Chinese scientists develop AI robot that could make oxygen on Mars

Previous studies have established the existence of large amounts of water on Mars, most of which exist in the form of ice ...

Boba fuels OpenAI execs on long day of Sam Altman talks

More than a dozen cups of boba reportedly kept leaders at OpenAI going as discussions over the fate of ousted chief executive Sam Altman dra...

AI revives ancient Chinese practice of checking tongue to diagnose diseases

Artificial intelligence is backing the accuracy of the ancient Chinese medical practice of looking at a patient’s tongue to diagnose disease...

Japanese tea company uses AI model to promote new drink line

Japanese tea brand Ito En is using an AI-generated spokesmodel to promote its new line of drinks in a move that some see as safeguarding the...

Meta pays millions for celebs including Naomi Osaka, Kendall Jenner for AI chatbots: report

Social media giant Meta reportedly paid millions of dollars to over two dozen celebrities, including Naomi Osaka, MrBeast and Dwayne Wade, i...

Sony researchers uncover bias against skin with yellow hues in AI algorithms

The study posits that standardized skin tone scales fail to capture the full spectrum of human skin diversity as they ignore the nuanced con...

Tesla, Nissan, Kia among worst-ranked car brands in new consumer privacy report

Nissan and Kia were notable for explicitly mentioning that they collect information related to users’ sexual activity in their privacy...

China’s AI rivals to ChatGPT now available to the public

Multiple AI chatbots have been approved for public release in China this week, marking an end to waitlists that have dragged on for months. ...

AI-powered brain implant helps paralyzed woman speak again

A group of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has ...

Video: Xiaomi unveils 2nd-gen, AI-powered CyberDog that can do flawless skateboard backflips

Chinese conglomerate Xiaomi officially unveiled the next iteration of its robot dog companion last week. Pulling the covers: Xiaomi unveiled...

Meta launches world’s first AI translator that supports 100 languages across speech and text

Meta on Tuesday released SeamlessM4T, the world’s first all-in-one multimodal and multilingual artificial intelligence (AI) translation and ...

Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku: AI chatbots are ‘glorified tape recorders’

Renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku believes that people’s fear of artificial intelligence (AI), which he described as “glorified tap...

Korean independence activist Yu Gwan-sun immortalized in AI video

South Korea has immortalized prominent figures from Korea’s independence movement against Japan using artificial intelligence (AI) technolog...

These AI-powered robotic pets from China are now for sale

Experts noted that while AI pets can provide companionship with minimal maintenance, they cannot replicate the intricate experiences that co...

Kylie Verzosa becomes the first Asian actress to have an AI model

Filipino beauty queen-turned-actor Kylie Verzosa recently announced that she has partnered with a company in San Francisco to make an artifi...

Asian MIT grad asks AI to make her photo more ‘professional,’ gets turned into white woman

A recent Asian American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) graduate made headlines this month after sharing evidence of racial bias...

Asian American workers most likely to be replaced by AI, study reveals

Asian workers face the highest risk of displacement at 24% compared to their white, Black and Hispanic counterparts. ...

Delhi-born MIT student develops ‘mind-reading’ headset that can surf the internet

Arnav Kapur, a Delhi-born graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), invented an artificial intelligence (AI)-enab...

Buzzfeed’s AI-generated Barbies blasted for featuring blonde Asians, cultural inaccuracies

“Literally all the East Asian ones are just white girls in yellowface” ...

Girl, 4, dies from abuse after AI suggested not taking her into protective custody

A 4-year-old girl from Tsu, a city in Mie prefecture, Japan, died from abuse after officials followed an artificial intelligence (AI) system...

Japanese researchers develop app that can detect pain in cats

Pet owners can access the app by signing up for an account using the company’s website ...

Tesla pledges to uphold ‘core socialist values’ in China

Elon Musk’s Tesla and 15 Chinese automakers have committed to enhancing China’s “core socialist values” as a response to Beijing’...

14-year-old college grad gets hired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX

A 14-year-old college graduate has received a job offer to be a software engineer at Elon Musk’s spaceflight company SpaceX. Key detai...

Watch: Xi Jinping meets with ‘old friend’ Bill Gates in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed improving U.S.-China relations with his “old friend” Bill Gates in Beijing on Friday. The meeting: Xi...

Those who work with AI likelier to drink more, sleep less, study finds

Artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace is taking a significant toll on employees’ physical and mental well-being, a new study has fou...

A robot will be conducting an orchestra for the first time in S. Korea

For the first time in South Korea, a robot will conduct an orchestra show.  About the robot: The android robot, known as EveR 6, was develop...

Indian American teen becomes one of world’s youngest to earn PhD

Dr. Tanishq Mathew Abraham is set to become one of the world’s youngest Ph.D. holders when he graduates from the University of California, D...

Scammer dupes man out of $600,000 in 10 minutes by posing as friend using AI

A man in China’s Fujian province lost a whopping 4.3 million yuan (approximately $600,000) in 10 minutes to a scammer who harnessed the powe...

This AI tool fixes ‘Asian bias’ in AI-generated images

A new tool aimed at addressing a bias toward Asian features in AI-generated images is gaining traction among members of the AI art community...

‘Please stop’: TikToker frightened after being harassed with AI-generated nudes of herself

A TikTok user is begging anonymous posters to stop using artificial intelligence to generate fake nude images of her. In a video posted on A...

Pinoy developer shares mouthwatering Filipino dishes — that don’t actually exist

A Filipino developer recently posted jaw-dropping images of authentic-looking but nonexistent Filipino dishes generated using artificial int...

This Japanese AI can re-create what you see by analyzing a brain scan

Researchers at Osaka University have developed an artificial intelligence system for reconstructing images using brain scans.  Neuroscientis...

Chinese influencer claims Dilraba Dilmurat fans attacked him for AI kissing video

A Chinese influencer claimed several angry fans of actor Dilraba Dilmurat stormed his office and attacked him for an edited video he posted ...

Air Canada to use AI to handle simple customer service issues

Air Canada has announced its plan to incorporate artificial intelligence for customer service issues. Speaking to The Globe and Mail, Air Ca...

Woman’s AI-generated itinerary for 12-day solo Vietnam trip goes viral on TikTok

A Singaporean woman has gone viral on TikTok for using artificial intelligence (AI) to plan her 12-day solo trip to Hanoi, Vietnam.  The wom...

‘Simulant’ trailer: Simu Liu joins AI in the fight for consciousness in upcoming sci-fi thriller

The trailer for upcoming sci-fi thriller “Simulant,” starring Jordana Brewster, Robbie Amell, Sam Worthington and Simu Liu, was ...