Microsoft Files Patent to Let You Search Your Clipboard History in Plain English
Your clipboard history is a long list that only gets longer. Microsoft's patent filing would let you search it by describing what…
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Intel Files Patent to Train Big and Small AI Models Together on One Device
Small AI models that run on your phone usually learn from a giant model that had to be trained first on expensive…
Microsoft Files Patent for Labels That Tell AI Assistants What Each Website Button Does
Today's AI assistants often squint at screenshots to work out which button to press. Microsoft's filing has an AI write a plain-English…
IBM Files Patent to Speed Up Search by Showing an AI the Same Sentence Twice
IBM's filing hands an AI the same sentence twice, then skips to the model's early notes to make search faster.
Qualcomm Files Patent to Adapt Finished AI Models to Different Chips Without Retraining
An AI model trained in one number format can choke on a chip that expects another, because some of its values get…
Qualcomm Files Patent to Shrink Photo-Editing AI Enough to Run on Your Phone
Qualcomm's filing teaches a small photo-editing AI by having it copy a big one at every internal step, with a deliberately flawed…
A New Apple Patent Blurs Added 3D Objects to Match Fuzzier Headset Video
A new Apple patent application does something that sounds backwards: it makes virtual objects look worse on purpose, so they stop looking…
Samsung Files Patent to Make Phone AI Chips Waste Less Time Shuffling Data
Every time an AI chip sends a half-finished result out to slow memory and fetches it back, it burns time and battery.…
Adobe Files Patent to Fit Your Photo Slideshow Into a Reel's Time Limit
Making a 30-second reel from a pile of photos usually means doing arithmetic on every slide. Adobe's filing describes an editor that…
Samsung Files Patent to Shrink the Gap Around a Foldable Phone's Screen
Foldable phones leave a hairline gap between the screen and the frame, and that gap exists for a reason. Samsung's filing guards…
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