Human or machine? How about both? New book explores the line between man and machine in music

Deirdre Loughridge Sounding Human book cover. Credit: Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University When Deirdre Loughridge first began teaching classes on music technology in 2012, there was a lot of talk about how…

AI designs new robot from scratch in seconds

Credit: Northwestern University A team led by Northwestern University researchers has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch. To test the new…

AI Vincent Van Gogh says you’re wrong about his ear

The new exhibition at the Musee d’Orsay covers the final weeks of Van Gogh’s life. AI Vincent Van Gogh is patient but unimpressed by yet another question about his chopped-off…

Meta technology chief defends tech titan’s AI strategy

Meta chief technology officer Andrew Bosworth tells AFP the Silicon Valley tech giant aims to make generative artificial intelligence tools easy for people to use. Meta’s chief technology officer is…

Researchers unveil tool to help developers create augmented reality task assistants

Off-grid DOA estimation via deep learning framework

Long distance target detection scene requiring high resolution. Credit: Science China Press In radar perception tasks, it is necessary to estimate the direction of arrival (DOA) of the sources to…

Toward affective computing that works for everyone

Amazon steps up AI race with $4 bn Anthropic investment

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Amazon said on Monday it would invest up to $4 billion in AI firm Anthropic, as the online retail giant steps into an AI race dominated…

Key issues in writers’ case against OpenAI explained

Copyright law expert Rebecca Tushnet. Credit: Jay Mallin There’s been a lot of buzz around ChapGPT, Bard, and other generative AI tools since they burst into public view back in…

Microsoft is rolling out generative AI in Windows and Office app

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Microsoft Corp. said its AI assistant for Windows will start rolling out Sept. 26 and the Office AI app will be widely available Nov. 1 as…