A Researcher Created a ‘Weird A.I. Yancovic’ Algorithm That Generates Parodies of Existing Songs
A Researcher Created a ‘Weird A.I. Yancovic’ Algorithm That Generates Parodies of Existing Songs
A researcher has created an algorithm that uses artificial intelligence to create new lyrics “that match the rhyme and syllables schemes of existing songs,” per a Vice report published Thursday…
Elon Musk Says Neuralink Will Stream Music Straight Into Your Brain
Elon Musk’s brain-hacking startup Neuralink is gearing up for a long-awaited reveal on August 28…
Apple Glasses Patent Suggests Any Surface Could Become a Virtual Touch Interface
It’s been increasingly clear that Apple has been working on an AR/VR Headset for the consumer market. Originally expected as early as 2020, the most recent rumors place its release in 2021 or 2022…
MIT Creates Disturbing ‘Deepfake’ Video of Nixon Announcing Apollo 11 Disaster
A doctored video of President Richard Nixon delivering an Apollo 11 contingency speech is making its rounds online — with its creators hoping to underscore the disturbing power of “deepfake” videos…
Machines Can Learn Unsupervised ‘At Speed of Light’ After AI Breakthrough, Scientists Say
Researchers have achieved a breakthrough in the development of artificial intelligence by using light instead of electricity to perform computations…
U.S. Hatches Plan to Build a Quantum Internet That Might Be Unhackable
U.S. officials and scientists unveiled a plan Thursday to pursue what they called one of the most important technological frontiers of the 21st century: building a quantum Internet…
Your Next Smartphone Will Be a Lot Harder to Scratch
It takes about two years for Corning to develop each new generation of Gorilla Glass, the resilient material that graces a critical mass of smartphones. That process has for several update cycles focused on protecting screens against drops, fending off shatters and cracks by boosting what’s known as compressive strength. The newly announced Gorilla Glass Victus, though, gives equal weight to preventing scratches. That’s harder than it sounds and more useful than you’d think…