Digital clones of real models are revolutionizing fashion advertising
Driven by advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and metaverse technologies, digital clones are transforming fast-fashion…
Meta’s new AI chatbot is yet another tool for harvesting data to potentially sell you stuff
Last week, Meta – the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp – unveiled…
AI therapy may help with mental health, but innovation should never outpace ethics
Mental health services around the world are stretched thinner than ever. Long wait times, barriers…
Predictive policing AI is on the rise − making it accountable to the public could curb its harmful effects
The 2002 sci-fi thriller “Minority Report” depicted a dystopian future where a specialized police unit…
Marine fossil found in South Africa is one of a kind, thanks to unusual preservation
A fossilised creature found in a South African roadside quarry 25 years ago has finally…
AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks
An estimated 90% of the training data for current generative AI systems stems from English.…
Forensics tool ‘reanimates’ the ‘brains’ of AIs that fail in order to understand what went wrong
From drones delivering medical supplies to digital assistants performing everyday tasks, AI-powered systems are becoming…
How was the Earth built?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question…
1 billion years ago, a meteorite struck Scotland and influenced life on Earth
We’ve discovered that a meteorite struck northwest Scotland 1 billion years ago, 200 million years…
What is a ‘smart city’ and why should we care? It’s not just a buzzword
More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities and this share is…