The Real Reason Will Smith Broke Twitch’s Biggest Streaming Record
A boxing tournament in Spain didn’t need the Fresh Prince’s help to become the most popular stream in the platform’s history.
A new neural network makes decisions like a human would
Humans make nearly 35,000 decisions every day, from whether it’s safe to cross the road to what to have for lunch. Every decision involves weighing the options, remembering similar past scenarios, and feeling reasonably confident about the right choice. What may seem like a snap decision actually comes from gathering evidence from the surrounding environment. …
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Influencers Are Racing to Profit From the Trump Shooting
Niche celebrities and right-wing activists are already hawking merchandise featuring the image of a bloodied Donald Trump raising his fist in the air.
Elon Musk ‘Fully Endorses’ Donald Trump After Deadly Rally Shooting
“I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” Elon Musk posted on X after the incident.
New framework enables animal-like agile movements in four-legged robots
Four-legged animals are innately capable of agile and adaptable movements, which allow them to move on a wide range of terrains. Over the past decades, roboticists worldwide have been trying to effectively reproduce these movements in quadrupedal (i.e., four-legged) robots.
Skillsoft: How to go from AI vision to AI reality
Every company’s AI journey will be different, but they all must explore, experiment, skill and reskill until AI is in their DNA.Read More
Learning dance moves could help humanoid robots work better with humans
Engineers have trained a humanoid robot to perform a variety of expressive movements, from simple dance routines to gestures like waving, high-fiving and hugging, all while maintaining a steady gait on diverse terrains. This work marks a step towards building robots that perform more complex and human-like motions.
Stories written with AI assistance found to be more creative, better written and more enjoyable
A study published in the journal Science Advances finds that AI enhances creativity by boosting the novelty of story ideas as well as the ‘usefulness’ of stories—their ability to engage the target audience and potential for publication. The paper is titled “Generative AI enhances individual creativity but reduces the collective diversity of novel content.”
The Kamala Harris Conspiracies Are Here
The far right is already spreading conspiracies about Vice President Kamala Harris after speculation that she may replace President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee.
How risk-averse are humans when interacting with robots?
How do people like to interact with robots when navigating a crowded environment? And what algorithms should roboticists use to program robots to interact with humans? These are the questions that a team of mechanical engineers and computer scientists sought to answer in a recent study.