Alexa as your new bestie: Can an AI robot or voice assistant help you feel less lonely?
You: "Alexa, I'm lonely."
Nov 11, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
You: "Alexa, I'm lonely."
Nov 11, 2019
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Software
An enthusiastic, sellout crowd arrived at Melbourne's Hamer Hall in September to hear an evening of music from Orchestra Victoria.
Oct 9, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
When thinking of sexbots, companionship might not be the first word that comes to mind. But sexbot advertising promises more than sex toys. It is also selling emotional intimacy: robots marketed as if they are capable of ...
Nov 14, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has made remarkable progress creating images that are not only breathtaking, but astonishingly diverse in style. Ten years ago, such an achievement would have been deemed unlikely by experts. ...
Jun 9, 2023
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Hi Tech & Innovation
There's an urgent need to support citizens with a system of digital self-defense, argues a neuroscience expert from Rice University's Baker Institute of Public Policy.
Jul 24, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
It's been seven years since the launch of Replika, an artificially intelligent chatbot designed to be a friend to human users. Despite early warnings about the dangers of such AI friends, interest in friendships and even ...
May 9, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
New simulations suggest that law enforcement efforts to disrupt Sicilian Mafia activity could benefit from analytical strategies that capture the shortest paths of information flow that Mafia members maintain to minimize ...
Aug 5, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
While not yet on the market, fully autonomous vehicles are promoted as a way to make road travel dramatically safer, but a recent study found that knowing more about them did not improve people's perception of their risk. ...
Jul 9, 2024
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Robotics
In the 2012 film "Robot and Frank", the protagonist, a retired cat burglar named Frank, is suffering the early symptoms of dementia. Concerned and guilty, his son buys him a "home robot" that can talk, do household chores ...
Feb 15, 2021
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Business
Artificial intelligence is dominating headlines—enabling new innovations that drive business performance—yet the negative implications for society are an afterthought.
Feb 20, 2023
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