• Watch an AI Learn to Play Mario Live on TikTok

    Watch an AI Learn to Play Mario Live on TikTok
    On TikTok, between the “get ready with me” videos, life hacks, andmemes, a few robots are working on a challenge that many of us have faced at some point in our lives: beating Super Mario World. Over the past week, users have been live streaming an AI’s attempts to learn to play Mario, and for one robot in particularRead more...
  • DeepMind Says It Has a Way to Identify AI Images...but Only on Google

    DeepMind Says It Has a Way to Identify AI Images...but Only on Google
    Google’s DeepMind says it has cracked a problem that has vexed those trying to verify whether images are real or created by AI. Researchers proclaimed their new watermarking SynthID format can be used to pinpoint AI-generated deepfakes without distorting the image’s original quality. The catch is that the program…Read more...
  • ‘Be flexible, imaginative and brave’: experts give career advice for an AI world

    ‘Be flexible, imaginative and brave’: experts give career advice for an AI world
    Artificial intelligence is on track to shake up work. So what should the next generation of workers be trying to pursue?Teenagers deciding their future this year have a lot to contend with. In England, those who sat their A-levels suffered the biggest results drop on record while the top grades in GCSEs also fell. And now they face the question: will the career I choose to pursue even exist by the time I enter the workforce?Artificial intelligence has hit the mainstream with the popularity of ge