I was lost in France
Well, Bonnie Tyler may have been ‘Lost in France’ in the popular hit of 1976 but should she get lost in Scotland in 2019 there would be an AI drone out looking … Read more
Alternative Intelligence
Biochemical AI?
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Superman! No, no, no, but Physarum polycephalum could be either an animal or a fungus! Nobody really knows but its certainly an … Read more
Deepfake and Fake News
We have seen examples of deepfake videos, some are good and some plainly easy to spot. The AI behind the video manipulation improves all the time and now it requires even less … Read more
350mS or less to get you moving!
Researchers at Clinatec along with the University of Grenoble have developed an exoskeleton which uses sophisticated algorithms to decode messages sent from a brain interface chip (an 8*8 sensor array coupled to … Read more
AI recruiting tool provides best match
Hirevue, a company specialising in recruitment software has an AI application which (they say) provides a better and fairer match of candidate to prospective employer. Using data from a video interview which … Read more
Burger company ‘beefs up’ tech
The global burger company McDonald’s has acquired Apprente with a view to automating the drive-thru experience. Apprente only launched in 2017 with the goal to be the best customer orientated, AI voice … Read more
AI helps plait ‘fog’
The ‘fog’ mentioned in the title is my poetic licence for plasma. The quest for limitless fuel with minimal pollution has been the dream for many generations. Renewables such as solar and … Read more
Fair play?
Apparently Facebook have developed an AI assistant for Minecraft which users can control from various typed commands. This AI assistant takes the form of an avatar within the Minecraft world and allows … Read more
Is AI sexist?
We know AI systems are becoming more sophisticated every day but current iterations are far from perfect. It has been shown that outcomes tend to mirror the leanings in the data used … Read more
AI App goes Bananas
In a collaborative project, researchers from Bioversity International and India’s Imayam Institute of Agriculture and Technology and Texas A&M University have developed a new smartphone app for banana growers to allow them … Read more