IEEE

Diagnosing and Improving Vector-Quantization-Based Blind Image Restoration

Abstract: Vector-Quantization (VQ) based discrete generative models are widely used to learn powerful high-quality (HQ) priors for blind image restoration (BIR). In this paper, we diagnose the ...
Tech Times

AI Model Compression for $1,000: Ora Computing Uses Quantum Physics to Beat Hardware Lock-In

Vienna startup Ora Computing raised €3.5M and proved a 70-billion-parameter large language model can be compressed for under ...
IEEE

Improving 3D Gaussian Splatting Compression by Scene-Adaptive Lattice Vector Quantization

Abstract: 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) is rapidly gaining popularity for its photorealistic rendering quality and real-time performance, but it generates massive amounts of data. Hence compressing ...
The Boston Globe

Energy, water use, and pollution by data centers is expected to double in four years

WASHINGTON — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...