Robots & AI

Three robotaxis glide in a line on a sunny road with trees and buildings in the background.

Alphabet-backed Waymo is leading the robotaxi revolution, but Tesla’s new Cybercab could change everything.

A human hand reaches towards a robotic hand amidst a background of pink and purple pixels, with lines of code visible near the robotic arm, symbolizing AI loneliness bridging the gap between man and machine.

AI chatbots may ease the world’s loneliness (if they don’t make it worse)

AI chatbots may have certain advantages when roleplaying as our friends. They may also come with downsides that make our loneliness worse.

Kevin Dickinson

Cargo containers stacked at a bustling port, where massive cranes tower under a cloudy sky, streamline the shipping process with precision akin to generative AI's innovative efficiency.

Flexport is using generative AI to create the “holy grail” of shipping

Flexport is using generative AI to read documents, talk to truckers, and create a “knowledge agent” that’s an expert in shipping.

Kristin Houser

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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