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Plate, ca. 1885 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access collection

Can AI curate art better than a human?

7 February 2023

An exhibition of art curated by AI and humans questions the impact AI has on visual culture and how audiences perceive creative content


BBC’s orchestra Orchestra performing at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, UK

BBC Philharmonic orchestra performs with AI for the first time

4 November 2022

Robert Laidlow’s new composition, Silicon, uses Artificial intelligence to create new works for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra


Serah Reikka: What's it like to be a virtual influencer?

Serah Reikka: What's it like to be a virtual influencer?

8 June 2022

Serah Reikka is an award-winning actor with more than 79,000 Instagram followers. She is a semi-autonomous artificial intelligence


AI-powered camera traps could protect Gabon wildlife from poachers

AI-powered camera traps could protect Gabon wildlife from poachers

5 April 2022

AI powered camera traps give Gabon wildlife rangers a new tool in the fight against biodiversity loss and poaching


LA Rams play in Super Bowl LVI

How NFL’s Digital Athlete uses AI to reduce concussions and injuries

12 February 2022

The National Football League (NFL) has developed an artificial intelligence tool to try and reduce injuries in American football games.


Beth Singler

Beth Singler: Don't fear AI itself, but corporations using algorithms

7 January 2022

Artificial intelligence’s lack of transparency is leading many to fear the technology and others to elevate it to a mysterious god-like figure, but we should be more critical of those making decisions about how AI is used, says anthropologist, Beth Singler


AI photo fly through

AI turns 2D images into an explorable 3D world

5 November 2021

An artificial intelligence algorithm can transform still images into a high-resolution, explorable 3D world, with potential implications for film effects and virtual reality.


AI can change a fashion model’s pose and alter their clothes to match

AI can change a fashion model’s pose and alter their clothes to match

5 November 2021

A neural network can now repose human beings and change their clothes in photographs without losing key details.


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