"To be honest, we were hoping that people would use this in other forms than just dating, but the dating one is the most obvious."

Can an AI scan your messages to detect if someone's flirting?

The Clippy Of Dating

New apps use AI to scrutinize your texts and determine whether someone is really into you or if you might not be the best match.

Can an AI Scan Your Messages to Detect if Someone’s Flirting?

Finally, AI to help the oblivious flirters of the world.

"...these killer robots, could accidentally start a flash war, destroy a nuclear power station and cause mass atrocities."

Former Google engineer: Killer bots could commit "mass atrocities"

Deadly Glitch

Former Googler Laura Nolan warns that the military should never use fully-autonomous weapons, lest they accidentally spark a war.

Former Google Engineer: Killer Bots Could Commit “Mass Atrocities”

Killer AI could do "calamitous things that they were not originally programmed for."

Uber claims it fixed the system by introducing human oversight.

A driver tricked Uber's algorithm, sexually assaulted a passenger

Necessary Upgrade

After a horrifying case where an unauthorized Uber driver raped his passenger, the company says its inroducing human oversight to its driver-verifying tech.

A Driver Tricked Uber’s Algorithm, Sexually Assaulted a Passenger

Will hiring humans to verify Uber's drivers be enough to protect riders?

Finally, you can skip endless character customization menus and jump right into the fun part of a game.

Amazing AI turns your selfie into a 3D video game character

Point And Click

A new AI tool that can turns selfies into fully-rendered characters in the video game "Justice Online." Apparently it's been used 1 million times.

Amazing AI Turns Your Selfie Into a 3D Video Game Character

Researchers solved the pressing crisis of character customization taking too long.

How many famous people are nicknamed Tay?

Taylor Swift reportedly threatened Microsoft over racist chatbot

Big Reputation

Microsoft President Brad Smith revealed in his new book that Taylor Swift threatened to sue the company over "Tay" the Twitter chatbot-turned-Nazi.

Taylor Swift Reportedly Threatened Microsoft Over Racist Chatbot

Apparently "Tay" was too close to Swift's name for comfort.

The goal is to make a safer, more pleasant internet.

This scientist is gathering dick pics to test penis-detecting AI

Soliciting Nudes

A new Twitter account is collecting (legal, consensual) dick pics to test out a filter that can automatically delete unsolicited nudes.

This Researcher Is Gathering Dick Pics to Test Penis-Detecting AI

Making the internet a safer place, one consensual dick pic at a time.

A neural network dreams up this text adventure game as you play

Game AI

An experimental text adventure game is generated in real-time by artificial intelligence, making for a fascinating, disjointed journey.

A Neural Network Dreams up This Text Adventure Game as You Play

Here's where you can play a trippy game that literally writes itself.

"Most devices, especially rehabilitation assistive devices, need tuning or adjustment and personalizing for every individual."

Doctors are using AI and VR to improve people's prosthetic limbs

Like A Glove

New artificial intelligence and virtual reality tools are making it easier for doctors and their patients to fit new prosthetic limbs.

Doctors Are Using AI and VR to Improve People’s Prosthetic Limbs

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.mddionline.com/machine-learning-and-vr-are-driving-prosthetics-research">Machine Learning and VR Are Driving Prosthetics Research</a> [MDDI Online]

More on prosthetics: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/prosthetic-arm-phantom-limb">A New Prosthetic Arm Takes the Place of a Phantom Limb</a>

Robotics/Prosthetics

Fitting a new limb is less fraught a process with virtual tools.

It turns out that chatbots tend to like each other more than they do humans.

Surprise research: AIs can "sympathize with each other"

Teaming Up

A sociological research survey of AI chatbots' capabilities found that they could empathize with each other and tell jokes among themselves.

Surprise Research: AIs Can “Sympathize With Each Other”

Chatbots empathized, joked, and even tried to seduce each other.

An automated AI system would present plenty of ethical and moral challenges.

Air Force-affiliated researchers want to let AI launch nukes

Doomsday Machine

A pair of researchers associated with the U.S. Air Force want to give the codes to launch nuclear bombs to an artificial intelligence (AI).

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