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Engineering household robots to have a little common sense | MIT News
From wiping up spills to serving up food, robots are being taught to carry out increasingly complicated household tasks. Many such home-bot trainees are learning through imitation; they are programmed to copy the motions that a human physically guides them through. It turns out that robots are excellent mimics. But unless engineers also program them…
OpenAI and Common Sense Media will promote safe AI use by families
OpenAI has announced a partnership with nonprofit Common Sense Media to educate families on responsible AI use. Leaders from both organisations shared the news onstage at the Common Sense Summit for America’s Kids and Families. Through the collaboration, OpenAI and Common Sense aim to empower parents, educators, and teens to use AI tools safely and…
Bottlenose dolphins can sense electric fields with their snouts
Donna, a bottlenose dolphin, during a test for electricity-sensing abilities Tim Hüttner, Nuremberg Zoo Bottlenose dolphins have an extra sense – the ability to feel electric fields – which they may use to navigate and search for food. The power to sense weak electric fields, known as electroreception, is common among water-dwelling animals, such as…