Accessibility and Computer Vision - #425

For more than a decade, AI has advanced by training ever-larger models on ever-larger datasets. But as high-quality training data becomes harder to find and pretraining grows increasingly expensive, researchers are looking for new ways to keep foundation models improving. In this ...  Show more

In this episode, Alex Wiltschko, founder and CEO of Osmo, joins the show to discuss his goal of giving computers a sense of smell and what it takes to build olfactory intelligence. We explore the science behind smell, from the hundreds of olfactory receptors in the human nose to ...  Show more

Hear about digital technology which helps blind people improve their lives. 

The internet provides access to knowledge for billions across the world, but how accessible is it really? Website accessibility advocate Clive Loseby sheds light on why many parts of the web are closed off to those with disabilities -- and lays out some steps to make being online ...  Show more

Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and other companies are working to better serve folks with disabilities via technology. USA TODAY's Edward C. Baig joins Jefferson Graham to chat about it on Talking Tech. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at ...  Show more

For many years, Intel has been developing AI technologies that can empower people with disabilities, and improve accessibility in our modern world. Disabilities come in all forms, and as we develop technology and tools, the taboo associated with such disabilities lessen over time ...  Show more