5 Interesting AI Tools Announced in 2022
2022-12-29
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1Throughout the past year, we followed some interesting new inventions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
2Here is a look back at five notable AI developments in 2022.
3Facebook's parent Meta said it had built a technology tool designed to directly translate spoken speech from one language to another.
4The AI-powered tool was built to translate between English and the Hokkien language.
5The company said the project required unusual development methods.
6This is because Hokkien is mainly a spoken language and does not have a widely used written form.
7Meta said it trained its AI models on written text examples from Mandarin Chinese, which is similar to Hokkien.
8In addition, developers used an encoding tool designed to compare spoken Hokkien to similar English text.
9The team also worked closely with Hokkien speakers to ensure correct results.
10Meta said it aims to use the same methods used for Hokkien to create speech-to-speech translation systems for many more languages in the future.
11Researchers announced a new AI method to identify Parkinson's disease - a neurological disease that harms the brain.
12The system works by measuring a person's breathing patterns during sleep.
13A study describing the method said it can also measure the severity of disease and record its progression.
14The researchers noted that early signs of Parkinson's disease are not easy to discover.
15Many signs, or symptoms, only appear years after the disease sets in.
16But the team said its experiments showed that with just one night of sleep, the AI system was able to correctly identify Parkinson's up to 86 percent of the time.
17With 12 nights of data, the rate went up to 95 percent.
18Researchers announced they had created a technology tool that uses pig sounds to interpret different emotions.
19The tool is based on thousands of recordings collected from more than 400 pigs throughout their lives.
20The scientists developed an AI-driven algorithm to identify a series of emotions the animals could be experiencing.
21The study centered on more than 7,000 audio recordings of pigs in different situations.
22By training the algorithm to recognize the sounds in both good and bad situations, the team said the tool was able to identify the correct emotion 92 percent of the time.
23Researchers said the tool is expected to lead to further systems farmers can use to improve the productivity and well-being of their animals.
24Developers said they had created a technology tool that can identify and re-create different smells.
25The scientists built on past research to produce a brain-like technology model to create a "principal odor map" to identify molecules related to smells.
26The team said such a system can be used across many different fields, including the healthcare, food and fragrance industries.
27The researchers reported that the tool can be used to help fight one of the world's biggest health problems - diseases spread through insects.
28They said the system can measure how effective a molecule is at keeping mosquitos away from humans.
29Researchers said they developed an AI system to help fill in missing words in ancient writings.
30The tool, called Ithaca, is designed to help historians repair the writings and identify when and where they were written.
31Researchers - led by Alphabet's AI company DeepMind - created the tool.
32They said the system is "the first deep neural network" to identify missing text in damaged writings, or inscriptions.
33The team said that when historians work on their own, the success rate for repairing damaged inscriptions is about 25 percent.
34But when humans teamed up with Ithaca to assist in their work, the success rate jumped to 72 percent.
35I'm Bryan Lynn.
1Throughout the past year, we followed some interesting new inventions in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Here is a look back at five notable AI developments in 2022. 2Meta's speech-to-speech translation 3Facebook's parent Meta said it had built a technology tool designed to directly translate spoken speech from one language to another. 4The AI-powered tool was built to translate between English and the Hokkien language. The company said the project required unusual development methods. This is because Hokkien is mainly a spoken language and does not have a widely used written form. 5Meta said it trained its AI models on written text examples from Mandarin Chinese, which is similar to Hokkien. In addition, developers used an encoding tool designed to compare spoken Hokkien to similar English text. The team also worked closely with Hokkien speakers to ensure correct results. 6Meta said it aims to use the same methods used for Hokkien to create speech-to-speech translation systems for many more languages in the future. 7Method to identify Parkinson's Disease 8Researchers announced a new AI method to identify Parkinson's disease - a neurological disease that harms the brain. 9The system works by measuring a person's breathing patterns during sleep. A study describing the method said it can also measure the severity of disease and record its progression. 10The researchers noted that early signs of Parkinson's disease are not easy to discover. Many signs, or symptoms, only appear years after the disease sets in. 11But the team said its experiments showed that with just one night of sleep, the AI system was able to correctly identify Parkinson's up to 86 percent of the time. With 12 nights of data, the rate went up to 95 percent. 12Tool to interpret pig emotions 13Researchers announced they had created a technology tool that uses pig sounds to interpret different emotions. 14The tool is based on thousands of recordings collected from more than 400 pigs throughout their lives. The scientists developed an AI-driven algorithm to identify a series of emotions the animals could be experiencing. 15The study centered on more than 7,000 audio recordings of pigs in different situations. By training the algorithm to recognize the sounds in both good and bad situations, the team said the tool was able to identify the correct emotion 92 percent of the time. 16Researchers said the tool is expected to lead to further systems farmers can use to improve the productivity and well-being of their animals. 17System to identify and predict smells 18Developers said they had created a technology tool that can identify and re-create different smells. 19The scientists built on past research to produce a brain-like technology model to create a "principal odor map" to identify molecules related to smells. The team said such a system can be used across many different fields, including the healthcare, food and fragrance industries. 20The researchers reported that the tool can be used to help fight one of the world's biggest health problems - diseases spread through insects. They said the system can measure how effective a molecule is at keeping mosquitos away from humans. 21Tool to fill in missing words in ancient writings 22Researchers said they developed an AI system to help fill in missing words in ancient writings. The tool, called Ithaca, is designed to help historians repair the writings and identify when and where they were written. 23Researchers - led by Alphabet's AI company DeepMind - created the tool. They said the system is "the first deep neural network" to identify missing text in damaged writings, or inscriptions. 24The team said that when historians work on their own, the success rate for repairing damaged inscriptions is about 25 percent. But when humans teamed up with Ithaca to assist in their work, the success rate jumped to 72 percent. 25I'm Bryan Lynn. 26Bryan Lynn wrote this story for VOA Learning English. 27______________________________________________________________ 28Words in This Story 29artificial intelligence - n. the development of computer systems with the ability to perform work that normally requires human intelligence 30translate - v. to change from one language to another 31encode - v. to use a word or phrase in a foreign language in the correct way 32interpret - v. to explain or decide what something means 33algorithm - n. a set of steps that are followed in order to solve a mathematical problem or to complete a computer process 34odor - n. a smell, often one that is unpleasant 35fragrance - n. a sweet or pleasant smell 36text - n. written words that appear in a document, book, magazine, etc. 37______________________________________________________________ 38What do you think of this story? 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