Taking a ride down the... uncanny valley
In a recently published journal, experiment reveals new insights into the cognitive mechanisms underlying a dynamic process that ends up in the phenomenon of the uncanny valley, with implications for both the design of robots and for understanding how we perceive each other as humans.
Is AI Capable of Art?
Artists are now using artificial intelligence to create artwork. But can it actually be considered as art?
How to stream NFL football games in 2020
This is not any ordinary year, but, for now, at least, we have football to help keep our minds off our troubles.
A human wrote this article. You shouldn’t be scared of GPT-3 | Albert Fox Cahn
The technology at the heart of the Guardian’s GPT-3 op-ed is quite impressive – but it is useless without human inputs and edits
COVID-19 made your data set worthless. Now what?
The COVID-19 pandemic has perplexed data scientists and creators of machine learning tools as the sudden and major change in consumer behavior has made predictions based on historical data nearly useless. There is also very little point in trying to train new prediction models during the crisis, as one simply cannot predict chaos.
AI Weekly: What ML practitioners are doing about climate change
Projects are underway to use AI to address climate change and its impact from groups like Climate Change AI and Climate Trace.
Europe Feels the Squeeze as Tech Competition Heats Up Between U.S. and China
As the rapid pace of change mixes with national security issues, Europe’s role as a global regulator is increasingly tested — and may not be enough.
Standalone VR headsets are finally ready to make a big leap forward
Snapdragon XR2 mixed reality chips launched last December, but haven't yet appeared in headsets. That will soon change, profoundly improving VR/AR headsets.
Gary Marcus: COVID-19 should be a wake-up call for AI
COVID-19 may be a "wake-up call" for the environment and global equality, but Gary Marcus thinks it should serve as a wake-up call for AI too.
How to edit writing by a robot: a step-by-step guide
Commissioning GPT-3 was a fun – and strange – lesson in artificial intelligence. Here’s how we did it
ProBeat: The TikTok acquisition is not going to happen
ByteDance being forced to sell TikTok never made sense, and the reasons against a deal keep mounting thanks to Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
Researchers claim masks muffle speech, but not enough to impede speech recognition
New research investigates the acoustic effects of various mask types, which has implications for speech recognition systems.
COVID-19 Pandemic Spawns “Infodemic” in Scientific Literature
New policies, technologies could help make sense of flood of information. The science community has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with such a flurry of research studies that it is hard for anyone to digest them all, underscoring a long-standing
Garden of evil: Trevor Paglen's sinister digital paradise puts you in the picture
Pace Gallery, London and onlineThe artist’s AI images of nature are not what they seem – and they aren’t the only things being watched in this mind-boggling show about surveillance
World Landmark Photos Turned Into 4D Experiences
With some tourist photos being publicly available, landmarks such as the Colosseum in Italy or Trevi Fountain in Rome, researchers have developed a method to create 3D images showing the changes in appearance over time.
Computer scientists use artificial intelligence to predict the frequencies of drug side effects
A new algorithm has been developed by academics at Royal Holloway, University of London, to predict the side effects of drugs before they hit the market by using the same principle by which movies are recommended to users.
Airborne groceries? Tesco to trial drone deliveries
The supermarket chain is teaming up with a drone start-up to deliver groceries faster.
AI tech to spot dangerous drivers
New license recognition technology could one day be used to detect dangerous drivers before problems arise.