A YouTuber known as Shamook, who uses deepfake technology to improve bad CG effects and place actors in movies/shows they never starred in, has been hired by Lucasfilm for improving the widely criticized CGI face of Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian TV series. In what the fan community regards...
Agtech startup Beewise has debuted its AI-enabled and fully autonomous beehives in California. Called Beehome, the hives hope to play a part in protecting the global food supply chain and combatting climate change. Beehome comes with a beekeeping robot that serves as a medic and a guardian to complement the...
Heineken recently unveiled a beer-carrying robot that ensures ice-cold brews are always nearby. The “Beer Outdoor Transporter,” or simply B.O.T., is designed to follow you around while carrying up to 12 ber cans in its onboard cooler. With its onboard AI and speech synthesizer, the WALL-E-like robot can...
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has used AI to restore the missing edges of Rembrandt’s damaged masterpiece, The Night Watch. Finished in 1642, the canvas was trimmed on all four sides in 1715 to fit between two doors at Amsterdam’s city hall. The museum trained the AI using both a...
The use of facial recognition to monitor employees in the workplace is increasing. The latest to join the ranks is the Japanese camera manufacturing company Canon. The company has installed biometric ‘smile recognition’ technology for facial scanning at the Beijing headquarters of its Chinese subsidiary, Canon Information Technology. Employees are...
Three art museums in Italy have begun to use AI-enabled camera systems to read visitors’ facial expressions and determine which artworks are most popular. The facial recognition technology, visible to visitors as cameras on the walls with disclaimers, is used at museums in Rome, Bologna, and Parma. The tech can...
