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Jan 16, 2024

Microsoft’s new Copilot Pro brings AI-powered Office features to the rest of us

Posted by in category: business

A new $20 subscription will unlock Microsoft’s AI-powered Copilot inside Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Microsoft first launched its AI-powered Office features for businesses in November, but just two months later, the company is already offering them to consumers.


You’ll need to pay $20 per month extra to get all the new AI-powered features in Office.

Jan 16, 2024

How AI is changing gymnastics judging

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Proponents say the AI-powered Judging Support System will promote fairness and transparency in the sport. But can it deliver?

Jan 16, 2024

Why everyone’s excited about household robots again

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

“The missing piece is AI,” he says.

AI has also shown promise in getting robots to respond to verbal commands, and helping them adapt to the often messy environments in the real world. For example, Google’s RT-2 system combines a vision-language-action model with a robot. This allows the robot to “see” and analyze the world, and respond to verbal instructions to make it move. And a new system called AutoRT from DeepMind uses a similar vision-language model to help robots adapt to unseen environments, and a large language model to come up with instructions for a fleet of robots.

And now for the bad news: even the most cutting-edge robots still cannot do laundry. It’s a chore that is significantly harder for robots than for humans. Crumpled clothes form weird shapes which makes it hard for robots to process and handle.

Jan 16, 2024

How One Struggling Chip Company Benefited From Middle Eastern Investors’ AI Ambitions

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

As the U.S. restricts chip sales to the region over China concerns, California-based Blaize is planning to go public via a SPAC backed by Middle Eastern investors.

Jan 16, 2024

New fuel cell taps energy from dirt-dwelling microbes to power sensors

Posted by in categories: biological, food

A newly invented fuel cell taps into naturally present, and ubiquitous microbes in the soil to generate power.

This soil-powered device, about the size of a regular paperback book, offers a viable alternative to batteries in underground sensors used for precision agriculture.

Northwestern University highlighted the durability of its robust fuel cell, showcasing its ability to withstand various environmental conditions, including both arid soil and flood-prone areas.

Jan 16, 2024

Elon Musk posts a video of Tesla robot Optimus folding a shirt

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

Elon Musk posted a video of Optimus doing a basic household chore, but there’s a catch.


Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted on X a video of the robot Optimus taking a shirt out from a small laundry bag and then folding it. But there’s a catch.

Jan 16, 2024

Scientists generate ‘first’ stable qubits at room temperature

Posted by in categories: engineering, quantum physics

‘This is the first room-temperature quantum coherence of entangled quintets.’

A team of researchers from Kyushu University’s Faculty of Engineering, led by Associate Professor Nobuhiro Yanai, has shattered barriers by achieving quantum coherence at room temperature.


Researchers show room-temperature quantum coherence by observing the entangled quintet state with four electron spins in molecular systems.

Jan 16, 2024

Researchers use light-reactive molecules to capture carbon dioxide

Posted by in categories: chemistry, energy

The new method from ETH Zurich departs from traditional carbon capture, relying on temperature or pressure, minimizing energy consumption.


The details of the study, led by Maria Lukatskaya, Professor of Electrochemical Energy Systems at ETH Zurich, were published in the journal ACS.

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Jan 16, 2024

OpenAI readies for challenges as the world gears up for election season

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

60 nations across the planet are scheduled to go to polls in 2024, making it one of the biggest polling years in history.


AI can be easily used to spread misinformation during election campaigns. OpenAI wants to ensure that its tools do not do so.

Jan 16, 2024

Researcher tries to understand Mark Zuckerberg through his comments but fails

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Blogs, interviews, and speeches have been analyzed to find that Zuckerberg has transformed himself multiple times over the years.


Often criticized for his robotic expressions, Zuckerberg has undergone multiple transformations in his two decades of public life. Do we know the real Mark?

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