Search results for speech technology

Social Sciences Sep 25, 2023

Research links the increase of misinformation shared by Republican US politicians to public perception of honesty

An international study, published in Nature Human Behaviour, analyzed millions of tweets by members of Congress over the last decade. Its findings showed both Republican and Democratic politicians were increasingly sharing ...

Social Sciences Sep 19, 2023

'Digital necromancy': Why bringing people back from the dead with AI is just an extension of our grieving practices

Generative AI—which encompasses large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT but also image and video generators like DALL·E 2—supercharges what has come to be known as "digital necromancy," the conjuring of the dead from ...

Environment Sep 9, 2023

Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa—with a lot of water

The cost of building an artificial intelligence product like ChatGPT can be hard to measure.

Social Sciences Aug 23, 2023

Despite stereotypes, the speed of speech has nothing to do with intelligence

Pop culture abounds with examples of very fast talkers. There's the Judy Grimes character played by Kristen Wiig on "Saturday Night Live," or that guy from the 1980s who did commercials for Micro Machines and FedEx. Of course, ...

Biotechnology Aug 19, 2023

Using only 'brain recordings' from patients, scientists reconstruct a Pink Floyd song

The famous Pink Floyd lyrics emerge from sound that is muddy, yet musical: "All in all, it was just a brick in the wall."

Social Sciences Aug 11, 2023

A roadmap to help AI technologies speak African languages

From text-generating ChatGPT to voice-activated Siri, artificial intelligence-powered tools are designed to aid our everyday life—as long as you speak a language they support. These technologies are out of reach for billions ...

Evolution Aug 10, 2023

Study identifies characteristics specific to human brains

Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified cellular and molecular features of the brain that set modern humans apart from their closest primate relatives and ancient human ancestors. The findings, ...

Social Sciences Aug 8, 2023

Re-imagining democracy for the 21st century, possibly without the trappings of the 18th century

Imagine that we've all—all of us, all of society—landed on some alien planet, and we have to form a government: clean slate. We don't have any legacy systems from the U.S. or any other country. We don't have any special ...

Social Sciences Aug 2, 2023

Study shows speech deepfakes frequently fool people, even after training on how to detect them

In a study involving more than 500 people, participants correctly identified speech deepfakes only 73% of the time, and efforts to train participants to detect deepfakes had minimal effects. Kimberly Mai and colleagues at ...

Social Sciences Jun 29, 2023

Analyzing the expression of hate speech in YouTube comments

Researchers at the Interactive Technologies Institute have conducted a study on hate speech targeting marginalized communities in YouTube comments. Cláudia Silva joined a research team led by Paula Carvalho (INESC-ID/IST), ...

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