Microsoft has joined the selfie movement with a new app that adds flare to your photos - and tries to guess your age. Called Sprinkles, the application lets users add captions, stickers and text to selfies using the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence. The technology suggests ideas based on what's in the photo, the location, date and will also guess your age and celebrity look-a-like. Sprinkles, the application lets users add captions, stickers and text to selfies using the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence. The technology suggests ideas based on what's in the photo, the location, date and will also guess your age and celebrity look-a-like (although in this case, it got the age wrong) Sprinkles will automatically add captions to your uploaded selfie, which you swipe through different options, and are relevant to the photo, location and date.

Developments and advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have been due in large part to technologies that mimic how the human brain works. In the world of information technology, such AI systems are called neural networks. These contain algorithms that can be trained, among other things, to imitate how the brain recognises speech and images. Now, researchers from the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Thales, the University of Bordeaux in Paris-Sud, and Evry have developed an artificial synapse called a memristor directly on a chip. It paves the way for intelligent systems that required less time and energy to learn, and it can learn autonomously.

In 2017, expect artificial intelligence to become a reality in B2B marketing. Artificial intelligence involves the use of computer systems to perform all kinds of daily tasks that have traditionally required human intelligence. Some of its capabilities include decision-making, visual perception, speech recognition, and language translation. While artificial intelligence has been a staple in science-fiction movies, experts predict that artificial intelligence is about to come to life and have a major impact on the marketing efforts of B2B businesses over the next five years. Yet, too many B2B marketers admit that they are unwise to the ways of artificial intelligence and lack a strong understanding of the advanced technology.

A storyboard artist on Pixar's Highlands-set movie Brave is helping to give artificial intelligence developed by Google its "personality". US-based Emma Coats was an artist on Brave for four-and-a-half years and part of a Pixar crew that made a research trip to Scotland. Brave, whose lead Merida was played by Kelly Macdonald, was released in 2012. Coats now writes dialogue for Google Assistant, which runs on computers, phones and a new smart home device. The 31-year-old, who also worked on Pixar's Monsters University and makes her own short films, has fond memories of working on Brave and Scotland.

Google has brought the late artist Bob Ross back to life, but as a monster-faced figure in a'nightmare' world. An engineer filtered an episode of Ross's PBS television show'The Joy of Painting' through the artificial neural network DeepDream, which can'see' objects and animals that are not really there. The video shows a segment with Ross painting his iconic happy trees, but instead of seeing fluffy green bushels, viewers are presented with bug-eyed creatures on the canvas. Google has brought the late artist Bob Ross back to life, but as a monster-faced figure in a'nightmare' world. An engineer filtered an episode of Ross's PBS television show'The Joy of Painting' through the artificial neural network DeepDream, which can'see' objects and animals that are not really there The latest DeepDream project was created by Alexander Reben, who is an artist an engineer.

Developments and advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have been due in large part to technologies that mimic how the human brain works. In the world of information technology, such AI systems are called neural networks. These contain algorithms that can be trained, among other things, to imitate how the brain recognizes speech and images. Now, researchers from the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Thales, the University of Bordeaux in Paris-Sud, and Evry have developed an artificial synapse called a memristor directly on a chip. It paves the way for intelligent systems that required less time and energy to learn, and it can learn autonomously.

The late artist Bob Ross was known for his calm, almost ASMR-like voice, his '70s permed hair and his expert-level technique for making "happy little trees" from oil paint. But what happens when you filter an episode of his PBS TV show "The Joy of Painting" through the neural net? You end up with a show that looks like something from a bad acid trip. In the video "Deeply Artificial Trees" by artBoffin we see exactly what goes wrong when machine learning filters a seemingly innocent painting show into the imaginings of a sci-fi movie gone wrong. "This artwork represents what it would be like for an AI to watch Bob Ross on LSD (once someone invents digital drugs)," artBoffin writes in the video description.

Forget finding the perfect lighting to snap a selfie, Adobe is using AI and machine learning to create the ultimate portrait. Powered by Adobe Sensei, the app combines perspective effect editing, automatic software-only photo masking and photo style transfer technology. The system transforms a bad image into a flattering selfie by altering the perspective of the person's face, adding depth of field and replicating styles of other photos online. Forget finding the perfect lighting to snap a selfie, Adobe is using AI and machine learning to create the ultimate portrait.Powered by Adobe Sensei, the app combines perspective effect editing, automatic software-only photo masking and photo style transfer technology Adobe's new selfie app uses AI and machine learning to edit photos. The 3D-facial mapping lets users adjust their pose and appearance.

It may sound like something out of a horror movie, but a knife-wielding robot could help forensic investigators learn more about an attack. Researchers have developed a'stabbing robot' that offers at least 60 possible stabbing positions and an interchangeable knife holder that allows for a range of stabbing implements to be analyzed by experts. The technology will assist investigators in understanding the type of knife, angle of the attack and stabbing technique used just by looking at the tears and distortions in the fabric around a wound. Researchers have developed a'stabbing robot' that offers at least 60 possible stabbing positions and an interchangeable knife holder that allows for a range of stabbing implements to be analyzed by experts The knife-wielding robot consists of a motorized arm with a pneumatic system designed to deliver 60 unique stabbing positions. A pneumatic system is a type of engineering that uses gas or pressurized air, which the team implemented power the stabbing arm.

Adobe has shown off a smartphone app that uses artificial intelligence to drastically improve selfies. The company's Sensei branch, which focuses on AI and machine learning, released a teaser video showing a user transforming an ordinary picture with a range of advanced editing tools. One of these alters the depth of field, while another tool, called Liquify, makes the picture look like it was taken from a more flattering angle. A third feature allows users to easily mimic the lighting and effects used in another photo. In the teaser, the user browses through random images and opens two he likes, proceeding to experiment with the the different styles by applying them to a picture of himself in his camera roll.