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Episode 2: How Labrador and iRobot Create Domestic Robots That Really Help
Evan Ackerman: I’m Evan Ackerman, and welcome to ChatBot, a new podcast from IEEE Spectrum where robotics experts interview each other about things that they find fascinating. On this episode of ChatBot, we’ll be talking with Mike Dooley and Chris Jones about useful robots in the home. Mike Dooley is the CEO and co-founder of Labrador Systems, the startup that’s developing an assistive robot in the form

Musée d’Orsay adds AI and VR to display of artist’s last works, never previously seen togetherFor a man who died in 1890, Vincent van Gogh seemed remarkably au fait with 21st-century parlance.Asked why he had cut off his left ear, the artist replied that this was a misconception and he had in fact only cut off “part of my earlobe”. So why did he shoot himself in the chest with a revolver, causing injuries from which he died two days later? Continue reading...

Actor, who has previously expressed concerns about use of AI in film, tells fans ‘I have nothing to do’ with hoax videoGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailTom Hanks has warned fans that an ad for a dental plan that appears to use his image is in fact fake and was created using artificial intelligence.In a message posted to his 9.5 million Instagram followers, the actor said his image was used without his permission. “BEWARE!! There’s a video out there promoting som