An AI recreated a clip of Pink Floyd’s song Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1 from brain recordings Smith Collection/Gado/Alamy An artificial intelligence has created a passable cover of a Pink Floyd song by analysing brain activity recorded while people listened to the original. The findings further our understanding of how we perceive sound … Read more
Qualcomm-backed Kneron has unveiled its latest breakthrough neural processing unit (NPU) chip, which promises to be a game-changer for edge AI. The KL730 auto-grade NPU chip packs an integrated Image Signal Processor (ISP) and promises to bring secure and energy-efficient AI capabilities to an extensive range of applications, spanning from enterprise-edge servers to smart home … Read more
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has shared his view that AI will be the most “extensive” industrial revolution yet. Dowden highlighted AI’s dual role, emphasising its capacity to augment productivity and streamline mundane tasks. However, he also put the spotlight on the looming threats it poses to democracies worldwide. in an interview with The … Read more
A leaf-based version of the robotic gripper Hong, Y., Zhao, Y., Berman, J. et al. A robotic gripper made from flexible ribbons can pick up objects as delicate as a dandelion to something 16,000 times heavier than itself. Most robotic grippers are specialised to perform a narrow set of tasks, but performing well in one … Read more
A Waymo self-driving car in San Francisco Shutterstock/Iv-olga Driverless cars have the green light to operate as paid ride-hailing services in San Francisco after the companies Waymo and Cruise won approval from California state regulators. But the decision comes amidst pushback from city officials and residents over the cars creating traffic jams and interfering with … Read more
IBM Research has unveiled a groundbreaking analog AI chip that demonstrates remarkable efficiency and accuracy in performing complex computations for deep neural networks (DNNs). This breakthrough, published in a recent paper in Nature Electronics, signifies a significant stride towards achieving high-performance AI computing while substantially conserving energy. The traditional approach of executing deep neural networks … Read more