Train some image segmentation alg to naively detect blocks of text first... Then train a different network to extract paragraphs from these vague blobs of text, your inputs to this network would be the shape the of text, the actual text itself doesn't matter, but the shape, so you have to figure out a way to extract this feature on your own using some polygon/shape approximation. ATM you're doing it from a traditional computer vision approach, really no ML involved, which will work but give you dodgy results, the most unpredictable being some?

The newspaper says a grand jury in New York has subpoenaed information from at least two companies known for making smartphones and other devices, citing two unnamed people familiar with the request. It reports that both companies had data partnerships with Facebook that gave them access to the personal information of hundreds of millions of users.

The Amper app allows a user to pick a genre of music (rap, folk, rock) and a mood (happy, sad, driving) before spitting out a song. The user can then change the tempo, add instruments or switch them out until the result is satisfactory. Two songs created by Amper at SXSW -- using the public's choice of pop and hip hop as the genres and tender or sad for the mood -- clearly aren't likely to top the charts. But the pieces were pleasant enough to the ear and perfectly usable as background music to illustrate a video or a computer game. Such songs are described by Amper as "functional music" as opposed to "artistic music."

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC has introduced a new digital facility eBOT or email BOT powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in its customer service process. The eBOT can read and understand customer's intent, classify the query, fetch relevant information from systems and respond to customer queries over email. The fund house will also resolve queries of distributors through this digital facility. The fund house claims that eBOT will ensure rapid and accurate response to customer queries over email in a consistent manner. Earlier, the fund house had launched a ChatBot and a WhatsApp channel for customer servicing.

Drones have been around for a few years now, but the truth is their usefulness largely has been limited to providing visual information to users in the form of photos and video captured by their onboard digital cameras. That's great if you're a photographer, need to inspect an inaccessible piece of equipment or some farm acreage, or require mobile surveillance. Other than that, commercial drones are little more than fun (and expensive) high-tech toys -- great for a cool selfie or a stunning aerial shot of the sunset, but not much more. But future iterations will be far more versatile. Drones that assist with operations are on the market, and this category is still growing. They complete tasks normally counted among the "three Ds"--dull, dirty, or dangerous, such as window washing.

The current state of media coverage of AI is fixated on constructing a compelling narrative to readers, and often personifies models well beyond their capabilities. This is to the extent that articles almost always end up reading like every classifier is some form of limited AGI. Take "Meet Norman the Psychopathic AI", an article by the BBC, whom I generally consider quite capable journalists. While the research methodology and some of the implications are discussed in the article, the majority of laypeople who encounter the article will likely erroneously conclude that Norman possesses beliefs, a worldview, and some dark outlook on humanity. Some readers will think "Norman" is violent or dangerous, with a mind of his own.

THE phrase "the camera never lies" has never been so wrong. Artificially intelligent smartphones are now editing pictures in real time to create images that can't be produced by conventional cameras. These enhancements, known as computational photography, are changing the way we view the world. The goal of digital photography was once to approximate what our eyes see. "All digital cameras, including ones on smartphones, have always had some sort of processing to modify contrast …

Captain Marvel's $455 million opening weekend is an enormous, expensive failure. Not for Marvel, or fans of superhero movies, or people whose opinion seems to matter. Trolls have been trying to sabotage Captain Marvel's success since the first trailer dropped last September. So persistent and numerous were these trolls in their "review bombing" that Rotten Tomatoes changed its policies to prevent people from rating a movie before its release, and YouTube altered its search algorithm to uncouple star Brie Larson's name from the smears. Captain Marvel's box office performance has led many to say that the movie "defeated" or "conquered" the trolls--and the trolls certainly did lose.

Spotify has lodged a complaint against Apple, arguing that it is using its dominance over the iPhone to give itself an unfair advantage. The complaint to the European Commission (EC) was launched with a blog post and entire separate website created by Spotify to detail its various problems with Apple. It says that Apple is intentionally stopping Spotify from integrating certain features in order to keep its advantage. And that is making the service worse to use for the people who subscribe, Spotify said. We'll tell you what's true.

Ang Lee hasn't given up on high-frame-rate cinema despite the expensive misfire that was Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. The two-time Oscar winner is shooting his upcoming film, sci-fi assassin thriller Gemini Man, in 3D at 120 frames-per-second (fps) and 4K resolution. There's just one problem: theater chains may not be able to screen it in the format. To ensure it gets a wide release that matches Lee's intended vision, Paramount is writing to cinema owners with instructions on how to bring their projector equipment up to speed, reports The Playlist. Paramount's letter includes directions on how to conduct a HFR test and describes the 120 fps-4K-3D combo as the "most pristine and immersive format" for showing the film.