Moravec‘s Paradox

Look out for our upcoming story times and activities for Science Week! Build a Brush-bot workshopJoin us to learn and play with robots and build your very own brush-bot to take home. Bookings are required due to limited number of Brush-bots. Brush-bots are constructed with small components including AA batteries…

A new five-year partnership between Duke and Microsoft includes the creation of a Duke Health AI Innovation Lab and Center of Excellence.  WHY IT MATTERS As part of the new agreement, Microsoft says it will construct a secure cloud environment to train and foster a cloud-savvy IT workforce at the…

The move to go public comes amid growing interest in artificial intelligence chips, reflected in the increased market mood towards technologies linked to generative AI. British chip designer Arm Ltd, a subsidiary of the SoftBank Group Corp, is preparing to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) in the coming months.…

Komatsu is teaming with one of its long-term construction partners to present "Underwater Construction of the Future" as part of the Future Life Expo: Future City, a showcase project at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. The presentation will feature cutting-edge technologies like super remote control, unmanned construction, and underwater electric…

Food delivery giant Meituan recently set up a new company in Chengdu, a major city in southwest China, targeting the development of artificial intelligence robots, according to the corporate database Qichacha. A subsidiary of Meituan has an indirect wholly-owned stake in the new company, Qichacha shows. The newly established firm…

Data and analytics company GlobalData has issued a report on the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in various aspects of healthcare. From leveraging data sets to simulating human speech to enhance patient care, GenAI is being deployed throughout the medical value chain. Its applications span research and development, imaging…

Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. STOCKHOLM: Human lifespan is expected to increase to up to 120 years within decades thanks to technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and knowledge gained from the Covid-19 pandemic, Swedish Television (SVT) reported on Sunday. "Our prognosis is a lifespan between 100…

Artificial intelligence (AI) has enabled recent step changes in some fields, most notably in predicting three-dimensional structures of proteins and producing generative text on diverse topics1,2. These applications use deep learning models trained on colossal datasets to make their predictions. Crop and livestock breeders are now producing billions of data…

Artificial intelligence still has a long way to go before completely taking over most human jobs. But it can already make some side hustles easier and more lucrative, primarily by saving people time. "Automation, I think, is the key to reducing your workload," Sean Audet, a food photographer who uses…

FILE – Text from the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website is seen in New York, Feb. 2, 2023. Shares of the education technology company Chegg lost half their value Tuesday, May 2, after its CEO warned that OpenAI’s free ChatGPT service was cutting into its growth. (AP Photo/Richard Drew,…