Artificial Iconoclast, Author at tech.courses

Robots, Chat Bots and now Frog Bots!

January 14, 2020January 14, 2020 by Artificial Iconoclast

Scientists have created entirely new life-forms from African frog cells, furthermore they can be programmed and used as ‘robots’. Stem cells from the xenopus laevis frog have been ‘stitched’ together to make … Read more

Russia rocks up at Vegas!

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 by Artificial Iconoclast

At CES 2020 , the technology show in Las Vegas, the tech giant you’ve never heard of…….Yandex brought along quite a smart car. Yandex is Russia’s answer to Google and enjoys 60% … Read more

Deepfakes in Deep doo doo’s at Facebook

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 by Artificial Iconoclast

Mark Zuckerberg the CEO of Facebook has announced that they will remove all videos modified by AI from its social media platform. Although uncommon, they are seen as an increasing problem and … Read more

Humans get emotional over AI

December 14, 2019December 14, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

We have covered the use of AI in facial recognition. It’s well established and in places like China, endemic. There’s a new angle to this now…..emotional recognition! Yes, AI algos are being … Read more

Musk crashes Cybertruck and Tesla remodels police cruiser

December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

Mr Elon Musk had an altercation with a traffic bollard driving his new Tesla Cybertruck. This embarrassing incident occurred after dining out with friends at a top restaurant in Malibu, California. The … Read more

AI DeepComposer strikes a discordant note

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

Amazon has unveiled an AI stocking filler in the US. It’s a two octave, 32-key keyboard which can connect via a USB lead to a computer. It allows the user to play … Read more

AI enforcement tool catches texters down under

December 4, 2019December 4, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

It had to happen, just as with ANPR (automatic number-plate recognition) cameras we now have a texter cam. Australian law enforcement are rolling out AI equipped cameras to look down from overhead … Read more

China’s Sky Net nudges citizen behaviour.

November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

The massive integrated Sky Net AI surveillance recognition system which boasts over 20 million CCTV cameras across China, is helping to modify citizen behaviour through a mixture of penalties and rewards. The … Read more

Go master ‘stops’

November 29, 2019November 28, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

Go, the Chinese strategy game, has a new master, apparently one that can’t be defeated says former Go master Lee Se-dol. Three years ago he was challenged to a five game showdown … Read more

Gambling with AI

November 25, 2019November 21, 2019 by Artificial Iconoclast

It has been announced that the UK Betting and Gaming Council (a group representing 90% of the UK betting and gaming market) has launched an AI Anonymous Player Awareness System which will … Read more

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