Chatbots · September 2026Gaffe level: Typo
NBC interviews an AI-generated actress who forgets the conversation
TODAY correspondent Chloe Melas interviewed synthetic actress Tilly Norwood like any celebrity guest, except the avatar's voice was robotic, the system glitched, repeated answers, and forgot everything once the call restarted. Journalism has finally achieved its dream of interviewing a source that can't remember being asked anything.
Source: Let's Data Science
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