James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones arrives at the Tony Awards on June 12, 2016, in New York. Credit: Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File Over the course of an acting career that spanned more than six decades, James Earl Jones’ voice became an...
Medieval theology has an old take on a new problem: AI responsibility
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A self-driving taxi has no passengers, so it parks itself in a lot to reduce congestion and air pollution. After being hailed, the taxi heads out to pick up its passenger—and tragically strikes a pedestrian in...
Apple embraces the AI craze with its newly unleashed iPhone 16 lineup
Apple CEO Tim Cook talks on the stage during an announcement of new products at Apple headquarters Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, in Cupertino, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Juliana Yamada Apple on Monday charged into the artificial intelligence craze with a new...
Got Rizz? Co-founder of new dating app on using AI as your matchmaking wingman
Credit: AP Illustration/Jenni Sohn Can artificial intelligence be an effective wingman? Roman Khaves, co-founder and CEO of Rizz, thinks so. The AI dating assistant app analyzes screenshots of conversations you’re having on other platforms—from Tinder to iMessage—and crafts reply suggestions....
Awe and trepidation as AI comes for smartphones
Igor Gaspar calls the AI features on Google’s Pixel 9 phone ‘impressive’ — but also worries that ‘a lot of people could be kind of scared by the futuristic aspect of things’ as artificial intelligence becomes ubiquitous on phones. Matthew...
How the iPhone 16 is different from Apple
The iPhone 15 Pro is shown after its introduction on the Apple campus, Sept. 12, 2023, in Cupertino, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File Apple’s ubiquitous iPhone is about to break new ground with a shift into artificial intelligence that...
The Australian government says more people need to use AI: Why that could be wrong
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Australian government has released voluntary artificial intelligence (AI) safety standards, alongside a proposals paper calling for greater regulation of the use of the fast-growing technology in high-risk situations. The take-home message from federal Minister for...
Video game performers reach agreement with 80 video games on AI terms
Actor Sena Bryer, second from left, joins other demonstrators in a SAG-AFTRA video game actor strike picket line outside Warner Bros. Studios on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, in Burbank, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/Chris Pizzello After striking for over a month,...
Language-like communication improves learning in artificial networks, finds study
Student feedback alters the language embedding according to a utility function. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51887-5 Across all species, critical skills are passed on from parents to offspring through communication. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the...
Algorithm sharpens facial features for better emotion detection
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research introduces a method to improve the accuracy and speed of dynamic emotion recognition using a convolutional neural network (CNN) to analyze faces. The work undertaken by Lanbo Xu of Northeastern University in Shenyang, China,...
