Microsoft launches 3 new AI models in direct shot at OpenAI and Google

Microsoft launches three in-house AI models for transcription, voice, and image generation, challenging OpenAI and Google ...
NPR

Sunday Puzzle: TransformeR

I'm going to give you clues for two four-letter words. Put an "r" between them to complete a common nine-letter word. This week's challenge comes from Greg VanMechelen, of Berkeley, California. Name ...
IEEE

DTSF-CDNet: A Dual-Branch Encoder-Decoder Network with Differential Transformer Skip Fusion for Image Change Detection

Abstract: Change detection plays a vital role in numerous real-world domains, aiming to accurately identify regions that have changed between two temporally distinct images. Capturing the complex ...
IEEE

HiTrans-SAM: Hierarchical Transformer Encoder and SAM-Augmented Inputs for Multi-Scale Remote Sensing Image Segmentation

Abstract: Semantic segmentation of remote sensing images is challenging due to complex scenes, substantial variations in object scales, and ambiguous boundaries. In this study, we propose a novel ...
Morningstar

Miri Technologies Launches V410 Live 4K Video Encoder/Decoder for Streaming and AV-over-IP

READING, Pa., Jan. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Miri Technologies Inc. today unveiled its V410 live 4K video encoder/decoder for streaming, IP-based production workflows and AV-over-IP distribution.
New Scientist

The one innovation that supercharged AI: Best ideas of the century

Today’s most powerful AI tools – the ones that can summarise documents, generate artwork, write poetry or predict how incredibly complex proteins fold – all stand on the shoulders of the “transformer” ...
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Transformer encoder architecture explained simply

We break down the Encoder architecture in Transformers, layer by layer! If you've ever wondered how models like BERT and GPT process text, this is your ultimate guide. We look at the entire design of ...