Artificial intelligence can help optimize cultivars to match consumer preferences: Flavor, defined by scientists as the interaction between aroma and taste, is chemically complex. We created a database containing all known compounds associated with flavor in all varieties of these fruits. The idea is to generate dynamic soundtracks that change based on user interaction. Artificial intelligence can help optimize cultivars to match consumer preferences: Flavor, defined by scientists as the interaction between aroma and taste, is chemically complex. We created a database containing all known compounds associated with flavor in all varieties of these fruits.

Having thrashed mortal champions at poker, chess, Go, and Starcraft, an artificial intelligence program has delivered another humiliation, …

Having thrashed mortal champions at poker, chess, Go, and Starcraft, an artificial intelligence program has delivered another humiliation, leaving the world's best video game racing drivers in the dust. Researchers at Sony trained an AI called GT Sophy to play the PlayStation game Gran Turismo and found that it could outrace 95% of human players after two days and continued to shave tenths of a second off its lap times over the following week. Beyond learning the fastest line to take around different race tracks, GT Sophy honed its tactics around acceleration and braking, when to tuck in behind a fast car in front, and when to break out of the slipstream and attempt to overtake. Faced with cars that blocked its path, GT Sophy switched to another racing line to bypass those ahead. To add to the challenge, GT Sophy had to take account of race penalties that were dished out for infringements based on ambiguous rules – echoing the fine human judgements that can make the difference between winning and losing in Formula One.