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Beyond Imagination: AI, Art And The Ownership Dilemma

Aaron Vick is a multi-x founder, former CEO, best-selling author, process and workflow nerd and early-stage/growth advisor focused on Web3.

The age of artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the landscape of creativity, challenging our understanding of creator rights and digital identity. As AI becomes an integral part of the creative process, collaborating with human minds to push the boundaries of imagination and innovation, we find ourselves in a new era that demands reevaluating the essence of authorship.

This AI renaissance is not just about the tools we use to create; it is about the fundamental shift in how we perceive and value creativity. In a world where AI can generate art, music and literature that rivals the works of human creators, we must reconsider what it means to be an author, an artist or a creator. The lines between human and machine creativity are blurring, giving rise to new forms of expression and collaboration that were once unimaginable.

Microsoft Surface Copilot + PC Event: Everything Revealed in 13 Minutes

At Microsoft’s AI press event, the company unveiled its latest Surface PCs with new AI Copilot features built-in. Check out all the highlights in our recap from Redmond, WA.

Everything Microsoft Just Announced: Copilot Plus PCs, Surface Pro and Laptop Running on Qualcomm https://bit.ly/3ynj8BQ

0:00 Intro.
1:05 Copilot+PC
2:30 Microsoft Copilot Update.
4:14 Microsoft Copilot with Minecraft.
6:33 Copilot+PC NPU
7:29 Copilot+PC Qualcomm Snapdragon X ELite.
8:10 Copilot+PC Surface Laptop and Surface Pro.
8:50 Copilot+PC Surface Laptop Specs.
10:54 Copilot+PC Surface Pro Specs.
12:01 Surface Pro Flex Keyboard.
12:35 Surface Slim Pin.
12:50 Copilot+PC Preorders and Availability.

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Scientists develop artificial brain cell using mix of salt and water

In a path-breaking study, researchers have created artificial neurological junctions called synapses using a mix of water and salt, paving the way for the development of advanced computers that mimic the performance of a human brain. The artificial brain cells, developed by the team from Utrecht University in the Netherlands and Sogang University in South Korea, use the same water and salt ingredients the brain uses.

The results of the study were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Scientists striving to develop energy efficient and high-performance computers often look up to human brains as a source of inspiration.

Scarlett Johansson says she is ‘shocked, angered’ over new ChatGPT voice

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who has said the 2013 Spike Jonze film is his favorite movie, invited comparisons by posting the word “Her” on X after the company announced the new ChatGPT version. But later, OpenAI executives denied any connection between Johansson and the new voice assistant.

Then the company suddenly dropped the voice.

In a post on X just before midnight Pacific time Sunday, OpenAI said the voice would be halted as it addresses “questions about how we chose the voices in ChatGPT.” A company spokeswoman would not provide further detail.

Windows 11 Recall AI feature will record everything you do on your PC

A new Winows 11 feature that will remember what you did in your PC.

Microsoft has announced a new AI-powered feature for Windows 11 called ‘Recall,’ which records everything you do on your PC and lets you search through your historical activities.

Recall works like a photographic memory for your PC, letting you access everything you’ve seen or done on your computer in an organized way using queries in your native language.

With Recall, you can scroll through your timeline to find content from any app, website, or document you had opened. The feature utilizes snapshots to suggest actions based on what it recognizes, making it easy to return to specific emails in Outlook or the right chat in Teams.

Emulating Biology For Robots With Rolling Contact Joints

Joints are an essential part in robotics, especially those that try to emulate the motion of (human) animals. Unlike the average automaton, animals are not outfitted with bearings and similar types of joints, but rather rely sometimes on ball joints and a lot on rolling contact joints (RCJs). These RCJs have the advantage of being part of the skeletal structure, making them ideal for compact and small joints. This is the conclusion that [Breaking Taps] came to as well while designing the legs for a bird-like automaton.

These RCJs do not just have the surfaces which contact each other while rotating, but also provide the constraints for how far a particular joint is allowed to move, both in the forward and backward directions as well as sideways. In the case of the biological version these contact surfaces are also coated with a constantly renewing surface to prevent direct bone-on-bone contact. The use of RCJs is rather common in robotics, with the humanoid DRACO 3 platform as detailed in a 2023 research article by [Seung Hyeon Bang] and colleagues in Frontiers in Robotics and AI.

The other aspect of RCJs is that they have to be restrained with a compliant mechanism. In the video [Breaking Taps] uses fishing line for this, but many more options are available. The ‘best option’ also depends on the usage and forces which the specific joint will be subjected to. For further reading on the kinematics in robotics and kin, we covered the book Exact Constraint: Machine Design Using Kinematic Principles by [Douglass L. Blanding] a while ago.