• Disney’s Newest Robot Demonstrates Collaborative Cuteness

    Disney’s Newest Robot Demonstrates Collaborative Cuteness
    This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE. If Disney’s history of storytelling has taught us anything, it’s to never underestimate the power of a great sidekick. Even though sidekicks aren’t the stars of the show, they provide life and energy and move the story along in important ways. It’s hard to imagine Aladdin without the Genie, or Peter Pan without Tinker Bell. In robotic
  • UK’s AI Safety Institute ‘needs to set standards rather than do testing’

    UK’s AI Safety Institute ‘needs to set standards rather than do testing’
    Marc Warner, CEO of London-based Faculty AI, sees new body as an international standard setterThe UK should concentrate on setting global standards for artificial intelligence testing instead of trying to carry out all the vetting itself, according to a company assisting the government’s AI Safety Institute.Marc Warner, the chief executive of Faculty AI, said the newly established institute could end up “on the hook” for scrutinising an array of AI models – the technology