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Geoffrey Hinton will be an advisor to CuspAI after the startup secured a $30 million funding round.

The ‘Godfather of AI’ quit Google a year ago—now he has emerged out of stealth to back a startup promising to use AI for carbon capture

I think it’s fair to say that no one would confuse any of today’s robots, no matter how advanced, with another human being. Even when a company like Tesla or Figure creates a humanoid robot, it’s about capturing our general shape, not replicating the expressiveness of our features.

TechCrunch Minute: Beware the smiling robot with living skin

Researchers have found a way to bind engineered skin tissue to the complex forms of humanoid robots. This brings with it potential benefits to robotic platforms such as increased mobility, self-healing abilities, embedded sensing capabilities and an increasingly lifelike appearance. Taking inspiration from human skin ligaments, the team, led by...

Living Skin Looks to Become the Face of Robotics

The social media company’s announcement comes on the same day as a16z-backed chatbot company Character.AI is rolling out the ability for users to talk with AI avatars over a call. In a post on his broadcast channel, Zuckerberg noted that these chatbots will be clearly marked as AI so...

Meta starts testing user-created AI chatbots on Instagram

By rapidly analyzing large amounts of data and making accurate predictions, artificial intelligence (AI) tools could help to answer many long-standing research questions. For instance, they could help to identify new materials to fabricate electronics or the patterns in brain activity associated with specific human behaviors. One area in which...

Merging AI and human efforts to tackle complex mathematical problems

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Co-founded by Simon Devitt and Chris Ferrie, Quokka aims to democratize quantum computing and revolutionize STEM education.

Quokka: ‘World’s first’ personal quantum computer emulator that fits in a hand

One of the most memorable sessions at IPMA 2024 was a presentation by Greg Cholmondeley, principal analyst at Keypoint Intelligence, about artificial intelligence in the printing industry, a follow-up to his popular AI presentation last year. He updated the audience on how AI has changed and advanced in just the past 12 months and enlightened attendees on surprising advances in robotics.

IPMA Report: The Robots Are Coming

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Do you know anyone who has dual nature? Such two-faced zodiac signs are friendly but they gossip about others behind their backs. They can lie to you without batting an eyelid. However, detecting a two-faced person isn’t easy for everyone. They often compliment their friends when they achieve a goal or change their wardrobe. But they will make negative remarks about you to someone else. What other traits do two-faced people have?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Two-Faced

Foot Vision accurately predicts contact forces and torques in real-time at 100 Hz with over 95% accuracy.

Chinese robot dogs get foot-eyes for unmatched off-road skills

Asahi Kasei's experts have announced a battery innovation that promises improved power output and service time, which are welcome words to any potential electric vehicle owner. The breakthrough is a "high-ionic" electrolyte for lithium-ion power packs, according to a press release from the Japan-based team. Electrolyte is the substance that...

Japanese tech company announces discovery that could change the future of EVs: 'This proof of concept is a technological breakthrough'

The host of the Product Boss Podcast suggests how to find the time, energy and inspiration to begin and build your own company. Jacqueline Snyder, founder of The Product Boss, a site that helps product-based small businesses grow their systems, visibility and sales, built her first million-dollar enterprise when she was 40. She has since gone on to expand her business empire and host The Product Boss podcast to share her insights and experience with others.

Startup Tips for Older Entrepreneurs

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(Colorado) Colorado has many gems - Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Maroon Bells, and two of Thomas Dambo's wooden trolls. Dambo is a Danish artist, and his trolls are worldwide. Each troll serves as a unique tribute to the place they inhabit, honoring the history and culture of the location.

"Rita the Rock Planter" should be on your Colorado summer bucket list

Digit’s first job will be moving plastic totes around a Georgia Spanx factory — which is most definitely not a euphemism. Neither party has revealed precisely how many of the bipedal robots will be pulling boxes off cobots and placing them onto conveyor belts, which likely means the figure is still on the small side. When we’re talking tens or hundreds of thousands, the parties involved would typically be eager to share that info.

Agility’s humanoid robots are going to handle your Spanx

In April, Caterpillar, Thiess and WesTrac officials gathered at the…. In April, Caterpillar, Thiess and WesTrac officials gathered at the Mt. Arthur South coal mine in New South Wales, Australia, to celebrate a major autonomous milestone three years in the making. Global mining services provider, Thiess, surpassed 1 million m...

Caterpillar, Thiess, and WesTrac achieve autonomous drilling milestone

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The color yellow is gorgeous, eye-catching, and downright happy for most people. So much so that it's the main hue in the world-famous happy face—but science says it's not the best color to wear on a date.

You Shouldn't Wear Yellow on First Dates, Here's Why

GXO Logistics, Inc., a leading contract logistics provider, and Agility Robotics, creator of the bipedal Mobile Manipulation Robot (MMR) Digit, have announced they have signed a multi-year agreement to begin deploying Digit in GXO’s logistics operations. This agreement, which follows a proof-of-concept pilot in late 2023 at a GXO site near Atlanta that provides fulfillment services for women's apparel brand SPANX, is both the industry’s first formal commercial deployment of humanoid robots and first Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) deployment of humanoid robots, according to Agility Robotics.

GXO signs multi-year agreement for use of humanoid robots from Agility Robotics

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How have you encountered AI today? Perhaps you listened to music recommended by an AI algorithm, used a navigational app to check AI-predicted traffic conditions, auto-captioned videos with AI-powered voice recognition, or checked email without even noticing the AI-filtered spam messages. AI is shaping our everyday lives, but as anthropology...

AI for Learning: Experiments from Three Anthropology Classrooms

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What is more summery than an icy, sweet frozen drink? If the heat wave is getting to you, try whipping up this simple frozen strawberry lemonade. All you need is your choice of lemonade and some frozen strawberries. You can use store-bought lemonade, make your own from scratch, or a powdered version. As for strawberries, frozen ones are the easiest choice. If you'd rather use fresh, add at least two cups of ice until you reach a nice, frozen consistency.

2-Ingredient Frozen Strawberry Lemonade: Beat the Heat!

First up, we’ve got Formation Bio, an AI-focused drug development startup that just raised a whopping $372 million in Series D funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. This brings their total funding to over $600 million. Formation Bio is leveraging AI to streamline the R&D process in drug development, making it faster and cheaper. Their AI applications help in patient recruitment, predict drug toxicity and improve overall drug efficacy. With their eczema treatment in phase 3 trials, and other promising candidates in the pipeline, Formation Bio is off to the races to shake up the pharma industry.

AI-powered drug development, VW teams up with Rivian and DEI is ‘bad’

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MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI

In fact, he likes to make predictions about the future of AI and keeps a scorecard on his blog of how well he’s doing. He knows...

MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI

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