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Meta shares AI model that can detect objects it hasn’t seen before
AI normally needs to be trained on existing material to detect objects, but Meta has a way for the technology to spot items without help. The social media giant has published a “Segment Anything” AI model that can detect objects in pictures and videos even if they weren’t part of the training set. You can select items by clicking them or using free-form text prompts. As Reutersexplains, you can type the word “cat” and watch the AI highlight all the felines in a given photo.
The model can also work in tandem with other models. It can help reconstruct an object in 3D using a single image, or draw from views from a mixed reality headset. Effectively, Segment Anything can limit the need for additional AI training.
Both the AI model and a dataset will be downloadable with a non-commercial license. That is, creators can’t use it for products. This is primarily for research and expanding access to the technology. Right now, Meta uses somewhat similar tech to moderate banned content, recommend posts and tag photos.
The developers acknowledge that the existing model is flawed. It might miss finer details, and isn’t as accurate at detecting the boundaries as some models. And while Segment Anything can handle prompts in real-time, it bogs down when demanding image processing is involved. Some more specialized AI tools are likely to outperform this model in their respective fields, Meta says.
You aren’t about to see this AI in robots or other devices where fast, accurate object detection is (usually) vital. However, models like this may still help in situations where it’s impractical to rely exclusively on training data. A social network could use the tech to keep up with a rapidly growing volume of content. If nothing else, this shows that Meta wants to generalize computer vision.
Meta is no stranger to sharing AI breakthroughs, such a translator for unwritten languages. With that said, there’s pressure on the company to show that it’s as much of a powerhouse in the category as tech heavyweights like Google and Microsoft. It’s already planning generative AI “personas” for its social apps, and inventions like Segment Anything show that it has a few advantages of its own.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/meta-shares-ai-model-that-can-detect-objects-it-hasnt-seen-before-210002471.html?src=rss
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Pentagon: No Plans to Release Images of Unidentified Objects from Recent Shootings – The Debrief
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Two Objects Shot Down By US May Never Be Identified. Search Called Off.
NBC News adds that “The end of recovery efforts could mean the country may never know what, exactly, the objects were, how they were propelled, and where they came from.”
The conclusion applies to airborne objects shot down by U.S. fighter jets Feb. 10 near Deadhorse, Alaska, and Feb. 12 over Lake Huron, off the coast of Michigan. “The U.S. military, federal agencies, and Canadian partners conducted systematic searches of each area using a variety of capabilities, including airborne imagery and sensors, surface sensors and inspections, and subsurface scans, and did not locate debris,” the command said. Efforts in Deadhorse were hampered by Arctic conditions and sea ice instability, it said.
The recommendation does not cover the Feb. 4 takedown of what the United States has described as a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina. Military officials said recovery efforts in the Atlantic, which ended Thursday, were successful, and recovered items were taken to an FBI lab “for counterintelligence exploitation,” according to the statement Friday…. One other incident involving the takedown of an airborne object took place in Canadian airspace Feb. 11 and is the purview of Canadian authorities.
The Biden administration announced Monday it was forming an interagency group to address the recent cluster and future unidentified objects.
The New York Times includes this response from National Security Council spokesman John F. Kirby:
Asked if the Biden administration overreacted in shooting down the objects or had any regrets, Mr. Kirby said the craft were at altitudes that could affect civilian aircraft and could have flown over military spaces.
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What You Need to Know about the Four High-altitude Objects Shot Down Over North America – NBC News
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Aliens: The Source Of ‘Objects’ Getting Shot Down? You Better Hope Not – 1945
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