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" As first reported by Reuters, Apple has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup specializing in imaging and machine learning, particularly technologies that enable devices to interpret whispered speech and enhance audio in noisy environments."
[puts on tin foil] you mean something that improves the detection and transcription of voices when the person doesn't realize the mic is on, like when it's in our pocket?
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Intel went through a phase in the 2010’s of buying gobs of companies with fancy tech and utterly failing to integrate those acquisitions.
And even more fundamental, Intel rested on its laurels of having good hardware and got bit hard in the end. Something similar seems to be happening at Apple.
This story has Apple + $2B acquisition + AI ...how is this not at the top of the page?
Could Q.ai be commercializing the AlterEgo tech coming out of MIT Lab? i.e. "detects faint neuromuscular signals in the face and throat when a person internally verbalizes words" Yep, looks like that is it. Recent patent from one of the founders: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&h...
Yeah... Pardon the AI crap, but: > ...in most people, when they "talk to themselves" in their mind (inner speech or internal monologue), there is typically subtle, miniature activation of the voice-related muscles — especially in the larynx (vocal cords/folds), tongue, lips, and sometimes jaw or chin area. These movements are usually extremely small — often called subvocal or sub-articulatory activity — and almost no…
Or explode in your ear
Earlier quoted context omitted.
" As first reported by Reuters, Apple has acquired Q.ai, an Israeli startup specializing in imaging and machine learning, particularly technologies that enable devices to interpret whispered speech and enhance audio in noisy environments."
[puts on tin foil] you mean something that improves the detection and transcription of voices when the person doesn't realize the mic is on, like when it's in our pocket?
The new tech is likely just for noisy environments and/or to enable whispered voice control of the phone.
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[puts on tin foil] you mean something that improves the detection and transcription of voices when the person doesn't realize the mic is on, like when it's in our pocket?
that was my first thought, big bump to their ad program
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Yeah... Pardon the AI crap, but: > ...in most people, when they "talk to themselves" in their mind (inner speech or internal monologue), there is typically subtle, miniature activation of the voice-related muscles — especially in the larynx (vocal cords/folds), tongue, lips, and sometimes jaw or chin area. These movements are usually extremely small — often called subvocal or sub-articulatory activity — and almost no…
> So, how long until my Airpods can read my mind? Or explode in your ear