AI DeepComposer strikes a discordant note
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
Artificial Iconoclast
AI enforcement tool catches texters down under
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.
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’
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
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
The alternative space race
Back in the last century we had the USA / USSR space race. It was the potential threat of military space dominance which kicked the whole thing off with the launch of … Read more
Alphabet’s DeepMind AI achieves Grandmaster status playing Starcraft 2
Alphabet, the parent company of Google used DeepMind AI anonymously to play against real gamers and in so doing became a Grandmaster of Starcraft 2. Alphabet sought the assistance of Blizzard who … Read more
AI software engineer resigns over Project Maven.
An engineer recruited by Google and later assigned to work on Project Maven has resigned over ethical concerns. Laura Nolan, a computer science graduate from Trinity College Dublin became increasingly concerned over … Read more
Dark Fate, Arnie’s back!
It seems that those in the AI community are despairing at the latest film from the Terminator franchise, Dark Fate. They think it gives the general public a biased rendition of where … Read more
Raising the bar
It had to happen……a really useful facial recognition proposition. If you’ve ever been in a busy bar and tried to catch the eye of the bartender, it isn’t always on a first … Read more