⚡️ Redefining 3D Reconstruction

Good Morning. Researchers have introduced an innovative approach to dense 3D reconstruction from dynamically-posed RGB images, answering the challenge of keeping coherence between the reconstruction and the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system by including dynamic pose estimations. Let’s dive right in.

Today’s Highlights:

• Siemens and Microsoft's AI partnership

• Alibaba announces GPT-4 rival

• Canva introduces Classroom Magic

DEEP DIVE

Redefining 3D Reconstruction from Dynamic RGB Images

Six Degrees of Freedom (6DoF) has long been the holy grail in image reconstruction, and it's come one step closer thanks to researchers from Apple and UCSB. They've presented a novel method for dense 3D reconstruction from dynamically-posed RGB images—promising to revolutionize the way we visualize our virtual world.

This is a significant shift from prior RGB-only reconstruction attempts, which didn't account for dynamic poses. The researchers present a novel, real-time de-integration technique to manage posture modifications in these real-time reconstructions.

What's the big deal about de-integration?

• It enhances the agreement between the reconstruction and the SLAM system while managing the dynamic poses, a concept that had previously been overlooked.

• The impressive effectiveness of this strategy is demonstrated through improvements in three state-of-the-art reconstruction systems.

Additionally, the researchers have released a dataset called LivePose, a dataset specifically crafted for this project, containing dynamic posture sequences for ScanNet.

What does this mean for the future of 3D Reconstruction?

Organizing dynamic poses in real-time reconstructions could open up new possibilities in fields such as VR, AR, robotics, and more. It could allow for more accurate modeling of real-world environments and objects, leading to better immersive experiences and more realistic simulations.

While this research brings groundbreaking improvements, the real-world implementation of the de-integration technique in RGB-image reconstruction still requires meticulous validation and calibration.

Keep reading here.

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TLDR

Siemens and Microsoft's AI partnership to revolutionize global industries: Microsoft and Siemens announce a partnership to leverage generative AI to revolutionize global industries like manufacturing, transportation, and healthcare. The Siemens Industrial Copilot, designed to optimize and debug complex automation code, will be integrated with Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service.

International collaboration to advance AI safety and innovation: A collaboration between the UK, Canada, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is committing £80 million towards boosting “safe and responsible” programming. Starting in Africa, the move aims to ensure AI's transformative power benefits the global community.

Alibaba announces GPT-4 rival: Alibaba has introduced Tongyi Qianwen 2.0, a powerful AI model with hundreds of billions of parameters, rivaling GPT-4. Additionally, the company has unveiled eight industry-specific models targeting sectors like entertainment, finance, healthcare, and legal. Alibaba reports half of China's large-scale AI models are now on its Cloud.

Dell to bring Meta's Llama 2 AI to enterprise data: Dell and Meta are partnering to bring Meta's Llama 2 AI to enterprise users on-premises, adding to the support from Microsoft, Amazon, and Google's cloud services. Dell aims to profit through hardware and AI services while advancing its AI strategy.

Quora introduces creator monetization through Poe: Quora’s AI chatbot platform, Poe, has launched a unique program offering financial rewards to bot creators. Poe's monetization initiative is one of the first to enable developers to earn income by generating user subscriptions and through a per-message fee system due to be implemented shortly.

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