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Voice conversion is a research topic in the fields of speech and artificial intelligence. The goal of voice conversion is to change the timbre of speech while preserving the content of the source speech, making it sounds like spoken by the target speaker. It is essential to ensure both the quality and naturalness of the converted speech. Voice conversion based on nonparallel data gains much attention currently, where models are trained using non-parallel multilingual speaker datasets, enabling many-to-many and any-to-any voice conversions. This paper provides a comprehensive summary and analysis of recent developments in non-parallel voice conversion. Firstly, we outline the early voice conversion techniques based on parallel corpus and their limitations. Then, we introduce and compare various approaches to voice conversion based on nonparallel data, providing a thorough analysis. Finally, a summary and outlook on voice conversion technology is provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In recent years, applications such as 360 video, augmented reality, virtual reality, etc. have been rapidly developed and gradually formed a new mode of immersive metaverse experience. These new services and applications have common features such as high fidelity and immersive interaction. As a new paradigm, edge computing is increasingly ready to support these features. This paper firstly elucidates that the key to releasing the power of edge computing to support immersive metaverse experience is the processing of AI models and data for content generation. Then, this paper presents a generic framework to realize adaptive deep learning model deployment and data flow to support metaverse services and applications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At present, artificial intelligence continues to heat up. Large language models have attracted much attention and set off a wave of enthusiasm around the world. The success of artificial intelligence is not essentially a "miracle" of large computing power, but a change in computing models. Firstly, this paper affirms the fundamental role of data in AI, and points out that synthetic data will be the main source of data in the future. Then, this paper reviews the development of computing models, highlights the historic competition between neural network models and Turing models. We points out that the important hallmark of large language models is the emergence of intelligence in machines, emphasizes that the essence of large language models is "compression", and analyzes the reasons for the "illusion" of large language models. Finally, we call on the scientific community to attach importance to large scientific models in "AI for research(AI4R)". [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]