OpenAI Files Patent to Let Chatbot Replies Start Before Safety Checks Finish
OpenAI's filing describes a deliberate shortcut: let an AI's reply start reaching you before every word has been safety-checked, as long as…
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Adobe Files Patent for Color Edits That Know a Beach From a Portrait
Adobe's latest patent filing teaches an AI photo editor to recolor a picture by first taking the color away and making the…
Sony Files Patent to Let Phones Skip the Least Important Sounds in Surround Audio
Sony's filing gives every sound in a surround mix a priority score, so a weak device can skip the least important ones…
Qualcomm Files Patent to Cut Call Echo With a Sound You Can't Hear
When you put a phone call through a TV or an external speaker, the person on the other end can hear their…
Apple Files Patent for a Headset That Senses When Its Own Frame Bends
Apple's headset has two eyepieces joined by a part that bends, so the device needs a way to know when they drift…
Microsoft Files Patent to Rewrite What Speakers Say in Live Video, Lips Included
Microsoft has filed for a system that fixes a speaker's words while you watch, then redraws their mouth so the edit doesn't…
Intel Files Patent to Run Visual AI on Fewer Stored Building Blocks
Image-recognition AI is already squeezed down to plus-or-minus-one values. This Intel filing squeezes it again by giving each layer a short menu…
Qualcomm Files Patent for a Phone Camera That Predicts Your Hand Shake
Your phone's camera spends a surprising amount of time waiting to hear where its own stabilizer lens ended up. A new Qualcomm…
Nvidia Files Patent to Stop AI From Forgetting Text While Learning Speech
Teach an AI to understand speech the usual way and it can get worse at the text work it already knew. Nvidia's…
Adobe Files Patent for Dials and Sliders That a Camera Can Read Without Electronics
Adobe describes a light switch, dial or slider with no electronics at all, yet a phone camera can tell exactly how far…
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