Hello Fediverse,

We are looking for Text-To-Speak (TTS) expertise to help or advise us on improving the default voice of the Linux desktop. 📣

Please reach out or boost

Thanks!

#Linux #tts #accessibility #a11y #GNOME #KDE #FreeSoftware #freedesktop #ml

New blog post: Enhancing Accessibility with AI and ML

We discuss how to specialize #AI for understanding UI for #a11y testing, the importance of algorithm and data integrity, and how #ML can be used to simplify #a11y testing. deque.com/blog/enhancing-acces…

#AI #FutureOfWork #ML

Researchers discover a more flexible approach to machine learning.

quantamagazine.org/researchers…

Researchers Discover a More Flexible Approach to Machine Learning | Quanta Magazine

“Liquid” neural nets, based on a worm’s nervous system, can transform their underlying algorithms on the fly, giving them unprecedented speed and adaptability.

^{Quanta Magazine}

"Especially in this moment in history, it is vital that we provide our students with the critical thinking skills that will allow them to recognise misleading claims made by tech companies and understand the limits and risks of hyped and harmful technology that is made mainstream at a dazzling speed and on a frightening scale."

Excellent call to action by @Iris

irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2023/01…

#AIhype #MathyMath #AI #ML #ChatGPT

Stop feeding the hype and start resisting

Three weeks ago, I wrote a blogpost about how ChatGPT is a “stochastic parrot” (a term coined by Bender, Gebru, McMillan-Major, & Shmitchell, 2021; see also this video for an explan…

^{Iris van Rooij}

Maybe this could help FOSS developers make something like this for Linux or Android. This is an article from Apple Machine Learning, on how they made mobile apps accessible with machine learning:

machinelearning.apple.com/rese…

#a11y #apple #ml

Making Mobile Applications Accessible with Machine Learning

At Apple we use machine learning to teach our products to understand the world more as humans do. Of course, understanding the world better…

^{Apple Machine Learning Research}