According to Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in 2022, the leading social media platforms generated almost $1 billion in combined revenue from users in the U.S. aged 18 and below. ‘Although social media platforms may claim that…
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China Proposes New Restrictions for Online Video Games
On Friday, Chinese regulators announced new restrictions on video games with the aim of tightening the industry’s management and protecting minors. Subject to public comment before being made final, the proposed rules would call for users to have spending limits…
AI Companion Helps Seniors Experiencing Loneliness
Florida senior community residents, Joyce Loaiza and Deanna Dezern, were some of the first people in the U.S. to receive ElliQ, an artificial intelligence robot created by Intuition Robotics designed to reduce isolation and loneliness experienced by senior citizens. Whenever…
Spain Develops Age Verification Technology to Prevent Children from Accessing Adult Content Online
On Thursday, the head of the Spanish data protection agency announced that they are currently developing technology for age verification to prohibit access by children to inappropriate content online like gambling or pornography sites. The impact of violent, pornographic,…
Bereaved Chinese People Use AI to Create Life-like Avatars of their Deceased Loved Ones
Like many other grief-stricken people, bereaved parents Seakoo Wu and his wife have joined the growing horde of Chinese people using artificial intelligence to create avatars of their lost ones. Wu’s ultimate goal is to create a realistic replica of…
Robo-dog Sets New Guinness World Record
HOUND, a novel four-legged robotic dog, recently set a new Guiness World Record for the fastest 100-meter dash by a quadruped robot. Designed by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology’s (KAIST) Dynamic Robot Control and Design Laboratory, HOUND ran…
AI Avatars Replace Human Anchors in News Channel
Channel 1, a news channel with only Artificial Intelligence avatars as virtual anchors and reporters, will launch in February. A demo episode from the Channel was released on X (formerly Twitter) by the owners. In the released episode, a realistic…
Novel Mind-reading AI Converts Thoughts to Texts
For the first time, a research team at the GrapheneX-UTS Human-centric Artificial Intelligence Centre from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) developed a non-invasive portal system which can decipher thoughts and convert them into text. This technology would be particularly…
Researchers Create Novel Snow Model to Better Understand Climate Change
Researchers from the University of Waterloo recently digitized snow into a advanced model to better understand the impact of climate change. ‘SPLITSnow’ is a ‘light transport’ model which simulates the interaction of light with complex materials. It is a state-of-the-art…
A Revolutionary Approach to Enhance Accuracy in Detecting Pneumothorax using Deep Learning Techniques
In a groundbreaking paper presented at the 2023 International Conference on Self Sustainable Artificial Intelligence Systems (ICSSAS), a collaborative team of researchers has introduced a cutting-edge methodology poised to transform the field of medical imaging, particularly in the critical detection…