anyone, we want to ensure that there will be no such risks. We hope that everyone will soon be aware that such technology exists and that copying the voice of someone else is possible. More generally, we want to raise attention about the lack of evidence that audio recordings may represent in the near future ».
Source : Eerie tech promises to copy anyone’s voice from just 1 minute of audio
« Jérôme Coutard a reconnu sur Twitter la défaite de sa méthode d’analyse face aux sondeurs : « Les sondeurs ont eu leur revanche, bravo, c’est mérité. Mais les méthodes de collecte et d’analyse alternatives + IA se peaufinent. » »
Source : Filteris ou l’échec cuisant du big data face aux sondages – Politique – Numerama
« The first initiative of Project Baseline is a study led by Verily, Duke University School of Medicine, Stanford Medicine, and Google. We are seeking around 10,000 people to represent different ages, backgrounds, and medical histories on behalf of humanity over four years. Starting in the US, if you are at least 18 years old ».
Source : Project Baseline
« The audio maker Bose, whose wireless headphones sell for up to $350, uses an app to collect the listening habits of its customers and provide that information to third parties—all without the knowledge and permission of the users, according to a lawsuit filed in Chicago on Tuesday ».
Source : Bose Headphones Secretly Collected User Data – Lawsuit | Fortune.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_O54le4__I
« Dès les premières minutes qui ont suivi la mise en ligne de ce clip, la définition Wikipédia a fait l’objet d’une petite guerre de réécriture, entre les internautes s’amusant à ajouter des ingrédients nocifs (clous et autres morceaux de rats) et les équipes de Burger King qui corrigeaient ces changements. The Verge, rapporte que la définition normalement prévue, qui détaillait tous les ingrédients, a été modifiée directement par le chef du marketing de la chaîne, Fernando Machado, avec le même pseudo que son compte instagram, Fermachado123 (pas très discret) ».
Source : Burger King détourne Google Home pour faire sa publicité, Google riposte – Tech – Numerama
« Last November, some of these new approaches helped convince a United States district court to invalidate the Wisconsin state assembly district map—the first time in more than 30 years that any federal court has struck down a map for being unconstitutionally partisan. That case is now bound for the Supreme Court ».
Source : Gerrymandering Is Illegal, But Only Mathematicians Can Prove It | WIRED