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OpenAI open-sources Whisper, a multilingual speech recognition system

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Speech recognition remains a challenging problem in AI and machine learning. In a step toward solving it, OpenAI today open-sourced Whisper, an automatic speech recognition system that the company claims enables “robust” transcription in multiple languages as well as translation from those languages into English.

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China’s draft measures demand ‘individual approval’ for facial recognition use

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The pervasive use of facial recognition technology across all facets of life in China has elicited both praise for its convenience and backlash around privacy concerns. The widespread adoption has also fueled the exponential growth of valuations in companies specializing in the field, such as AI giants SenseTime and Megvii.

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4 steps founders can take today to improve team recognition tomorrow

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A talented team is arguably one of the most valuable assets of any company. While some degree of staff turnover is natural, it takes time and energy for new hires to learn the specific ropes of your company, build relationships with colleagues and begin delivering results.

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Deepgram lands new cash to grow its enterprise voice-recognition business

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Deepgram, a company developing voice-recognition tech for the enterprise, today raised $47 million in new funding led by Madrona Venture Group with participation from Citi Ventures and Alkeon. ” Launched in 2015, Deepgram focuses on building custom voice-recognition solutions for customers such as Spotify, Auth0 and even NASA.

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How AI is Advancing Transcription

Today, many companies are deploying automatic speech recognition in place of voice writers. Until recently, the only way to accurately produce real-time audio transcription has been to employ voice writers to convert audio to text using dictation software and clean up the transcript before producing the final output.

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Speechmatics pushes forward recognition of accented English

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Speech recognition has gone from convenient to crucial over the last few years as smart speakers and driving assist modes have taken off — but not everyone’s voice is recognized equally well. is full of accents and any company claiming to make services for “everyone” should be aware of that. for white speakers.”

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Android’s facial-recognition future could rely on skin detection

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The technology that might become the future of facial recognition started with a bucket of household paint. READ MORE ON FACIAL RECOGNITION. Apple did a great job with facial recognition” in developing its Face ID log-in for iPhones, Bruder says. This story was originally commissioned by Fast Company.

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2021 State of Automatic Speech Recognition Report

This space is growing and almost every company is investing in some form of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) - but the question remains, are they using speech to its full potential? Where companies are investing resources post-COVID to create a competitive advantage. In this report, you will learn: How ASR is being used.