Robots & AI

More than any other nation, Japan tends to feel comfortable with the idea of humanoid robots entering the home.

The FDA has cleared Wandercraft’s self-balancing, hands-free Atalante exoskeleton for use during stroke rehab.

AI technology could transform how growers protect their harvests, by detecting plant diseases very early on.

French startup Meropy has developed an agricultural robot that can autonomously inspect crops from above and below.

Microsoft has unveiled VALL-E, a voice-cloning AI that only needs a 3-second sample to simulate a speaker’s voice with remarkable accuracy.

Can an astrophysicist get ChatGPT to learn and assimilate new information and give correct answers where it gave confident but false ones?

Language models could transform the ways we engage with search engines.

Donut company Krispy Kreme is investing in automated systems to take over functions currently completed by human workers.

Celebrity humanoid Sophia the robot shares her “thoughts” on climate change, Elon Musk, and more with Freethink.

McDonald’s has opened a new highly automated restaurant, giving customers a first look at the potential future of fast food.

Sophia the robot has signed to XSET, a gaming organization and lifestyle brand focused on diversity and inclusion.

A microbiologist devised a quiz that would be appropriate as a final exam for college-level microbiology students. ChatGPT blew it away.

The tech behind ChatGPT isn’t ready to overthrow Google, but it could fix what’s wrong with search engines.

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