Number of Posts: 48
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Bring on the boredom - why being idle can be good for you
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 14.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, technology-free
Summary | Nowadays people are always connected, and they don't know how to be bored. Being bored is actually good for you (and your health) according to writer Eva Hoffman. However, people try to avoid boredom. People are addicted to new technology, which is not heping.
Image Description | Two photographs of Eva Hoffman, photograph of a woman yawning, and a woman using a remote control next to a dog
Image Tags | female(s)
Siri update offers support for rape victims and suicide questions
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 4.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence
Summary | Siri (Apple's digital assistant) will provide more compassionate advice and responses to questions about rape, suicide and abuse. Before the new update, Siri didn't recognize the statements "I was raped" or "I am being abused".
Image Description | Digital image of Siri's logo, and screenshots of conversations with a personal assistant.
Image Tags | logo, text
Put away your keyboard: It’s time to talk to our computers
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 8.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence
Summary | We've been using graphical user interfaces on our computers for years now. Thanks to pointers and buttons, we can navigate the devices we own. In the future, we might only have to talk to our computer to get something done. Thanks to major advances in artificial intelligence, our computers are able to recognize our voice and interpret speech. The difficulty has been to create a software capable of answering us, but we're headed in that direction (e.g. Siri, Cortana, Echo, etc.).
Image Description | Portrait of Joaquin Phoenix, photograph of an old Xerox, photograph of a man speaking in front of the Microsoft logo, photograph of Amazon's Echo
Image Tags | computer/laptop, male(s)
Robots will replace customer service agents - thank god for that
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 15.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, threat
Summary | Chatbots are taking over the world. On Facebook Messenger for instance, you can ask a shopping concierge bot what you want to buy. The bot will then tailor options to your price range. This is what the future looks like: robot customer service agents. They will kill the customer service industry that we know. However, those bots will lack a human touch.
Image Description | Photograph of an iPhone screen displaying a conversation with the bot "Spring", chart showing the number of call center employees, photograph of a reception desk with a robot and real people, photograph of telemarketers
Image Tags | chart, female(s), male(s), smartphone, text
Google AI to learn art of conversation through erotic romance novels
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 6.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google
Summary | Google wants to make its personal assistants more conversational and more personable. In order to do that, the artifical intelligence had to read erotic romance novels. The goal is to make the AI speak in a natural way, and erotic novels are good learn colloquial language.
Image Description | Image of a half-naked man (novel "Jacked up"), photograph of a robot
Image Tags | male(s)
Stuck on your GCSE and A Level revision? This app can help
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 14.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | school, smartphone
Summary | Gojimo is a revision app for GCSE and A level revisions. It includes more than 180,000 quizzes, and it can also connect students with tutors.
Image Description | Photograph of a classroom/exam room full of students, three iPhones displaying some of Gojimo's features, portrait of the founder of Gojimo, photograph of an iPhone screen displaying the app.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Apple's next big hit? Company working on Siri-powered AI speaker
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 25.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence
Summary | Apple might soon release a digital assistant similar to Amazon Echo and Google Home. The smart speaker would work like Siri on your iPhone. Amazon's Alexa/Echo is very popular in the US and shows the power of voice control.
Image Description | Photograph of a smartphone screen displaying the message "What can I help you with?", photograph of a man holding Google Home
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Google boss on life beyond the smartphone and how the company will pay more tax in the UK
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 1.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google, privacy, smartphone
Summary | The author of the article first describes Google headquarters (objects, atmosphere, workers etc.). She then talks about Sundar Pichai (Google's chief executive). Pichai wants people to see Google as a full-on assistant that can help them accomplish all sorts of tasks. In the future, Pichai wants Google to target homes and cars. The future is also linked to artificial intelligence. They want to work with new techniques that relie on neural networks in order to allow computers to teach themselves. Pichai talks about the future: using AI in medicine, privacy issures, personal assistants, Google search option, Google translate, and other services.
Image Description | Four photographs of Sundar Pichai, Google HQ, man holding Google Home and speaking, driveless car, video about the history of Google
Image Tags | Google, male(s)
Pokemon Go: What is it, how to play it and everything you need to know
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 26.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | game, smartphone, threat, virtual reality
Summary | The augmented reality game Pokemon Go is now available in the UK. Users can catch Pokemons in real life thanks to their smartphone. Pokemon Go is a popular game around the world, but playing the game can be dangerous; there have been robberies, shootings, and car accidents because of the game.
Image Description | Screenshot of Charlotte Nice's tweet, two videos about the game, two photographs of hands holding a smartphone displaying the game Pokemon Go, four photographs about accidents and injuries linked to the game.
Image Tags | game, hand(s), smartphone, Twitter
What are AirPods and why has Apple dropped the headphone jack?
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 7.9.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, smartphone
Summary | Apple announced that the new iPhone 7 would not have any headphone jack; instead, they will introduce wireless headphones (AirPods). The future is wireless, and the goal is to make headphones smarter.
Image Description | Two videos introducing the headphones, photographs of the headphones, screenshot of Lance Ulanoff's tweet about the headphones, photograph of a man wearing an AirPod, screenshot of James Titcomb's tweet, photograph of a hand holding the AirPods and another hand taking a picture of the AirPods with an iPhone.
Image Tags | hand(s), headphones, male(s), smartphone
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