Month: November 2024

Eine der interessantesten CPUs für OEMs ist erstmals in Benchmarks aufgetaucht. Der Vorsprung auf ältere Modelle bleibt überschaubar. (Prozessor, Intel)

Der Wegfall des Nebenkostenprivilegs trifft Tele Columbus hart - der Umsatz leidet allerdings kaum darunter. (Tele Columbus, Kabelnetz)

Verlötete Komponenten und schwer erreichbare Teile machen das neue M4-Macbook laut iFixit zur Herausforderung. Es gibt wenige Lichtblicke. (Macbook, Apple)

Betroffen sind USB-Geräte, die das eSCL-Protokoll unterstützen, also vor allem Scanner, Multifunktionsdrucker und Faxgeräte. Das Update wurde pausiert. (Windows 11, Microsoft)

Der Überschalljet soll ohne Piloten auskommen und zwei Passagiere befördern können. Das Start-up plant und testet noch weitere Flugzeuge mit Überschall. (Überschall, Flugzeug)

DB Schenker optimiert Logistikprozesse durch Teleoperations-Technik. Dabei operieren Gabelstapler ohne menschliche Fahrer vor Ort. (DB Schenker, Auto)

Ex-Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel sieht die Verbindung von Donald Trump und Elon Musk kritisch. Dieser reagiert gewohnt despektierlich und geschmacklos. (Elon Musk, Silicon Valley)

Bis zu 40 Prozent Rabatt bietet die Black Week in der Golem Karrierewelt auf praxisorientierte Workshops für IT-Verantwortliche. Darunter Kurse zu Informationssicherheit, Compliance, nachhaltige IT und Cloud-Strategien. (Golem Karrierewelt, Microsoft)

At this point, anyone who has been following AI research is long familiar with generative models that can synthesize speech or melodic music from nothing but text prompting. Nvidia's newly revealed "Fugatto" model looks to go a step further, using new synthetic training methods and inference-level combination techniques to "transform any mix of music, voices, and sounds," including the synthesis of sounds that have never existed.

While Fugatto isn't available for public testing yet, a sample-filled website showcases how Fugatto can be used to dial a number of distinct audio traits and descriptions up or down, resulting in everything from the sound of saxophones barking to people speaking underwater to ambulance sirens singing in a kind of choir. While the results on display can be a bit hit or miss, the vast array of capabilities on display here helps support Nvidia's description of Fugatto as "a Swiss Army knife for sound."

You’re only as good as your data

In an explanatory research paper, over a dozen Nvidia researchers explain the difficulty in crafting a training dataset that can "reveal meaningful relationships between audio and language." While standard language models can often infer how to handle various instructions from the text-based data itself, it can be hard to generalize descriptions and traits from audio without more explicit guidance.

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The Supreme Court signaled it may take up a case that could determine whether Internet service providers must terminate users who are accused of copyright infringement. In an order issued today, the court invited the Department of Justice's solicitor general to file a brief "expressing the views of the United States."

In Sony Music Entertainment v. Cox Communications, the major record labels argue that cable provider Cox should be held liable for failing to terminate users who were repeatedly flagged for infringement based on their IP addresses being connected to torrent downloads. There was a mixed ruling at the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit as the appeals court affirmed a jury's finding that Cox was guilty of willful contributory infringement but reversed a verdict on vicarious infringement "because Cox did not profit from its subscribers' acts of infringement."

That ruling vacated a $1 billion damages award and ordered a new damages trial. Cox and Sony are both seeking a Supreme Court review. Cox wants to overturn the finding of willful contributory infringement, while Sony wants to reinstate the $1 billion verdict.

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