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TikTok makes AI driven ad tool available globally

Nov 15, 2024 (AFP)

The news came with word that Getty Images will make its stockpile of pictures and video available to TikTok's AI?powered video generation tool -- called Symphon...

Smart robots poised to boost green energy efficiency with wave prediction

Nov 15, 2024 (SPX)

Engineers from the University of Edinburgh have developed innovative computational and experimental methods that allow autonomous robots to function stably in t...

'Harness the now': British singer Imogen Heap embraces AI

Nov 14, 2024 (AFP)

"I am excited about AI because I feel maybe it can help humans harness the now," she told AFP on the sidelines of the four-day Web Summit tech conference in Lis...

Even handicraft marketplace Etsy needs AI to compete, says CEO

Nov 13, 2024 (AFP)

"You couldn't run Etsy without AI," Josh Silverman said on the sidelines of the Web Summit tech event in Lisbon. Etsy was formed almost 20 years ago and is best...

Giving robots a new way to see using radio signals

Nov 13, 2024 (SPX)

Nature, however, shows that vision isn't limited to light. Bats use sound echoes for navigation, while sharks detect electric fields from their prey. Inspired b...

Saab deploys advanced autonomous swarm tech in major AUKUS defense trial

Nov 08, 2024 (SPX)

The trials, organized by the AUKUS partnership, a security collaboration among Australia, the UK, and the US, spotlighted BlueBear's technology as a foundation ...

First artwork by humanoid robot sells for over $1.0 million

Nov 08, 2024 (AFP)

The 2.2-metre (7.5-foot) portrait "A.I. God" by "Ai-Da", the world's first ultra-realistic robot artist, went for $1,084,800, smashing pre-sale expectations of ...

Robot learns flexible cleaning skills by observing humans

Nov 08, 2024 (SPX)

Researchers at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) have pursued an alternative method. Instead of hard-coding rules, they employed a teaching approach: a ...

First artwork by humanoid robot sells for $1.3m

Nov 08, 2024 (AFP)

The 2.2 metre (7.5 feet) portrait "A.I. God" by "Ai-Da", the world's first ultra-realistic robot artist, smashed pre-sale expectations of $180,000 when it went ...

CHAPPIE: An innovative advancement in CBRN defense

Nov 07, 2024 (SPX)

"You spend enough time around him and start to forget he's a QUGV," said U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Dominic Garcia, Installation Office of Emergency Management ...

3D-printed rovers challenge students in Mars exploration training

Nov 07, 2024 (SPX)

The students were provided with ExoMy rovers, 3D-printed machines modeled after ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover. These devices featured six wheels, a camera, and ...

Argonne to help drive AI revolution in astronomy with new institute led by Northwestern University

Nov 05, 2024 (SPX)

Jointly funded by a $20 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Simons Foundation, SkAI aims to revolutionize how researchers expl...

Paradigm Shift in Science: From Big Data to Autonomous Robot Scientists

Nov 04, 2024 (SPX)

The study systematically explores the evolution of the scientific process, from data collection and observation to analysis, hypothesis formation, and experimen...

Siemens acquires AI specialist Altair Engineering

Oct 31, 2024 (AFP)

"With the acquisition, Siemens strengthens its position as a leading technology company and its leadership role in industrial software," the Munich-based group ...

AI robot 'art' might fetch $180K through Sotheby's auction

Oct 31, 2024 (UPI)

The robot named "Ai-Da" used AI algorithms, cameras and robotic arms to paint the "first-ever artwork made by a humanoid robot," Smithsonian Magazine reported W...

Internet firms must face consequences, says author

Oct 30, 2024 (AFP)

This is a big deal for an author who coined the term "enshittification" to describe the decay of today's tech platforms. His analysis, which has leapt from his ...

A faster, better way to train general-purpose robots

Oct 29, 2024 (SPX)

Typically, engineers collect data that are specific to a certain robot and task, which they use to train the robot in a controlled environment. However, gatheri...

Humans and AI: Do they work better together or alone?

Oct 29, 2024 (SPX)

Published in Nature Human Behaviour, "When Combinations of Humans and AI Are Useful" is the first large-scale meta-analysis conducted to better understand when ...

AI boom unleashes wave of new applications across China

Oct 29, 2024 (SPX)

Without hesitation, the sleek black humanoid robot identified the coffee bottle from two other objects on the desk and handed it to the visitor. "Powered by the...

CrewMate vehicle shows potential in aiding solar field workers with PV panel installations

Oct 28, 2024 (SPX)

During the field trial, CrewMate transported multiple pallets loaded with up to 31 large PV panels (each measuring 93.9 by 51.3 inches). Following the workers' ...