Robot teddy anyone? IBM has just submitted a patent application dubbed an “Adaptive System for Real-Time Behavioural Coaching and Command Intermediation”. The translation to human: IBM is developing artificial intelligence for toys that could help children stop or develop certain behaviours. Read on for IBM’s explanation…
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Got Facebook privacy worries? Pah! Intrigued by Facebook Messaging? Phooey! The real thing you should be worrying about is Facebook artificial intelligence. At least that’s the conclusion you could come to listening to the theories espoused by major Facebook investor Yuri Milner. He’s got some very big ideas for the future of Facebook…
Twitter has its fair share of arguments about most things but if you fancy a tussle about climate change, you can now argue with a dedicated bot. The @AI_AGW Twitter bot detects strings of words related to climate change denial and fires out a link to a site with arguments for the theory. The robot can’t detect ironic or sarcastic tweets but if you reply to it saying you agree it’ll stick you on a whitelist of people who do believe in climate change and not darken your @mentions again. Hit the headline above and jump into the comments to let us know which Twitter bots you have discovered.
Out now | £free | Twitter/Nigel Leck (via Mashable)
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune was one of the most fun PS3 games of 2007 and featured some fairly decent enemy AI alongside the lush production values. Developer’s Naughty Dog have been spilling the beans on their plans for making the AI even more cunning for the sequel.
We’ve been treated to a glimpse into the future of robotics from AI Professor Noel Sharkey from Sheffield University, after two months of research looking at trends and the evolution of robotics around the world the botboffin offers some bleak reading for criminals.