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Alongside the lifelike robot, shoppers can try their hand at futuristic screen technology that responds to touch in mid-air.
Who says experiencing real love is a perquisite for answering all of love’s tough questions?
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While Tay, Microsoft US’s deep-learning AI chatbot, devolves into a horrifying racist, Microsoft Japan’s Rinna has other things on her mind…
Are you hosting a large event with lots of guests? Maybe it’s time to call in AI Samurai to help with crowd control!
What does it mean to be human? That’s the question being asked in a thought-provoking new exhibition of stunningly lifelike androids, which also suggests that maybe the singularity could be closer than we think.
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