Monsters in Motion: Source of Madness is an AI-powered Lovecraftian nightmare.
Generative Modeling

Monsters in Motion: Source of Madness is an AI-powered Lovecraftian nightmare.

How do you control a video game that generates a host of unique monsters for every match? With machine learning, naturally. The otherworldly creatures in Source of Madness learn how to target players through reinforcement learning.

July 15, 20201 min read
Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures
Generative Modeling

Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures

An artist is using deep learning to create realistic portraits of historical figures like Napoleon Bonaparte, Vincent Van Gogh, and England’s first Queen Elizabeth.

July 8, 20201 min read
Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures
Generative Modeling

Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures

An artist is using deep learning to create realistic portraits of historical figures like Napoleon Bonaparte, Vincent Van Gogh, and England’s first Queen Elizabeth.

July 8, 20201 min read
Image Resolution in Black and White: Behind the Pulse controversy about bias in machine learning
Generative Modeling

Image Resolution in Black and White: Behind the Pulse controversy about bias in machine learning

A new model designed to sharpen images tends to turn some dark faces white, igniting fresh furor over bias in machine learning. Photo Upsampling via Latent Space Exploration (Pulse) generates high-resolution versions of low-resolution images.

July 1, 20202 min read
Bots Don’t Need Social Distancing: Covid-19 drove demand for Replika, an AI chatbot.
Generative Modeling

Bots Don’t Need Social Distancing: Covid-19 drove demand for Replika, an AI chatbot.

A chatbot is providing companionship for the locked-down and lonely. Downloads of Replika, a chatbot designed to be a virtual friend, have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, reports the New York Times.

July 1, 20201 min read
Clothes Make the Model: Amazon's Outfit-Viton generates apparel images on demand.
Generative Modeling

Clothes Make the Model: Amazon's Outfit-Viton generates apparel images on demand.

In online retailing, the most common customer complaints are slow shipping and inability to try on clothes. Amazon conceived its Prime program to address the first concern. To answer the second, it built a virtual fitting room.

July 1, 20202 min read
Clothes Make the Model: Amazon's Outfit-Viton generates apparel images on demand.
Generative Modeling

Clothes Make the Model: Amazon's Outfit-Viton generates apparel images on demand.

In online retailing, the most common customer complaints are slow shipping and inability to try on clothes. Amazon conceived its Prime program to address the first concern. To answer the second, it built a virtual fitting room.

July 1, 20202 min read
Image Resolution in Black and White: Behind the Pulse controversy about bias in machine learning
Generative Modeling

Image Resolution in Black and White: Behind the Pulse controversy about bias in machine learning

A new model designed to sharpen images tends to turn some dark faces white, igniting fresh furor over bias in machine learning. Photo Upsampling via Latent Space Exploration (Pulse) generates high-resolution versions of low-resolution images.

July 1, 20202 min read
Bots Don’t Need Social Distancing: Covid-19 drove demand for Replika, an AI chatbot.
Generative Modeling

Bots Don’t Need Social Distancing: Covid-19 drove demand for Replika, an AI chatbot.

A chatbot is providing companionship for the locked-down and lonely. Downloads of Replika, a chatbot designed to be a virtual friend, have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, reports the New York Times.

July 1, 20201 min read
Big Bot Makes Small Talk: A research summary of Facebook's Generative BST chatbot
Generative Modeling

Big Bot Makes Small Talk: A research summary of Facebook's Generative BST chatbot

Facebook recently rolled out its entry in the World’s Biggest Chatbot sweepstakes. In keeping with the company’s social-networking dominance, the bot is designed to excel at chitchat on any subject.

May 27, 20202 min read
Text to Video in Two Minutes: Baidu's VidPress generates video from text.
Generative Modeling

Text to Video in Two Minutes: Baidu's VidPress generates video from text.

Will reading soon become obsolete? A new system converts text articles into videos. VidPress, a prototype project from Chinese tech giant Baidu, currently generates more than 1,000 narrated video summaries of news stories daily.

May 27, 20202 min read
Text to Video in Two Minutes: Baidu's VidPress generates video from text.
Generative Modeling

Text to Video in Two Minutes: Baidu's VidPress generates video from text.

Will reading soon become obsolete? A new system converts text articles into videos. VidPress, a prototype project from Chinese tech giant Baidu, currently generates more than 1,000 narrated video summaries of news stories daily.

May 27, 20202 min read
Big Bot Makes Small Talk: A research summary of Facebook's Generative BST chatbot
Generative Modeling

Big Bot Makes Small Talk: A research summary of Facebook's Generative BST chatbot

Facebook recently rolled out its entry in the World’s Biggest Chatbot sweepstakes. In keeping with the company’s social-networking dominance, the bot is designed to excel at chitchat on any subject.

May 27, 20202 min read
Playing With GANs: GameGAN generated a fully functional Pac-Man.
Generative Modeling

Playing With GANs: GameGAN generated a fully functional Pac-Man.

Generative adversarial networks don’t just produce pretty pictures. They can build world models, too. A GAN generated a fully functional replica of the classic video game Pac-Man.

May 27, 20202 min read
Playing With GANs: GameGAN generated a fully functional Pac-Man.
Generative Modeling

Playing With GANs: GameGAN generated a fully functional Pac-Man.

Generative adversarial networks don’t just produce pretty pictures. They can build world models, too. A GAN generated a fully functional replica of the classic video game Pac-Man.

May 27, 20202 min read

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