Artificial intelligence

AI spurs 'revolution' for some visually impaired people

AI services that can describe pictures and scenes are helping the visually impaired.

Can AI make life easier for people with dementia?
AI projects are underway to help ease the challenges of dementia.
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Technology
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29 October
Would you let AI plan your next holiday?
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20 September
Are AI-created recipes hard to swallow?
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Business
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29 August
No laughing matter - how AI is helping comedians write jokes
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15 August
Can technology fix the 'broken' concert ticketing system?
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Business
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1 August
Would-be reality TV contestants 'not looking real'
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Business
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25 July
What will future aerial dogfights look like?
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Technology
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19 July
Can we make work meetings more bearable?
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Business
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18 July
How AI is fuelling uncertainty for game developers
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16 July

Will AI make work burnout worse?
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Technology
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23 October
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Electricity grids creak as AI demands soar
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21 May
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How AI is helping to prevent future power cuts
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Business
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11 April
The insect farmers turning to AI to help lower costs
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Business
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2 May
Will AI dream up the hit TV shows of the future?
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Business
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9 May

Can AI help solve Japan’s labour shortages?
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Business
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19 April
Could an AI-created profile picture help you get a job?
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Business
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12 October 2023
The AI companions you can have conversations with
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Business
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8 February
'My AI twin may get me more modelling work'
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Business
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7 March
Tackling deepfakes 'has turned into an arms race'
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Business
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27 March

Future data centres may have built-in nuclear reactors
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Business
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15 February
How AI is being used to prevent illegal fishing
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Business
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4 April
How the computer games industry is embracing AI
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Business
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3 May
On the warpath: AI's role in the defence industry
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Business
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24 August 2023
Airbnb turns to AI to help prevent house parties
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Business
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26 October 2023

Can AI popstars make it in the real world?
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Technology
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5 October 2023
The self-driving trucks that are deliberately crashed
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Business
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28 September 2023
Is it possible to regulate artificial intelligence?
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Business
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21 September 2023
AI and sound - helping firms build their own 'sonic identity'
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Business
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14 September 2023
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How AI may be a powerful tool in treating male infertility
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Business
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7 September 2023

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Google engineer says AI system may have feelings, published at 16:25 13 June 2022
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Why you might have a digital twin within a decade, published at 00:06 13 June 2022
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AI robot paints Queen's portrait for her jubilee, published at 05:54 27 May 2022
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AI study collects thousands of heart recordings, published at 09:04 24 May 2022
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