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Amazon's Alexa will soon be more emotional
Fox News Headlines 24/7 Correspondent Carley Shimkus tells'America's Newsroom HQ' that Amazon developers are making Alexa more human-based on feedback from users Fox News Headlines 24/7 Correspondent Carley Shimkus told "America's News HQ" host Arthel Neville on Thursday that she didn't know if Amazon's new development that makes Alexa more emotional was "cool or creepy." The company announced Wednesday that the operating system received an initial skills upgrade, giving it a range of emotional responses. The new emotional responses use a technology referred to as Neural Text-to-Speech, which converts written text into synthesized speech and shifts in tempo, pitch and volume. On the "Alexa Skills Kit blog," the new capability could reportedly be used for tasks like mimicking a news anchor reporting headlines or a radio host offering new music. "Alexa is definitely becoming more human and can now sound either excited and happy or disappointed and sad depending on what you say," Shimkus explained.
Can artificial intelligence help reform Indian courts? Opinion
Minority Report was a classic Steven Spielberg sci-fi film. Employing tech-noir, the film exhibited a dystopian plot showcasing the dire pitfalls and consequences of predictive law enforcement. The movie conceived a futuristic technology, mixing psychics and premonitions, to pre-empt crime, with a suspect apprehended using a special department labelled, quite literally, "PreCrime". Similar themes surrounding the deployment of intelligent machines to aid in law enforcement and criminal justice, which in turn go awry, have consistently featured in popular culture. These seemingly grandiose notions of artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly finding themselves at play in real life.
Robot-powered milk round takes to the streets
The novel service is running until the middle of December as a pilot scheme in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, to see if it is a viable business option in the longer term. The automated delivery vehicles are powered by electric batteries, which supports the environmental credentials of the Enriched range of drinks from supplier Plenish. Kara Rosen, founder of Plenish, said: "We are a future-conscious brand which is always looking to innovate. Through our new Enriched range, we have created the milk of the future โ so what better way to deliver it than through a robot milk round? "Our brand ethos is all about'healthy you, healthy planet' โ and this is the embodiment of that."
Artificial intelligence can improve quality of life but potential risks remain
A delegation of members of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) visited three Finnish technological hubs to assess the potential benefits and dangers of artificial intelligence for our society. They stressed that all future developments must encompass three pillars: product safety, consumer trust, and solidarity in health and social care. Artificial intelligence applications can increase people's wellbeing, but the potential risks need to be taken seriously. The products that are emerging as a result of new technologies and the digital revolution are in general extremely helpful and can have a wide range of uses in all areas of our lives, from dispensing medicines to curing loneliness. However, they need to be handled with care, as they are not always as straightforward as they may seem.
10 Best Robot Sci-Fi Movies (According To IMDb)
Sci-fi is a large and interesting genre for anyone who gets curious about what the future may hold. From flying cars to dystopian corporations, nothing is outside its range. RELATED: 10 2000s Sci-Fi Masterpieces You've Probably Never Seen There are tons of robot movies, B-grade schlock-fests like Chopping Mall, and big budget productions like Blade Runner: 2049. There's no such thing as an objective film rating, but IMDb is great for getting a consensus from the public. Let's see what they have to tell us about robots!