Scroll through the livestreaming videos at 4 a.m. on Taobao, China’s most popular e-commerce platform, and you’ll find it weirdly busy. While most people are fast asleep, there are still many diligent streamers presenting products to the cameras and offering discounts in the wee hours. But if you take a closer look, you may notice…
In July, MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Provost Cynthia Barnhart issued a call for papers to “articulate effective roadmaps, policy recommendations, and calls for action across the broad domain of generative AI.” Over the next month, they received an influx of responses from every school at MIT proposing to explore generative AI’s potential applications and…
An age-old adage, often introduced to us during our formative years, is designed to nudge us beyond our self-centered, nascent minds: “Two heads are better than one.” This proverb encourages collaborative thinking and highlights the potency of shared intellect. Fast forward to 2023, and we find that this wisdom holds true even in the realm…
Posted by Haolin Jia, Software Engineer, and Qifei Wang, Senior Software Engineer, Core ML In recent years, we have witnessed rising interest across consumers and researchers in integrated augmented reality (AR) experiences using real-time face feature generation and editing functions in mobile applications, including short videos, virtual reality, and gaming. As a result, there is…
As 3D printers have become cheaper and more widely accessible, a rapidly growing community of novice makers are fabricating their own objects. To do this, many of these amateur artisans access free, open-source repositories of user-generated 3D models that they download and fabricate on their 3D printer. But adding custom design elements to these models…
DeepMind cofounder Mustafa Suleyman wants to build a chatbot that does a whole lot more than chat. In a recent conversation I had with him, he told me that generative AI is just a phase. What’s next is interactive AI: bots that can carry out tasks you set for them by calling on other software…
Posted by Gabriel Barcik and Duc-Hieu Tran, Research Engineers, Google Research In today’s digital age, smartphones and desktop web browsers serve as the primary tools for accessing news and information. However, the proliferation of website clutter — encompassing complex layouts, navigation elements, and extraneous links — significantly impairs both the reading experience and article navigation….
Introduction In the ever-evolving world of IT infrastructure, understanding the financial aspects is as important as grasping the technical details. Two terms you’ll often encounter when dealing with IT expenses are Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operational Expenditure (OpEx). These financial concepts play a significant role in how organizations manage their resources and make financial decisions….
Introduction The cloud has become an integral part of modern business operations, offering scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency that traditional on-premises solutions struggle to match. However, the cloud landscape is not one-size-fits-all. Different organizations have different needs, and as a result, various cloud models have emerged to cater to these diverse requirements. In this blog post,…
Introduction The rapid evolution of technology has transformed the way businesses operate, with cloud computing being a pivotal driver of this transformation. The cloud offers unprecedented scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency. However, with great power comes great responsibility. Enter the Shared Responsibility Model, a fundamental concept that everyone venturing into the cloud should grasp. In this…