Moravec‘s Paradox

A surge in adoption of artificial intelligence tools is driving demand for computing capacity globally, with growing requirements from tech giants operating generative AI platforms already creating opportunities for data centre operators and investors at the same time that it challenges the infrastructure providers to develop and deploy at Internet…

SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents a number of voice actors and performers plying their trade in the game industry, has called for strike action. Over the weekend, SAG-AFTRA's National Board voted unanimously to send a strike authorization vote to union members, who will have from September 5 to September 25…

Opinion September 4, 2023 — 5.30pm September 4, 2023 — 5.30pm I began my career in artificial intelligence more than two decades ago. Back then, explaining what I did at dinner parties would earn me a polite smile and a couple of jokes about R2-D2 before the conversation moved on.…

An Argentine publicist is using an artificial intelligence app to visualize how babies stolen by Argentina’s dictatorship (1976-1983) may look like today, four decades later. Santiago Barros combines the photos of the disappeared fathers and mothers pulled from a public database to create faces of what their children might look…

Robot vacuum manufacturer Roborock announced three new vacuum products at IFA 2023, the global tech show taking place in Berlin this week: the Q5 Pro robot vac; the Q8 Max robot vac; and the Dyad Pro Combo wet / dry stick vacuum. The new lidar-powered robot vacuums add more than…

NextDC chief executive Craig Scroggie said last week that the data centre developer was in early conversations with customers to plan their infrastructure needs for generative AI, which is yet to be factored into the company’s revenue guidance. Another hallmark of earnings season was the volatility of technology stocks, said…

The development signals a potential turnaround in tech spending trends, following Cisco's recent beating of quarterly revenue estimates. Dell's third-quarter revenue forecast is of $22.5 billion | Image Credit: Pixabay Dell Technologies full-year forecast: Dell Technologies has increased its full-year revenue and profit forecasts, capitalising on the surge in artificial…

Scott Taetsch/Getty ImagesThere are reportedly changes coming to the automated strike zone used in Triple-A baseball games. According to Ronald Blum of the Associated Press, the robotic strike zone that is used in some Triple-A games will change to adjust for individual batters instead of using overall averages. The changes…

NEW YORK (AP) — Kelly McKernan’s acrylic and watercolor paintings are bold and vibrant, often featuring feminine figures rendered in bright greens, blues, pinks and purples. The style, in the artist’s words, is “surreal, ethereal … dealing with discomfort in the human journey.” The word “human” has a special resonance…

We’ve had AI assistants in smart speakers, phones, TVs, and even cars. But in your backpack? This is new territory, and Microsoft is staking out a claim via a new patent. As spotted by Neowin, the patent in question was filed on May 2. “The description relates to artificial intelligence…