Computer Sciences
An attack against speech recognition systems with manipulated audio files used to work only via a data interface. Now, all it takes is playing the secret messages via loudspeakers.
Oct 23, 2019
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Computer Sciences
In music, "portamento" is a term that's been used for hundreds of years, referring to the effect of gliding a note at one pitch into a note of a lower or higher pitch. But only instruments that can continuously vary in pitch—such ...
Sep 27, 2019
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Internet
Deezer is a France-based personal music streaming service. They are ambitious in securing a place in the frontlines of the streaming business. Signs are that they are working on technology that can make a difference for service-seeking ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
(Tech Xplore)—If you hate the hassles associated with long lines at events, technology can make your event arrivals easy going. Something that has to do with audio tones will enable easy passage through the gates and to ...
Software
Twelve app developers were sent warning letters on Thursday from staff at the Federal Trade Commission. The subject at hand: The use of SilverPush software. They are developers whose apps are available for download in the ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Biometric authentication has frequently made the news—without even knowing any formal definition, we are used to the headlines and the stories about how fingers or eyes can be the keys to gain access to sites and doors, ...
Security
AI-generated images, texts and audio files are so convincing that people are no longer able to distinguish them from human-generated content. This is the result of an online survey of about 3,000 participants from Germany, ...
May 21, 2024
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Business
You might have seen viral videos of Wendy's drive-thru customers in the United States ordering their fast food from the firm's generative AI bot Wendy's FreshAI. Most show a very human-like transaction punctuated with cries ...
May 6, 2024
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Business
Maura R. Grossman, JD, Ph.D., is a Research Professor at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, cross-appointed to the School of Public Health Sciences at Waterloo, an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, and an ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Computer Sciences
AI decision-making is now common in self-driving cars, patient diagnosis and legal consultation, and it needs to be safe and trustworthy. Researchers have been trying to demystify complex AI models by developing interpretable ...
Feb 26, 2024
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