Apple Patents a System That Flags Bad Photos on One Device and Alerts Another
Your phone thinks your photo isn't good enough, so it silently tells your watch or tablet to step in. That's the core…
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Google Patent Reveals Voice AI That Can Silently Override Itself Mid-Conversation
Google has patented a way to replace parts of a voice chatbot's brain mid-conversation, without the user ever knowing a different AI…
IBM Patents a Way to Show Which Pixels Made Its AI Spot an Object
When an AI flags a person or a car in a photo, it rarely explains why. IBM's new patent builds a system…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Blends Digital Images Into Real-World Lighting
Virtual objects in AR have a habit of looking pasted-on, because they don't react to the actual lighting and textures around them.…
Sony Patent Targets AI That Selects Optimal Solvers for Complex Optimization Problems
Picking the wrong mathematical solver for a complex problem can waste hours of compute time. Sony is patenting a way to let…
Qualcomm Patents Technology That Shows AR Content Based on Where You Look
Put on an AR headset in a busy city block and you could be buried in digital pop-ups from every storefront within…
Qualcomm Patents a Way to Measure Real Objects Using Two Camera Angles
Knowing how big something actually is, in real-world inches or centimeters, has always been a weak spot for smartphone cameras. Qualcomm's latest…
Sony Patent Covers Training AI Models on Approximate Data Over Private Sets
Sony has filed a patent for a method that trains AI models on publicly available data instead of the sensitive, real-world datasets…
Nvidia Patent Teaches AI to Reconstruct Hidden Portions of Occluded Objects
When a person steps partially behind a lamppost, you still know it's a whole person. Teaching computers to do the same thing,…
Microsoft Patents an AI That Decides How Hard to Think Before Answering
Most AI models do the same amount of thinking for every question, whether you ask something trivial or fiendishly complex. Microsoft's new…
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