Art and algorithms at Sotheby’s
A double major in computer science and math, Shen credits lessons from MIT—along with a lifelong passion for drawing—with shaping […]
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The Download: smarter AI in schools, and a robot “carnival” in Shanghai
Showcases like this event are important because they invite the public to experience robots up close. And exposure matters, as
I spent a day at a robot “carnival” in Shanghai. Here’s what I saw.
This busy hub houses more than 100 companies that research, develop, manufacture, and market robotic technologies and equipment. Many build
Australia bans songs heavily created by AI from its official music charts
Songs that are largely or wholly created by AI have been banned from Australia’s music charts. From this week, all
Your alt text passes automated checks. That doesn’t mean it’s any good.
More than one in four images on the web’s most popular home pages have alt text that’s missing, vague, or
How to encourage smarter AI use in the classroom
Nevertheless, the generative AI boom increased the burden on teachers, who were already working long hours to plan lessons, make
Twitch and Amazon face lawsuit over use of streamers’ content to train AI
Amazon is facing a lawsuit, external over its move to train its AI models on videos people broadcast on the
The Download: kids outlearning AI, and space travel agents
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UK minister urges social media firms to remove dangerous driving videos
On Saturday, PC Tom Clough, 38, and PC Matthew Blades, 37, died when a Volkswagen Passat, which officers had been
Kids outlearn AI—and we still don’t know why
“It’s just totally miraculous,” says Frank. “If you train GPT-2 on 30 million words, you get a nonsense generator; you