The Astribot S1's ability to mimic human movements sets it apart from other robots; it can move at about 33 feet per second and it can handle 22 pounds in each arm.
Humans are complicated beings. The ways we communicate are multilayered, and psychologists have devised many kinds of tests to measure our ability to infer meaning and understanding from interactions with each other. AI models are getting better at these tests. New research published today in Nature Human Behavior found that some large language models (LLMs)…
ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence is speeding up research and bringing humanoid robots closer to reality in China, home to many of the world's factories.
The very moment a fashion designer is struck with an idea to create is both powerful and incredibly fragile – it’s a glimpse of what could be, but also what could never be reached. This is when the true tension begins: between heartfelt inspiration and the practical demands of crafting their vision. The fashion muse – embodied by either the mannequin or the model – usually serves as both the starting point and ending point of the creative journey. First, the designer imagines the garment with...
Eurasian jays can remember incidental details of past events, which is characteristic of episodic memory in humans, according to a study published May 15, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by James Davies of the University of Cambridge, U.K., and colleagues.
OpenAI on Monday announced GPT-4o, a brand new AI model that that the company says is one step closer to “much more natural human-computer interaction.” The new model accepts any combination of text, audio and images as input and can generate an output in all three formats. It’s also capable of recognizing emotion, lets you interrupt it mid-speech, and responds nearly as fast as a human being during conversations. “The special thing about GPT-4o is it beings GPT-4 level intelligence to everyone,...
The author of Human Rights, Robot Wrongs on why AI isn’t an all-or-nothing equation, separating hype from genuine dangers, and discovering that ChatGPT says she doesn’t existSusie Alegre is an international human rights lawyer and author, originally from the Isle of Man, whose focus in recent years has been on technology and its impact on human rights. As a legal expert she has advised Amnesty International, the UN and other organisations on issues such as counter-terrorism and anti-corruption....
Netflix has finally offered up a look at Terminator Zero, its anime adaptation of the classic sci-fi series. It's been five years since the release of the last Terminator film, Dark Fate, but since then the only new piece of media to come out of the franchise was Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance, a real-time strategy game that seemed… fine. Back in 2021 Netflix announced that it would be making a Terminator anime, with The Batman co-writer Mattson Tomlin serving as showrunner, and finally the...
Multimodal AI is suddenly everywhere, with just about every major player in
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Google announces AI agents, personal assistants that can work across platforms to complete tasks.
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