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Kronos quartet

A classical concert at the Barbican shows how AI interprets a recital

3 July 2019

Sight Machine, an AI project at the Barbican, shows how the algorithms used in techniques like facial detection capture the performance of a string quartet
Galaxy simulator Ashley Spindler uses AI to understand the far cosmos

Galaxy simulator Ashley Spindler uses AI to understand the far cosmos

3 July 2019

Ashley Spindler's machine-learning code is slowly teaching itself to simulate and identify distant galaxies – giving her time for hobbies like making chain-mail armour

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