Moravec‘s Paradox

During a livestream on March 15, Zhou Hongyi, the founder of Qihoo 360, a Chinese internet security company, disclosed the company’s artificial intelligence development plan amidst the ChatGPT hype. The Beijing-based company intends to build a generative large language model and release related products and services at the earliest opportunity.…

Bumblebees are clumsy fliers. It is estimated that a foraging bee bumps into a flower about once per second, which damages its wings over time. Yet despite having many tiny rips or holes in their wings, bumblebees can still fly. Aerial robots, on the other hand, are not so resilient.…

With over a decade’s teaching experience and well-versed in African Classroom research, Dr Benadette Aineamani, Product and Services Director at local education publishing giant Maskew Miller Learning, shares her view on the role AI will play in education. New York, NY, USA | March 15, 2023 –– Artificial Intelligence (AI)…

Author of the article: Published Mar 14, 2023  •  2 minute read Anthropic, an artificial intelligence company backed by Alphabet Inc, on Tuesday released a large language model that competes directly with offerings from Microsoft Corp-backed OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. Large language models are algorithms that are taught to…

Tastewise already incorporates generative AI to help users at companies such as Nestlé, Campbell’s, Mars, Givaudan and PepsiCo, discover dish concepts, validate new product ideas, and generate market research reports. The AI-powered market intelligence platform designed for the food and beverage industry is now expanding its capabilities and launching what…

Google managers manage to rile a Canadian government committee, GitHub rolls out plans to improve security and a robot lawyer is being sued by a real-life lawyer.  Which one wins? Welcome to Hashtag Trending for Monday, March 13th I’m your host Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and TechNewsDay…

As AI-driven content is making headlines, one of the most popular questions out there is, “When are we all going to be replaced by machines?” In fact, no matter how skeptical you may be, we are still witnessing the very beginning of that future, and AI is already scary good…

Photo: Disney Parks The latest in innovations and experiential experiences are being showcased at SXSW this weekend, and Disney Parks hit the fest to reveal a toddler-sized but kinda scary robot. Over at the theme parks spring is in bloom at Walt Disney World’s Flower and Garden Fest and Marvel…

Xbox controllers are on sale at various online retailers right now, with some models as low as 30% off. Starting with Walmart, you can get the standard Carbon Black Xbox controller for just $39 (normally $60), while the Robot White model is $44 (from $60). There are a few other…

Launches ready-to-configure connector in Workato App Directory. Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | March 10, 2023 –– Datamatics, a global Intelligent Automation, Digital Technologies, Operations, and Experiences Company, today announced the successful launch of a ready-to-configure connector in Workato for its Robotics Process Automation tool TruBot which will offer pre-built integration with…