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Project Gutenberg brings free audiobooks to the global community with AI-generated book narration
The oldest digital library and a leading distributor of free eBooks, Project Gutenberg wanted to make its collection more accessible to a broader community of members, including people who have visual impairments and those around the world who might not…
MMLSpark: empowering AI for Good with Mark Hamilton
If someone asked you what snow leopards and Vincent Van Gogh have in common, you might think it was the beginning of a joke. It’s not, but if it were, Mark Hamilton, a software engineer in Microsoft’s Cognitive Services group,…
In the news | Microsoft Azure Blog
Dear Spark developers: Welcome to Azure Cognitive Services
Integrating the power of Azure Cognitive Services into your big data workflows on Apache Spark™ Today at Spark + AI Summit 2019, we’re excited to introduce a new set of models in the SparkML ecosystem that make it easy to…
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Saving Snow Leopards with Deep Learning and Computer Vision on Spark
Snow leopards are highly endangered animals that inhabit high-altitude steppes and mountainous terrain in Asia and Central Asia. There’s only an estimated 3900-6500 individuals left in the wild. Due the cats’ remote habitat, expansive range and extremely elusive nature, they…