Deepfakes Are Heartless: AI detects deepfaked videos by their lack of heartbeat.
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

Deepfakes Are Heartless: AI detects deepfaked videos by their lack of heartbeat.

The incessant rhythm of a heartbeat could be the key to distinguishing real videos from deepfakes. DeepRhythm detects deepfakes using an approach inspired by the science of measuring minute changes on the skin’s surface due to blood circulation.

November 4, 20201 min read
What One Neuron Knows: How convolutional neural network layers recognize objects.
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

What One Neuron Knows: How convolutional neural network layers recognize objects.

How does a convolutional neural network recognize a photo of a ski resort? New research shows that it bases its classification on specific neurons that recognize snow, mountains, trees, and houses.

October 21, 20203 min read
What One Neuron Knows: How convolutional neural network layers recognize objects.
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

What One Neuron Knows: How convolutional neural network layers recognize objects.

How does a convolutional neural network recognize a photo of a ski resort? New research shows that it bases its classification on specific neurons that recognize snow, mountains, trees, and houses.

October 21, 20203 min read
Data Compression By AI: Nvidia uses AI to enhance video conferencing quality.
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

Data Compression By AI: Nvidia uses AI to enhance video conferencing quality.

In this work-from-home era, who hasn’t spent a video conference wishing they could read an onscreen document without turning their eyes from the person they’re talking with? Or simply hoping the stream wouldn’t stutter or stall? Deep learning can fill in the missing pieces.

October 14, 20201 min read
Data Compression By AI: Nvidia uses AI to enhance video conferencing quality.
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

Data Compression By AI: Nvidia uses AI to enhance video conferencing quality.

In this work-from-home era, who hasn’t spent a video conference wishing they could read an onscreen document without turning their eyes from the person they’re talking with? Or simply hoping the stream wouldn’t stutter or stall? Deep learning can fill in the missing pieces.

October 14, 20201 min read
GANs for Smaller Data: Training GANs on small data without overfitting
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

GANs for Smaller Data: Training GANs on small data without overfitting

Trained on a small dataset, generative adversarial networks (GANs) tend to generate either replicas of the training data or noisy output. A new method spurs them to produce satisfying variations.

October 14, 20202 min read
GANs for Smaller Data: Training GANs on small data without overfitting
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

GANs for Smaller Data: Training GANs on small data without overfitting

Trained on a small dataset, generative adversarial networks (GANs) tend to generate either replicas of the training data or noisy output. A new method spurs them to produce satisfying variations.

October 14, 20202 min read
Protected By Deepfakes: Documentary uses deepfakes to protect its sources.
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

Protected By Deepfakes: Documentary uses deepfakes to protect its sources.

Documentary filmmakers often shield the identities of people who might be harmed for speaking out. But typical tactics like blurring faces and distorting voices can make it hard for audiences to connect emotionally. A new

October 7, 20201 min read
Protected By Deepfakes: Documentary uses deepfakes to protect its sources.
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

Protected By Deepfakes: Documentary uses deepfakes to protect its sources.

Documentary filmmakers often shield the identities of people who might be harmed for speaking out. But typical tactics like blurring faces and distorting voices can make it hard for audiences to connect emotionally. A new

October 7, 20201 min read
More Data for Medical AI: AI recognizes medical scans without iodine dye.
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

More Data for Medical AI: AI recognizes medical scans without iodine dye.

Convolutional neural networks are good at recognizing disease symptoms in medical scans of patients who were injected with iodine-based dye, that makes their organs more visible. But some patients can’t take the dye. Now synthetic scans from a GAN are helping CNNs learn to analyze undyed images.

September 30, 20202 min read
A Good Look for AI: How L’Oreal uses AI to power its virtual makeup try-on
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

A Good Look for AI: How L’Oreal uses AI to power its virtual makeup try-on

Trying on new makeup is a hassle — apply, inspect, wash off, repeat. Not to mention the tribulation of visiting brick-and-mortar stores during the pandemic. Augmented reality is helping people try on all the makeup they want without leaving home.

September 30, 20202 min read
The Telltale Artifact: A technique for detecting GAN-generated deepfakes
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

The Telltale Artifact: A technique for detecting GAN-generated deepfakes

Deepfakes have gone mainstream, allowing celebrities to star in commercials without setting foot in a film studio. A new method helps determine whether such endorsements — and other images produced by generative adversarial networks — are authentic.

September 30, 20202 min read
Making GANs More Inclusive: A technique to help GANs represent their datasets fairly
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

Making GANs More Inclusive: A technique to help GANs represent their datasets fairly

A typical GAN’s output doesn’t necessarily reflect the data distribution of its training set. Instead, GANs are prone to modeling the majority of the training distribution, sometimes ignoring rare attributes — say, faces that represent minority populations.

September 30, 20202 min read
Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer

GANs are adept at mapping the artistic style of one picture onto the subject of another, known as style transfer. However, applied to the fanciful illustrations in children’s books, some GANs prove better at preserving style, others better at preserving subject matter.

September 30, 20202 min read
Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer
Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)

Style and Substance: An improved GAN technique for style transfer

GANs are adept at mapping the artistic style of one picture onto the subject of another, known as style transfer. However, applied to the fanciful illustrations in children’s books, some GANs prove better at preserving style, others better at preserving subject matter.

September 30, 20202 min read

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