Studying art history to understand AI evolution

Two approaches to learn drawing. On the left, a plate from the classic Charles Bargue drawing course 1875 where the student is asked to reproduce “as seen” exactly the shape…

AI statue designed by Michelangelo on show in Sweden

The world’s first Al sculpture “The Impossible Statue”, on display at Stockholm’s National Museum of Science and Technology © Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP A historical dream team of five master…

Deezer to detect AI-generated music clones

Deezer CEO Jeronimo Folgueira wants to root out AI-generated clones. Music streaming app Deezer said Tuesday it was launching a tool to detect and tag songs with AI-generated vocal clones…

Human extinction threat ‘overblown’ says AI sage Marcus

Gary Marcus testified to the US Senate during a hearing on artificial intelligence in mid-May 2023. Ever since the poem churning ChatGPT burst on the scene six months ago, expert…

Artificial intelligence can identify patterns in surface cracking to assess damage in reinforced concrete structures

The concept of crack-to-graph conversion using corner detection and pixel tracking algorithm. (a) Original crack patterns from the experiments (b) crack patterns sketched manually; (c) crack patterns with nodes; and…

Denmark PM delivers speech partly written by AI

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday delivered a speech to parliament partly written using artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT to highlight the revolutionary aspects and risks…

Research team designs brain-inspired device for optoelectronic computing

Experiments show “Cells that fire together wire together.” Credit: Luis El Srouji, Yun-Jhu Lee, Mehmet Berkay On, Li Zhang, and S. J. Ben Yoo Perfect recall, computational wizardry and rapier…

AI makes it harder to spot deep fakes than ever before, but awareness is key, says expert

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As artificial intelligence programs continue to develop and access is easier than ever, it’s making it harder to separate fact from fiction. Just this week, an…

New simulation tool helps robots handle fluids

Researchers created “FluidLab,” a simulation environment with a diverse set of manipulation tasks involving complex fluid dynamics. Credit: Alex Shipps/MIT CSAIL via Midjourney Imagine you’re enjoying a picnic by a…

New AI model aims to plug key gap in cybersecurity readiness

Scientists from several institutions worked together to harness artificial intelligence, linking computer vulnerabilities, weaknesses and attack patterns to increase cybersecurity. Credit: Timothy Holland | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Imagine you’re…