Russia rocks up at Vegas!
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
AI
Deepfakes in Deep doo doo’s at Facebook
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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