# Lip-reading artificial intelligence could help the deaf—or spies https://blog.cynexia.com/lip-reading-artificial-intelligence-could-help-the-deaf-or-spies Author: [Rob Aleck](https://blog.cynexia.com/pages/about) · https://github.com/mnbf9rca · https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertaleck/ · https://family-foqos.app/ Published: 2018-08-03 Categories: LinkedIn cross-post In a major breakthrough, researchers from Deep Mind have improved the accuracy of AI lip reading, with half the error rate of previous methods, and over 50% accuracy. If embedded in to smart devices, it could make lip reading accessible to anyone with a smartphone - both helping the many people who struggle in noisy and crowded environments, and putting at risk the privacy of many others. [http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/07/lip-reading-artificial-intelligence-could-help-deaf-or-spies]()A new algorithm silences its competition