Music made by machines (and me)

I went deep down the “AI, make me a record producer” rabbit hole last night, and wow, what a blast. I used it to create a ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Sixty Years Ago, When Instruments Were Played in Space for the First Time, It Was ‘Jingle Bells’ All the Way

Astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra delighted mission control with their rendition of the Christmas classic ...
Microsoft

Machine Learning Estimation of Heterogeneous Treatment Effects with Instruments

We consider the estimation of heterogeneous treatment effects with arbitrary machine learning methods in the presence of unobserved confounders with the aid of a valid instrument. Such settings arise ...

UN recognizes compas, a Haitian music and dance genre that has marked generations and brought joy

Compas, a beloved Haitian music and dance genre inspired by merengue and infused with percussion, has made UNESCO’s cultural ...
Consequence

Billy Strings Turns Tiny Desk Concert Into a Spirited Bluegrass Jam Session: Watch

Billy Strings performed a spirited NPR Tiny Desk Concert featuring songs from his Grammy-nominated albums, Renewal and Highway Prayers.

Billy Strings: Tiny Desk Concert

The bluegrass virtuoso brings back the spirit of Tiny Desk's early days: fewer microphones to capture "the way these ...
IEEE

A Two-Point Association Tracking System Incorporated With YOLOv11 for Real-Time Visual Tracking of Laparoscopic Surgical Instruments

Abstract: The application of real-time visual tracking in laparoscopic surgery has gained significant attention in recent years, driven by the growing demand for precise and automated surgical ...