July 18, 2024
AR and VR in Healthcare
AI is already better at diagnosing diseases, can perform minimal intervention surgeries — and make sure patients get better faster. Let's take a look at how VR and AR in medicine is actually done.
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Hume AI has developed a new technology, the Empathic Voice Interface (EVI), that understands emotions through tone, a step forward in AI emotional intelligence. With $50 million in Series B funding, Hume AI is advancing AI's ability to interact with humans on an emotional level, suggesting a future where AI can provide more personalized support.
This investment in Hume AI's EVI marks a pivotal moment in integrating emotional intelligence into AI, potentially transforming how we interact with technology by making it more empathetic and supportive.
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OpenAI has introduced the Voice Engine, a groundbreaking AI that can clone voices from just a 15-second sample, creating realistic results. Developed in late 2022, this technology is already enhancing Text-to-Speech APIs, ChatGPT Voice, and Read Aloud functionalities, showing vast potential for various applications. However, given the risks of misuse, such as voter manipulation, OpenAI is treading carefully, restricting access and ensuring strict guidelines for use, including explicit consent from voice owners and clear labeling of AI-generated voices.
OpenAI's Voice Engine demonstrates the cutting-edge potential of AI in voice cloning, balanced with a commitment to ethical use and transparency.
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RadSplat, a new method of virtual reality (VR), is setting benchmarks by offering NeRF-like rendering quality at a staggering 900 frames per second (FPS), addressing a significant challenge in transferring high-resolution real spaces into VR efficiently. By innovating with a process that prunes and refines Gaussian splats from trained neural radiance fields (NeRF), RadSplat not only accelerates rendering but also enhances image quality.
This method offers a practical solution for rendering large scenes by dividing them into clusters and selectively processing visible elements, thereby optimizing performance. RadSplat's breakthrough, comparable to the Re-ReND method's achievements, marks a leap toward real-world applicability of high-fidelity VR experiences at speeds previously unimaginable.
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xAI introduces Grok-1.5, the latest evolution of its AI model, designed to excel in long-context understanding and advanced reasoning tasks. Scheduled for release to early testers and existing users on the 𝕏 platform, Grok-1.5 showcases significant enhancements over its predecessor, especially in coding and mathematical problem-solving.
With remarkable scores on challenging benchmarks such as MATH, GSM8K, and HumanEval, Grok-1.5 demonstrates its power in handling complex calculations and code generation. A standout feature is its ability to process contexts up to 128K tokens long, greatly expanding its memory capacity and enabling it to navigate through extensive documents with ease.
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