A duplex speech-to-speech model changes the premise: The intelligence layer consumes audio and produces audio directly. The model can attend to what was said and how it was said—content and delivery ...

Whether people follow a general trend when choosing a partner or consciously decide against it has a noticeable impact on the ...

With reported 3x speed gains and limited degradation in output quality, the method targets one of the biggest pain points in production AI systems: latency at scale.

AI users and developers can now measure the amount of electricity various AI models consume to complete tasks with an ...

A team of researchers has found a way to steer the output of large language models by manipulating specific concepts inside these models. The new method could lead to more reliable, more efficient, ...

Around 1 in 5 children today are living in extreme poverty, according to new World Bank-UNICEF research. In 2024, an estimated 412 million children aged 17 or younger were residing in households ...

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Purchasing life insurance for a child can provide a safety net if the worst should happen, but it can also protect them well into adulthood. There are different plans that parents, grandparents or ...

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