Eugene comes from an electronic engineering background and loves all things tech. When he takes a break from consuming AI news, you'll find him at the snooker table.
LinkedIn ↗Stanford University researchers have improved on their static ALOHA robot by building a fully mobile version that can be trained to perform household tasks. For a…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Google DeepMind released a suite of new tools to help robots learn autonomously faster and more efficiently in novel environments. Training a robot to perform a…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Researchers found that people are generally bad at identifying which faces are real and which are generated by AI. Hyperrealistic AI faces are more often judged…
By Eugene van der Watt · 4 min read
Welcome to the opening salvo of our weekly roundup of the hottest AI news. If you’re reading this then your 2024 is off to a great…
By Eugene van der Watt · 6 min read
Researchers from the University of Michigan found that prompting Large Language Models (LLM) to assume gender-neutral or male roles elicited better responses than when using female…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
ClimateAi uses AI to model climate change impacts and says that by 2050 the grapes that produce Champagne will be extinct in the region. While sparkling…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
US Chief Justice John Roberts used his year-end report to express cautious optimism over the developing role that AI will play in the legal system. Before…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
The exponential adoption of AI technology has placed a huge demand on natural resources to fuel the computer data centers that power the tech. With global…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
The Alpha release of Midjourney V6 has demonstrated some big improvements in image generation but some artists are complaining that it is too good at reproducing…
By Eugene van der Watt · 3 min read
Welcome to the 2023 season finale of our weekly roundup of AI news. This week AI solved a centuries-long art mystery. An AI pigeon knows where…
By Eugene van der Watt · 5 min read
