A Stanford undergrad's AI-based chatbot has already helped us with our parking tickets and various legal issues, but now his DoNotPay bot is taking on an even bigger, trickier issue.
After receiving acclaim for the bot, which challenged over 160,000 tickets, Joshua Browder taught the program how to help homeless people in the UK claim their right to public housing.
The user simply asks for help, and the bot will ask them a series of questions to determine how best to help them. Usually this will involve crafting a claim letter, which the bot fills in with the information that's been provided. In the end, people can save hundreds of dollars in legal advising fees when they need that money the most. Read more...
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New Statesman | A new photoshopping chatbot shows artificial intelligence is more fun when it's dumb New Statesman This, more than anything else, is the best way to summarise Microsoft's latest AI chat bot, Murphy, “the robot with imagination”. Designed by the company's Azure Machine Learning Team the same people behind last year's immensely popular age-guessing ... and more » |
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Financial Times | Chinese M&A: Beijing courts Berlin Financial Times At this year's Hannover Messe, the world's biggest industrial fair, it was one of the stars of the show: an elegant, ultra-sensitive robot known as an Iiwa that can pour a beer and brew a cup of coffee. Angela Merkel and ... “Kuka is a successful ... and more » |
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British cleaner maker's first robot vacuum was worth waiting for, but costs a lot, can't do the stairs and isn't perfect despite being the best available right now
Dyson's 360 Eye robot vacuum cleaner has finally been released in the UK after an extensive trial in Japan and it claims to be the best available. How does it stack up against the market leading Roomba and is it really worth buying?
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Researchers at Moley Robotics have used motion-capture technology to bring MasterChef champion Tim Anderson's mouth-watering meals to your table, hands free. Read more...
More about Mashable Video, Tech, Kitchenware, Food And Wine, and Real TimeZEEQ, created by Moley Robotics, could be the answer to your sleeping problems.
The smart pillow wirelessly streams music and gathers analytics through built-in sensors as you sleep.
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But that's not the only way you can win.
On Sunday's episode, the pink blade-wielding robot Glitterbomb — which came complete with a feisty little girl called April — may not have won the battle, but it was definitely the people's champion.
"I chose the colour scheme and I also chose the design," said April in the pre-battle interview. "It's a pink robot that's all glittery with a belt around its waist, and the axe is really spiky so it can dig in robots." Read more...
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