Nvidia Patents an AI That Spots Open Car Doors Before Self-Driving Cars Get Too Close
A parked car swings its door open just as a self-driving vehicle rolls past, Nvidia's new patent describes an AI system designed…
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Nvidia Patents an AI System That Watches Your Game and Files Its Own Bug Reports
Every game studio has people whose entire job is to play games looking for things that break. Nvidia just filed a patent…
Sony Patents a Way to Generate Large Numbers of AI Face Images From a Single Model
Training an AI to recognize faces takes thousands of example photos. Sony has filed a patent for a system that can efficiently…
Samsung Patents a Metal-Air Battery That Stays Efficient as Its Power Strip Wears Down
Most batteries degrade partly because their electrodes shrink unevenly over time, creating gaps that kill efficiency. Samsung's new patent tackles that problem…
Apple Patents a Way to Tell Accidental Pinches from Real Ones in AR
If you've ever accidentally tapped something on a touchscreen while reaching for your coffee, you know how annoying phantom gestures are. Apple…
Samsung Patents a Voice Assistant That Gives Remote Event Guests Limited Smart-Home Access
When you host a virtual event, your smart home is an uninvited third guest. Samsung is patenting a way to let your…
Qualcomm Patents a System That Mixes Wireless Location Technologies to Find Devices More Accurately
Your phone's ability to pinpoint nearby devices depends on whichever wireless signal happens to be available, and that signal might be terrible…
Microsoft Patents a Way to Send Your Voice to AI Without Exposing Who You Are
Every time you talk to a voice assistant or transcription service, your words travel across the internet with something extra attached: the…
Samsung Patents a Photo Tagging System That Groups and Labels Images for You
Tagging one photo is easy. Tagging the 47 other photos from that same birthday dinner is the part nobody does. Samsung's new…
IBM Patents a System That Finds Weaknesses in AI Audio by Subtly Altering Sound
An AI that recognizes voices or transcribes speech can fail on sounds that are only slightly different from ones it handles fine.…
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