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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

Get AI Fit in 2020

January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 by Alternative Intelligence

Yes, another new year and a new round of resolutions, whether it’s dry January, lose weight or get yourself fitter. Well AI to the rescue, certainly for the latter. On show at … Read more

Breast friends with AI

January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 by Alternative Intelligence

Breast cancer can be a deadly disease but if spotted early there is a good chance of a happy outcome. Both women and men can get breast cancer but with men it … 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

AI drone drags its feet but gets a prize!

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 by Alternative Intelligence

In an obstacle race where AI drones compete amongst themselves and a human pilot using first-person view goggles or video piloting as its more simply known, the fastest AI drone completed the … 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

Mustafa joins Google

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 by Alternative Intelligence

The co-founder of British AI firm DeepMind, Mr Mustafa Suleyman is to join Google. His work at DeepMind saw him collaborating with Google over reducing energy consumption at their Data Centres, also … 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

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