We present new research on a Scalable Instructable Multiworld Agent (SIMA) that can follow natural-language instructions to carry out tasks in a variety of video game settings.Video games are a key proving ground for artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Like the real world, games are rich learning environments with responsive, real-time settings and ever-changing goals.From our early work with...

Generative AI poses both risks and opportunities. Here’s a road map to mitigate the former while moving to capture the latter from day one.Generative AI (gen AI) presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for companies, with the potential for transformative impact across innovation, growth, and productivity. The technology can now produce credible software code, text, speech, high-fidelity im...

The James Dyson Foundation is inviting design students and recent graduates who are "problem-solvers, not grandstanders" to enter its annual James Dyson Award.Launched earlier this month, the James Dyson Award 2024 aims to recognise the world's most exciting young inventors who have created "ambitious designs that address a global issue".The awards are open to students and recent graduates and...

Punyo is the newest robot from Toyota but instead of looking like your typical robots that carry heavy things for us, it looks more like that adorable Baymax from Disney’s Big Hero 6. It’s even wearing a “sweater” that is actually functional as it actually enhances the robot’s capability to carry various things. Normally, robots just use their hands and their claw-like “fingers” but Puny...

Sometime in April 2024, the reward that cryptocurrency miners receive for mining bitcoin (BTC) will go from ₿6.25 to ₿3.125, with significant consequences for the world’s most valuable digital currency.To help understand this quadrennial event, we’ve teamed up with HIVE Digital to take a deep dive on historical bitcoin data from Coinmetrics to see what the three previous halvings might tell...

Liquid Death, the “goth kid of canned water” made a splash earlier this week with a $67 million funding round that brought its valuation to $1.4 billion — double what it achieved 2 years ago, giving the punky startup coveted unicorn status.Investors backing the deal include actor Josh Brolin and entertainment company Live Nation, which has helped supercharge growth thanks to an exclusive sup...

The latest pinch for drivers is the cost of auto insurance, which is up 20.6% year over year as of February and the biggest jump in the cost of car insurance in government data going back to 1985. It's also the biggest price jump for February in the 28 categories Yahoo Finance has been tracking since 2021.⁠The latest pinch for drivers is the cost of auto insurance, which is up 20.6% year over...

Speaking without vocal folds using a machine-learning-assisted wearable sensing-actuation system.Bioengineers at UCLA have invented a thin, flexible device that adheres to the neck and translates the muscle movements of the larynx into audible speech.The device is trained through machine learning to recognize which muscle movements correspond to which words.The self-powered technology could ser...

Blending the identities of Maison Margiela and Gentle Monster, Haus Nowhere Shanghai hosts a limited time pop-up. Photo: Haus Nowhere ShanghaiDetails: Limited-time pop-up on first floor of Haus Nowhere ShanghaiSocial context: Haus Nowhere has just 90 fans on Weibo, but #hausnowhere has 2.59 million reads, and #maisonmargielaxgentlemonster has 34.83 million reads. On Xiaohongshu, #hausnowhere ha...