Using the Refiners library, we have recreated the Clarity AI Upscaler, combining advanced AI techniques like ESRGAN, MultiDiffusion, ControlNet Tile, and custom LoRAs. It has been a request for a long time to have a standalone Python version of the Clarity AI Upscaler, and we are excited to share our results with you.
AI can enrich lives through beauty and creativity, and its artistic potential shines in "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," a collaborative exhibit from The Met's Costume Institute.
You know the classic game Pong with the paddles and ball that moves across the screen? Imagine the ball and paddles synchronized to music. Victor Tao approached the challenge as an optimization pro…
CodeCarbon is a lightweight software package that seamlessly integrates into your Python codebase. It estimates the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by the cloud or personal computing resources used to execute the code.
I’m terrible at names, but maybe data can help. Put in your sex, the decade when you were born, and start putting in your name. I’ll try to guess before you’re done.
This post outlines the common components of a generative AI platform, what they do, and how they are implemented. It'll start from the simplest architecture and progressively add more components: context construction, guardrails, router, gateway, cache, agentic workflows, orchestration, and observability.
As the 2024 Summer Olympics wrap up, medal trackers will fade from homepages for a couple years. You’ve probably seen a list or five by now where each row represents a country and four column…
iheartbookstores' map has links to more than 4,900 independent bookstores and booksellers across the United States with a brick-and-mortar location. If you love bookstores as much as we do, check out iheartbookstores' original articles, trivia and other unique features.
Fentanyl’s deadly chemistry: How criminals make illicit opioids
The illegal synthetic opioid industry is built on surprisingly simple chemistry. Here’s the science behind fentanyl, and how underworld “cooks” put it to work.
JPEG images are everywhere in our digital lives, but behind the veil of familiarity lie algorithms that remove details that are imperceptible to the human eye. This produces the highest visual quality with the smallest file size—but what does that look like? Let's see what our eyes can't see!