An Efficient and Streaming Audio Visual Active Speaker Detection System

This paper delves into the challenging task of Active Speaker Detection (ASD), where the system needs to determine in real-time whether a person is speaking or not in a series of video frames. While previous works have made significant strides in improving network architectures and learning effective representations for ASD, a critical gap exists in …

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Benchmarking Amazon Nova and GPT-4o models with FloTorch

Based on original post by Dr. Hemant Joshi, CTO, FloTorch.ai A recent evaluation conducted by FloTorch compared the performance of Amazon Nova models with OpenAI’s GPT-4o. Amazon Nova is a new generation of state-of-the-art foundation models (FMs) that deliver frontier intelligence and industry-leading price-performance. The Amazon Nova family of models includes Amazon Nova Micro, Amazon …

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How Google Cloud measures its climate impact through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

As AI creates opportunities for business growth and societal benefits, we’re working to reduce their carbon intensity through efforts like optimizing software, improving hardware efficiency, and supporting our operations with carbon-free energy.  At Google, we’re committed to understanding the entirety of our environmental impact so we can apply the best, boldest, and most holistic solutions. …