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Throughout the Android chat app development series, we’ve built an app that allows users to register, send/receive text messages, open conversations, and receive notifications for incoming messages.

One additional essential feature for chat apps is the ability to update the active, live conversation. Once a new message arrives for the currently active conversation, it should be updated to reflect the new changes (either sent/received messages).

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In recent years, AI and (more specifically) machine learning have become so popular that the hype surrounding them has become contagious.

It’s becoming apparent that the widespread use of deep learning doesn’t stop at just computer scientists and programmers but has made its way into every domain, ranging from physics, biology, and chemistry to healthcare, transportation, and finance.

Continue reading “How next-gen AI accelerators will transform mobile machine learning”

In Spark AR Studio, you use the Simulator to perceive how an effect will appear on a device while you are creating it.

The Simulator is positioned on the top right side of the Spark AR Studio interface. You will see that the Simulator previews an effect on an iPhone 8 by default.

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Core ML is the most popular and powerful framework for adding machine learning and AI to iOS apps. High-level APIs provided by tools like Turi Create and Create ML make it possible to train mobile-friendly models without ML expertise.

But as projects grow in scale and complexity, it’s often necessary to dive deeper into the capabilities of Core ML to deliver the best user experiences possible.

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In this article, we’ll build a simple neural network using Keras. We’ll assume you have prior knowledge of machine learning packages such as scikit-learn and other scientific packages such as Pandas and Numpy.

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In this tutorial you will learn how to work with hair segmentation effects by creating texture and adding interactivity to your filters using Spark AR Studio.

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