Nvidia Patents a Neural Network System That Chooses When to Ray-Trace a Scene
Ray tracing makes digital scenes look stunning, but it's also brutally expensive to run. Nvidia's new patent describes a system that uses…
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Sony Patents an AI Video System That Stops Faint Duplicate Images Before They Spread
When AI tries to predict what the next video frame looks like, moving objects can leave behind faint, smeared ghost images that…
Google Patents a Way to Edit Photos Using Plain-English Instructions
Google has filed a patent for an AI that lets you edit photos by typing what you want changed, no Photoshop skills…
Nvidia Patents an AI System That Blends Photos Based on How Certain It Is About Each Object
Nvidia has filed a patent for a processor that uses neural networks to decide how to blend two or more photos together,…
Salesforce Patents a System That Finds the Right Training Setup for New AI Models
Training an AI model is expensive and full of trial and error. Salesforce has filed a patent for a system that short-circuits…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Train AI on What You Actually Care About
Every time a recommendation engine serves you something irrelevant, it's essentially admitting it doesn't know you. Microsoft is filing patents on a…
Adobe Patents AI-Driven Object Selection for Illustrations and Other Graphic Artwork
Selecting individual pieces of a complex vector illustration is one of the most tedious chores in graphic design. Adobe has filed a…
Qualcomm Patents a Faster Way for AI to Pick Out Every Object in a Photo
Teaching a chip to look at a photo and instantly outline every person, car, and tree separately is one of the harder…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Stop AI From Wasting Time on Still Video Frames
Most video is repetitive: a parked car stays parked, a background wall doesn't move, a sky just sits there. Qualcomm is patenting…
Google Patents an AI That Decorates Your Documents Around What You Type
Every time you type into a document, most of that page is empty space. Google has filed a patent for an AI…
Google Patents a Way to Rebuild Any Video Using Just a Few Sample Frames
Google has filed a patent for a system that can regenerate an entire video by feeding only a small selection of its…
Nvidia Patents Software That Grows Small Textures Into Full Images
Getting an AI to tile a small texture across a huge surface without it looking repetitive or blurry is a harder problem…
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