The AI Fix #11: AI gods, a robot dentist, and an angry human

In episode 11 of The AI Fix, OpenAI battles a Shakespearean lawyer, Graham sings an uncanny bluegrass acrostic, Google drops the ball with a terrible AI ad, and Mark wonders why there’s no sound on a video of an AI dentist.

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Smashing Security podcast #359: Declaring war on ransomware gangs, mobile muddles, and AI religion

Holy mackerel! AI is jumping on the religion bandwagon, ransomware gangs target hospitals, and what’s happened to your old mobile phone number?

All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybe… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #359: Declaring war on ransomware gangs, mobile muddles, and AI religion

Losing my religion: The pandemic is causing many to lose faith in God

New research published in the Journal of Religion and Health has found faith in God and trust in a higher power declined across the course of the pandemic. The German survey found the longer the pandemic went on, the more people seemed to lose their fa… Continue reading Losing my religion: The pandemic is causing many to lose faith in God

Silicone and AI Power This Prayerful Robotic Intercessor

Even in a world that is as currently far off the rails as this one is, we’re going to go out on a limb and say that this machine learning, servo-powered prayer bot is going to be the strangest thing you see today. We’re happy to be wrong about that, …read more

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Stunning temple among shortlisted entries for transformative architecture prize

The Bahá’í Temple of South America in Chile has been shortlisted for this year’s Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) International Prize, with the winner to be announced on October 25. The biannual CAD 100,000 (US$74,540) prize was… Continue reading Stunning temple among shortlisted entries for transformative architecture prize