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WAXAL: A large-scale open resource for African language speech technology

WAXAL: A large-scale open resource for African language speech technology

The WAXAL project was built with a focus on the African AI ecosystem, with data collection led by African academic ... Read more

WAXAL: A large-scale open resource for African language speech technology

Where wild things roam: Identifying wildlife with SpeciesNet

Google-developed AI model SpeciesNet is being used to identify animals in camera trap images, giving researchers and conservation teams a ... Read more

WAXAL: A large-scale open resource for African language speech technology

Teaching LLMs to reason like Bayesians

Researchers evaluated whether LLMs update their estimates of user preferences in line with optimal Bayesian inference by testing them in ... Read more

Transforming Health Networks: A Leader’s Guide to Fostering a Culture of Innovation

Transforming Health Networks: A Leader’s Guide to Fostering a Culture of Innovation

Cultivating innovation in healthcare is crucial for today’s leaders. Hospitals and clinics face increasing patient demands, rising costs, and ever-changing ... Read more

Explore the Future of Home Decor in the Netherlands: 2026 Trends, Lifestyle Insights, and Design Innovations

Explore the Future of Home Decor in the Netherlands: 2026 Trends, Lifestyle Insights, and Design Innovations

The home decor market in the Netherlands is growing steadily. People are spending more on making their spaces beautiful and ... Read more

WAXAL: A large-scale open resource for African language speech technology

Scheduling in a changing world: Maximizing throughput with time-varying capacity

The source text discusses online job scheduling, where jobs arrive dynamically and the scheduler must make immediate decisions without knowing ... Read more

WAXAL: A large-scale open resource for African language speech technology

Beyond one-on-one: Authoring, simulating, and testing dynamic human-AI group conversations

Researchers have introduced DialogLab, an open-source prototyping framework presented at ACM UIST 2025 for authoring, simulating and testing dynamic human-AI ... Read more

WAXAL: A large-scale open resource for African language speech technology

How AI trained on birds is surfacing underwater mysteries

Google evaluated Perch 2.0 on marine audio tasks using a few-shot linear probe, comparing it with other pre-trained models in ... Read more

WAXAL: A large-scale open resource for African language speech technology

How AI tools can redefine universal design to increase accessibility

Google researchers say they are shifting their accessibility work from reactive tools to agentic systems that are native to the ... Read more

How Students Are Revolutionizing Bus Stops and Creating Air Purifiers to Combat Climate Change

How Students Are Revolutionizing Bus Stops and Creating Air Purifiers to Combat Climate Change

University students in Sydney are stepping up to tackle climate change. With record-high temperatures and extreme heat waves hitting Australia, ... Read more