Last Week in AI Robots at Google Offices, AI-Powered Writing, AI Polygraph, AI Art
Nov 25, 2021
Google's offices are now home to prototype robots that handle cleaning duties. Grammarly's massive funding aims to enhance AI-powered writing tools, while new AI art installations at the Smithsonian offer interactive experiences. A Utah company claims to have developed a revolutionary truth-telling technology, raising eyebrows among experts. Meanwhile, NVIDIA showcases its GauGAN tool, allowing users to create art from simple text prompts. This blend of technology and creativity opens up exciting possibilities in the AI landscape.
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Robots Cleaning Google Offices
- Google's Everyday Robots project has deployed over 100 robot prototypes in their Bay Area offices.
- These robots perform custodial tasks like wiping tables, grasping cups, and opening doors.
Grammarly's Growth
- Grammarly, an AI-powered writing assistant, raised $200 million at a $13 billion valuation.
- It's used across over 500,000 applications and websites, showing the growing demand for AI writing tools.
Masked Autoencoders for Computer Vision
- Facebook AI research shows masked autoencoders, which reconstruct masked images, are scalable for computer vision.
- They leverage visual transformers as encoders and decoders to achieve this scalability.