Robots & AI

Boston Dynamics retires dancing Atlas robot — and debuts its electric replacement

A day after retiring its hydraulic Atlas robot, Boston Dynamics released a video debuting its all-electric, workplace-ready replacement.

Kristin Houser

Abstract digital artwork depicting a data center

OpenAI and Microsoft are reportedly planning a $100B supercomputer

Microsoft is reportedly planning to build a $100 billion data center and supercomputer, called “Stargate,” for OpenAI.

Kristin Houser

A colorful, textured 3D AI brain model centered on a grid background with elliptical lines in black and blue encircling it.

Neurodiversity

Why a neurodivergent team will be a golden asset in the AI workplace

Since AI is chained to linear reasoning, workplaces that embrace it will do well to have neurodivergent colleagues who reason more creatively.

Maureen Dunne

A diagram illustrating how Google trained its multimodal Gemini AI models

Google’s new Gemini AI beats GPT-4 in 30 of 32 tests

Tech giant Google has unveiled the multimodal Gemini AI, its “largest and most capable” AI model ever released.

Kristin Houser

A black and white photo of the advice columnist known as 'Dear Abby' with generative text collage elements.

Move over, agony aunt: study finds ChatGPT gives better advice than professional columnists

Researcher found that people preferred the AI-generated responses over those given by a professional advice columnist, and couldn't tell which was which.

Piers Howe

A plane in a hangar with large pink robotic arms surrounding it

Robotics

World’s largest robots will help airlines cut carbon emissions

Norwegian startup Avinxt is building massive AI robots to help airlines reduce their emissions, save water, and inspect their planes.

Kristin Houser

two robotic hands holding a marker and a water bottle

3D Printing

New 3D printing technique creates life-like robots

A new 3D-printing technique, vision-controlled-jetting, can be used to create a robotic hand, complete with bones, ligaments, and tendons.

Sam Jarman

A new study reveals we can no longer tell AI-generated faces from real human faces

Looking at a face without a life.

Jonny Thomson

GPT-4 is able to buy stuff on Amazon, researchers say

AI researchers successfully trained a GPT-4-based agent, dubbed the MM-Navigator, to “buy” products on Amazon.

Stephen Johnson

A robot police dog inspecting a backpack on the ground next to a subway train

Criminal Justice

Robot police dog helps end standoff in LA

The LAPD used its controversial robot police dog to deescalate a standoff with an armed man on a public bus.

Kristin Houser

A person standing in an area painted with thick white stripes and with a large LED screen at one end

Transportation

You win this street game by getting “hit” by a self-driving car

A game that challenges pedestrians to avoid detection by an AI could help train tomorrow’s self-driving cars.

Kristin Houser

A black silhouette of a brain on a yellow background representing artificial intelligence.

Breakthrough AI learns language with “human-like” efficiency

An new AI model learned to generalize language concepts with "human-like" efficiency and remix them to respond to novel inquires.

Kevin Dickinson

Descriptions of different GPTs that could be found in the GPT Store, along with logos

OpenAI launches a GPT Store for customized AI chatbots (Updated)

ChatGPT users will soon be able to create, share, and potentially monetize customized versions of the chatbot through OpenAI’s GPT Store.

Kristin Houser

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