Look at them go! Bot v. Bot A team of researchers from Google’s DeepMind AI lab have programmed a pair of little humanoid robots to play a classic match of one-versus-one soccer — and the results are absolutely adorable. A video of these robotic little tykes shows them wobbling around with impressive, almost human-like agility,… Continue reading Watch These Adorable Lil Robots Try to Play Soccer
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Tesla Lawyers Say Elon Musk’s Claims Over Self-Driving Safety Might Just Be Deepfakes
Yeah, right. A Deepfake Did It! Tesla’s lawyers have made an eyebrow-raising argument in defense of CEO Elon Musk: that statements he allegedly made over the safety of the automaker’s Autopilot driver assistance system could simply be deepfakes, Reuters reports. The argument was made in an ongoing lawsuit against Tesla filed in 2019 over a… Continue reading Tesla Lawyers Say Elon Musk’s Claims Over Self-Driving Safety Might Just Be Deepfakes
Death to Car Touchscreens, Buttons are Back, Baby!
Finally. Pushing Buttons Touchscreens? Who needs ’em. As Slate reports, car companies are finally beginning to take notice that touchscreen infotainment systems are a road safety hazard — and above all, that their customers absolutely hate using them. Case in point, Porsche has phased out its all-touchscreen design of the Cayenne luxury SUV, Slate notes,… Continue reading Death to Car Touchscreens, Buttons are Back, Baby!
Facebook Execs Panicking as They Try to Catch Up in AI Race
Mark Zuckerberg’s game of catch-up has turned into an all-out scramble. Scrambling The Silicon Valley AI race is on — and according to a new report from Reuters, Facebook-formerly-Meta’s AI pivot has been even more chaotic than initially thought. And that’s saying a lot, because from the outside, Meta’s most recent pivot away from VR… Continue reading Facebook Execs Panicking as They Try to Catch Up in AI Race
Twitter May Be in Deep Trouble Over That Blue Check Stunt
Turns out that Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s blue check rollback might be more than just messy. According to some legal experts, it might actually end up getting the billionaire into regulatory trouble with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). To recap: late last week, Mr. Tweet finally rolled back the company’s legacy verification system, supposedly… Continue reading Twitter May Be in Deep Trouble Over That Blue Check Stunt
An AI-Powered Videogame Just Came Out and Gamers HATE It
“AI =/= text adventure.” Downgrade Square Enix has just released an AI-powered remaster of one of its most revered video games, “The Portopia Serial Murder Case.” But don’t get too excited. According to journalists and hundreds of angry gamers, it absolutely stinks — specifically because of the new AI. On Steam, the game client of… Continue reading An AI-Powered Videogame Just Came Out and Gamers HATE It
We Interviewed the Engineer Google Fired for Saying Its AI Had Come to Life
Last summer, former Google engineer and AI ethicist Blake Lemoine went viral after going on record with The Washington Post to claim that LaMDA, Google’s powerful large language model (LLM), had come to life. Lemoine had raised alarm bells internally, but Google didn’t agree with the engineer’s claims. The ethicist then went to the press —… Continue reading We Interviewed the Engineer Google Fired for Saying Its AI Had Come to Life
Oh Great, They Put ChatGPT Into a Boston Dynamics Robot Dog
“It has AI now.” See Spot Speak As if robotic dogs weren’t creepy enough. A team of programmers just equipped a Boston Dynamics robot dog with OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Text-to-Speech voice modulation, allowing it to literally speak to them and answer their questions. In a video posted to Twitter, machine learning engineer Santiago Valdarrama showcased… Continue reading Oh Great, They Put ChatGPT Into a Boston Dynamics Robot Dog
Marvel Director Expects Fully AI-Generated Movies Within Two Years
“You can curate your story specifically to you.” Director’s Cut In a recent panel interview with Collider, Joe Russo, who has directed big Marvel movies like “Avengers: Endgame” alongside his brother, shared some of his thoughts on how AI might impact the film industry, giving it about two years before AI can create a fully-fledged… Continue reading Marvel Director Expects Fully AI-Generated Movies Within Two Years
Jeff Bezos’ Awkward Coachella Outfit Is Seared Into Our Memories
As swagless as swagless could be. Extremely Quiet Luxury If you haven’t seen Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Coachella fit yet, maybe stop scrolling. Save yourself. It’s scarring. Bezos and his girlfriend, alive girl Lauren Sánchez, took to the influencer-laden festival scene last weekend, flanked by their couple friends, momager Kris Jenner and her boyfriend, Corey… Continue reading Jeff Bezos’ Awkward Coachella Outfit Is Seared Into Our Memories