By [Author/Journalistic Correspondent] Published: [Current Date] Main Facts: The Human Cost of the Generative AI Boom For ten years, one writer enjoyed what many modern knowledge workers only dream of: a stable, lucrative freelance career completed entirely from home. Working with a single, dependable client, they earned a reliable monthly paycheck, bypassing the grueling, feast-or-famine […]
Lessons for life: Why children’s data is a long-term identity risk
When we talk about cybersecurity and digital safety in the context of our children, it’s often framed in one of two ways. Either it’s about inappropriate or unsafe content – of the sort that COPPA is meant to regulate in the US. Or it’s about managing the psychological and social impacts of excessive screen time. […]
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Microsoft AI Introduces MAI-Transcribe-1.5: 2.4% WER on Artificial Analysis, Best-in-Class FLEURS Accuracy, and Up to 5x Faster Long-Audio Transcription
Last week Microsoft AI has announced MAI-Transcribe-1.5. It is the second iteration of the company’s in-house speech-to-text family. The model targets accuracy across 43 languages, accents, and noisy environments. The Microsoft team positions it for production transcription workloads. What is MAI-Transcribe-1.5 MAI-Transcribe-1.5 is an automatic speech recognition (ASR) model. It takes audio as input and […]