Moravec‘s Paradox

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…

Technology An artificial intelligence that has been trained on YouTube and podcast recordings generates speech from text prompts that sounds remarkably natural By Alex Wilkins 9 March 2023 An AI can generate more natural-sounding synthetic speech by including pauses Shutterstock/PrinceOfLove Generating speech with different rhythms and pauses makes it sound…

IDtotal become Accredited Solution Partner for GreyOrange Solutions in Europe London, March 9, 2023 – GreyOrange Inc., a global leader in automated robotic fulfilment and inventory optimization software, has announced a partnership with IDtotal, a specialist in providing logistics, audit, and merchandising services throughout Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, and Serbia. As…

In recent years, Asian countries have stepped up efforts to support the rapid growth of their digital economies. These include measures to equip businesses with the necessary tools and infrastructure to use emerging technologies, such as AI, and support innovation and foster global confidence in them.  Singapore has unveiled the…

3D image on left, rendered version using AI on right.Graphic: Domestic Data Streamers Designer Pau Garcia has been tinkering with artificial intelligence for the past several years. An early user of OpenAI, a startup that popularized generative AI, he said he was initially intrigued by AI, yet didn’t expect it…

We are at the beginning of many exciting artificial intelligence/machine learning advances Are we at an inflection point on the road to developing more innovative artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) techniques, such as large language models (LLM) and related software? All the hype around ChatGPT and the subsequent announcements of similar…