Back in 2007, a young computer scientist named Fei-Fei Li developed a new curriculum for artificial intelligence. Her curriculum wasn’t intended to teach humans about AI, but vice versa. Li conceived a way for AI to learn about us. Her idea was…
Artificial intelligence technology restores the voices of deceased musicians to sing contemporary songs. A game company airs a song competition show for the soundtrack of its title game. The local music scene continues to evolve, with the convergence of media, technology and…
A new project in China is teaming 11 authors with artificial intelligence to write science fiction. The original stories, in Chinese, will be published on a weekly basis throughout November and December. The project, called Co-Creation, was initiated by award-winning sci-fi writer…
Artificial intelligence has been a feature of popular culture since long before the term was coined in 1955. It makes an appearance in “The Iliad” of ancient Greece, where we meet the robotic helpers of the god Hephaestus, as well as in…
New technological features recognise names and summarize long paragraphs Artificial Intelligence (AI) is taking the fast route to modernise society. But how about looking back at some past delights like poetry through AI? Researchers are up to the stage where they want to…
Most of us in data science have seen a lot of AI-generated people in recent times, whether it be in papers, blogs, or videos. We’ve reached a stage where it’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between actual human faces and faces generated by…
Seika, a town located in the southern part of the Kyoto Prefecture, has a mascot anime girl character named Seika Kyomachi. The mascot is notable for employing various technological innovations in her mission to spread information about the town; she became a…
One cannot, in all their seriousness, comprehend what went into writing the “Requiem for a dream” or painting the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Art is a consequence; of intelligence and experience. But, what happens when this intelligence is augmented with…
Researchers Ghose and Prevost created a deep learning algorithm which, given a silent video, can generate a realistic sounding synchronized soundtrack. Frequently, movies had added sound effects which were not recorded during after the recording to make it feel more realistic in…
Christie’s made the headlines in 2018 when it became the first auction house to sell a painting created by AI. The painting, named Portrait of Edmond de Belamy, ended up selling for a cool $432,500, but more importantly, it demonstrated how intelligent machines…
