After ChatGPT, Microsoft working on AI model that takes images as cuesNew Delhi 03-March-2023Photo : IANSAs the war over artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots heat up, Microsoft has unveiled Kosmos-1, a new AI model that can also respond to visual cues or images, apart from text prompts or messages.\nThe multimodal large language model (MLLM) can help in an array of new tasks, including image captioning, visual question answering and more.\n\"A big convergence of language, multimodal perception, action, and world modeling is a key step toward artificial general intelligence.\n\"We also show that MLLMs can benefit from cross-modal transfer, i.e., transfer knowledge from language to multimodal, and from multimodal to language.\nIn addition, we introduce a dataset of Raven IQ test, which diagnoses the nonverbal reasoning capability of MLLMs,\" said the team.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Online audio listening hits new highs, according to 2023 Infinite Dial","slug":"online-audio-listening-hits-new-highs-according-to-2023-infinite-dial","publishDate":"2023-03-04 00:04:09+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:54.407899","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Online audio hit new highs with more people listening to more forms of digital audio in new ways and on new devices, according to Infinite Dial, Edison Research’s annual look at changes in American media usage.\nOnline audioAn estimated 200 million (70%) Americans are now streaming AM/FM radio and audio content weekly, up from 67% last year.\nWeekly listening in the 35-54 demo rose to 29% from 31%, and from 33% to 40% with those ages 12-34.\nSocial media usageSocial media usage has remained flat at 82% of those, aged 12+ and older.\nRosen said the findings of this year’s Infinite Dial affirm that advertisers aren’t exploiting the opportunities that increased audio listening presents.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"A new Ford patent imagines a future in which self-driving cars repossess themselves","slug":"a-new-ford-patent-imagines-a-future-in-which-self-driving-cars-repossess-themselves","publishDate":"2023-03-03 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:54.323917","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"A new Ford patent imagines a future in which self-driving cars repossess themselvesEnlarge this image toggle caption U.S. Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeImagine it's the near future, and you've bought a new car with a self-driving mode.\nThat's the vision of a new Ford patent published last month that describes a variety of futuristic ways that Ford vehicle systems could be controlled by a financial institution in order to aid in the repossession of a car.\nThe company told NPR that the company has no intention of implementing the ideas in the patent, which is one among hundreds of pending Ford patents published this year by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.\nOf the innovations described in the patent, titled \"Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle,\" perhaps the most striking is about self-driving cars.\nThe repossession patent was one of 13 Ford patents published on Feb. 23 alone, and one of more than 350 published this year to date, according to a review of U.S. patent records.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Ford Focuses on Less Aggressive Self-Driving Targets With 'Latitude AI' Division","slug":"ford-focuses-on-less-aggressive-self-driving-targets-with-latitude-ai-division","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:53.883033","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Ford this week announced a new subisidiary, dubbed Latitude AI, that will focus on autonomous driving technology.\nFord describes Latitude AI as an extension of existing autonomous driving efforts, including its BlueCruise hands-free highway driving system.\nThe work will support \"Ford’s strategic shift last year to focus on automated driving technologies for personally owned vehicles,\" it says.\nAs a result, Ford switched its focus from the Level 4 ADAS being developed by Argo AI to Level 2 and Level 3 technologies.\nLatitude AI is headquartered in Pittsburgh, with engineering hubs in Dearborn, Mich. and Palo Alto, plus a highway-speed test track facility in Greenville, S.C.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Police turning to public for help in identifying suspect vehicle connected to homicide","slug":"police-turning-to-public-for-help-in-identifying-suspect-vehicle-connected-to-homicide","publishDate":"2023-03-03 18:22:46+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:53.732584","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"San Antonio Police DepartmentSAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — It has now been close to three months since the shooting death of a woman who was riding in a vehicle near downtown, and law enforcement continues to look for the person responsible.\nSan Antonio Police and Crime Stoppers are looking for leads in identifying a vehicle investigators think played a role in the death of Rayne Elaine Rice.\nInvestigators say Rice was shot at around 5:40 p.m. on Saturday, December 17, 2022.\nThe dark-colored SUV was seen traveling westbound on Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard at South Flores Street while behind a white Hummer limousine just before the shooting took place.\nAnyone with information is urged to call San Antonio Police or Crime Stoppers at 210-224-STOP.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"LA Lawyer Accused of $10M Fraud 86d from Wynn Las Vegas After Gambling in Disguise","slug":"la-lawyer-accused-of-10m-fraud-86d-from-wynn-las-vegas-after-gambling-in-disguise","publishDate":"2023-03-03 22:00:04+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:53.724187","feedName":"Image Recognition","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"LA Lawyer Accused of $10M Fraud 86d from Wynn Las Vegas After Gambling in DisguisePosted on: March 3, 2023, 04:00h.\nA high-flying LA lawyer accused of living the high life at the Wynn Las Vegas with $10 million of her client’s money was back gambling at the casino last week, this time in disguise, Los Angeles Magazine (LAM) reports.\nSara King was banned from the Wynn Las Vegas in November.\nHer ex-husband, Kamran Pahlavi, told LA Magazine that she called herself “the slots whisperer” and claimed to have an unbeatable strategy.\nDespite this, she has been spotted gambling at Resorts World and several other Strip casinos, according to LAM.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"17-year-old Ribault High student facing charges connected to deadly double shooting in Arlington: arrest report","slug":"17-year-old-ribault-high-student-facing-charges-connected-to-deadly-double-shooting-in-arlington-arrest-report","publishDate":"2023-03-03 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:52.990838","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 17-year-old Ribault High School student is facing multiple charges in connection with a deadly double shooting Wednesday morning in Arlington, according to an arrest report from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.\nThe double shooting was reported around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday at The Square at 59 Caroline Apartments, an apartment complex on Fort Caroline Road in the University Park area.\nChris Stephens said other people were inside the apartment unit when two young men were shot and one of those witnesses called 911.\nAccording to an arrest report, a 17-year-old from Jacksonville has been charged with car theft, possession of a firearm by a juvenile delinquent, resisting police and possession of marijuana in connection with the double shooting.\nA woman in the apartment where the two young men were shot to death told police she heard the door being “rattled” and then six gunshots.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Concerns over driverless car safety rose significantly in 2022","slug":"concerns-over-driverless-car-safety-rose-significantly-in-2022","publishDate":"2023-03-03 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-04 14:30:52.885344","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"There has been a “major increase” in the proportion of people who are afraid of driverless cars, a US study has found.\nThis year there was a major increase in drivers who expressed concerns about the technology, rising to 68 per cent as compared to 55 per cent in 2022.\nThis is a 13 per cent jump from last year’s survey and the biggest increase since 2020.\nThis perception could stem from misleading or confusing names of vehicle systems that are on the market.\nDespite the concerns, six in ten US drivers still said they would “definitely” or “probably” want advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in their next car purchase.
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