Bot Swarms · November 2020Gaffe level: Typo
AI Made Frank Sinatra Cover Britney Spears, Removed Over Copyright
A bot uploaded AI-generated Frank Sinatra covers of Britney Spears songs to YouTube, and the copyright bots promptly took them down. Robot music, policed by robot lawyers.
Source: Futurism
A Thought-Controlled Bionic Arm Moved Into Its First Home Trial
Avi Davidson, who lost his left arm 17 years ago, is the first person to take the University of Utah's thought-controlled LUKE Arm home for a full year. The direct nerve interface lets him move the arm with his thoughts and feel pressure and texture through it, so within days he was making a sandwich and holding his wife's hand.
Source: University of Utah