University of Washington: New AI noise-canceling headphone technology lets wearers pick which sounds they hear

University of Washington: New AI noise-canceling headphone technology lets wearers pick which sounds they hear. “…a team led by researchers at the University of Washington has developed deep-learning algorithms that let users pick which sounds filter through their headphones in real time. The team is calling the system ‘semantic hearing.’ Headphones stream captured audio to a connected smartphone, which cancels all environmental sounds. Either through voice commands or a smartphone app, headphone wearers can select which sounds they want to include from 20 classes, such as sirens, baby cries, speech, vacuum cleaners and bird chirps.”