Robots & AI

Silicon Valley tech startup New Computer has unveiled Dot, an AI companion that could forever change our relationship with tech.

ChatGPT users will soon be able to create, share, and potentially monetize customized versions of the chatbot through OpenAI’s GPT Store.

Years before Moderna created an effective mRNA vaccine against COVID, the company put into place AI systems to accelerate the research process.

Ross Pomeroy

Large language models have been trained on massive amounts of “natural” human language — just like us. Does this make the robots part human?

Brendan H. O’Connor

OpenAI is rolling out new features that let subscribers talk to ChatGPT and show it pictures, enabling more intuitive interactions.

AI-based weather forecasting models developed by Google, Nvidia, and Huawei accurately predicted where Hurricane Lee would make landfall.

A new text-to-speech system developed by Microsoft and MIT was used to create nearly 5,000 audiobooks for Project Gutenberg.

Toyota is using a generative AI-based method to teach robots to peel veggies, prepare snacks, and perform other dexterous tasks.

The University of Texas at San Antonio has launched what it says is the US’s first dual degree in medicine and AI.

AV startup Wayve has given its self-driving cars the ability to explain their decisions in conversational language.

Engineers have combined the AI model powering ChatGPT with a humanoid bust to create a robot receptionist for the UK National Robotarium.

Meta’s SeamlessM4T AI puts it a step closer to creating a universal translator that eliminates the language barrier for good.

Texas-based robotics company Apptronik has unveiled Apollo, a humanoid robot that could revolutionize the workforce.

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