‘AI employee’ takes over your Web browser, to take care of business

AI’s usefulness in the commercial and science sectors seems to grow daily. In the last few months alone we’ve seen it identify a new rare-earth-free magnet, analyze the emotions of crisis-line callers, help with weather and climate forecasting, and eve… Continue reading ‘AI employee’ takes over your Web browser, to take care of business

World-first research dissects an AI’s mind, and starts editing its thoughts

If you listen to the rather compelling arguments of AI doomsayers, the coming generations of artificial intelligence represent a profound danger to humankind – potentially even an existential risk.Continue ReadingCategory: TechnologyTags: Artificial In… Continue reading World-first research dissects an AI’s mind, and starts editing its thoughts

OpenAI’s Sora makes its first official music video

Though OpenAI is yet to make the Sora text-to-video model available to the public, its ability to produce realistic, high-resolution video clips already has movie makers worried for job security. Now the tool has moved into the world of pop music video… Continue reading OpenAI’s Sora makes its first official music video

AI now surpasses humans in almost all performance benchmarks

Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has released the seventh annual issue of its comprehensive AI Index report, written by an interdisciplinary team of academic and industrial experts.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading AI now surpasses humans in almost all performance benchmarks

Video: Filmmakers test-drive OpenAI’s Sora, inspiring awe – and concern

OpenAI has again demonstrated the capabilities of its already impressive text-to-video platform, Sora, by asking creatives to produce their own short films using it. The public’s response has been a mixture of awe and fear about the potential uses of t… Continue reading Video: Filmmakers test-drive OpenAI’s Sora, inspiring awe – and concern

Video: Fast-learning Eve humanoids can now fold laundry autonomously

A month ago, we were impressed by these robots being able to pick things up, put them in the right spot, open doors and charge themselves. But new video released hours ago makes it clear that autonomous humanoid work is starting to accelerate like mad…. Continue reading Video: Fast-learning Eve humanoids can now fold laundry autonomously

Video: GPT-enhanced humanoid speaks and reasons as it works

Figure has demonstrated the first fruit of its collaboration with OpenAI to enhance the capabilities of humanoid robots. In a video released today, the Figure 01 bot is seen conversing in real-time.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Fi… Continue reading Video: GPT-enhanced humanoid speaks and reasons as it works

OpenAI Sora: Wake up humans, the world has changed again

AI-generated video was a complete joke less than a year ago; look what it can do now. OpenAI has announced its new Sora model, which turns descriptive text into video, and calling it a frighteningly massive leap forward feels like an understatement.Con… Continue reading OpenAI Sora: Wake up humans, the world has changed again

OpenAI’s Eve humanoids make impressive progress in autonomous work

“The video contains no teleoperation,” says Norwegian humanoid robot maker 1X. “No computer graphics, no cuts, no video speedups, no scripted trajectory playback. It’s all controlled via neural networks, all autonomous, all 1X speed.”Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading OpenAI’s Eve humanoids make impressive progress in autonomous work