Intel Files Patent for Robots That Turn Down Their Own Noise Near Hospitals and Schools
Cities are starting to cap how loud things can be, but a delivery robot's noise changes with every task and every street.…
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IBM Files Patent for Pain Treatment Matched to Sleep, Mood and Activity Patterns
Ask a doctor about chronic pain and you usually get one number from one to ten. IBM's patent application describes a system…
Apple Files Patent for Smart Glasses That Warn Bystanders When the Camera Is On
If a camera sits inside a pair of glasses, how would anyone near you know it's rolling? Apple's answer is a frame…
Google's New Patent Uses Rapid Light Switching to Give Smart Glasses Deeper Darks and Finer Shades
The tiny lasers in Google's glasses display can only be set to so many brightness steps, so this patent has each laser…
Microsoft Patents a Shortcut for the Math That Slows AI Chatbots
Microsoft has filed a patent application on a math shortcut for AI chatbots: replace one slow calculation with a small cheat sheet…
Samsung Patents an AI Guard Built Into Your Storage Drive to Stop Ransomware
Most ransomware defense runs inside your operating system, which is exactly what attackers try to switch off. Samsung's filing puts the watchdog…
Samsung Files Patent for One AI Model That Handles Many Editing Jobs
Asking an AI to delete a stranger from a photo and asking it to turn that photo into a cartoon are different…
Nvidia Patents a Risk Score for AI Models Downloaded From Untrusted Sources
An AI model downloaded from a stranger is really a program, and it can hide code that attacks the computer running it.…
Apple Files Patent for a Switchboard That Routes App Questions to the Right AI Model
Apple has filed a patent application for a go-between that lets apps hand questions to the AI model best suited to answer,…
Microsoft Patents a Chart Tool That Builds Its Own Sliders When You Ask
Fixing a chart usually means digging through menus. This Microsoft patent application lets you just ask for the fix, and an AI…
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