What would American cities look like 100 years after human beings have left, with the streets devoid of human life - and beginning to be reclaimed by nature? While the chatbot put our future world in text, the AI photo generator Midjourney painted pictures of these abandoned metropolises, showing the concrete jungles transforming into jungles. Kieron Connolly, author of Abandoned Places and Abandoned Civilizations, says that visions of abandoned cities have a unique power. This isn't what city life is supposed to look like. Nature is allowed to reclaim the land,' Connolly said. ChatGPT writes, 'In the year 2123, the once-thriving metropolis of Chicago stands as a haunting testament to the passage of time and the resilience of nature.

A space capsule carrying a sample of rocky material removed from the surface of an asteroid three years ago is expected to make a parachute landing in the Utah desert on Sunday. If successful, the OSIRIS-REx mission, a joint effort between NASA and scientists at the University of Arizona, would mark the third asteroid sample, and by far the largest, ever returned to Earth for analysis. OSIRIS-REx collected its samples from Bennu, a carbon-rich asteroid, before embarking on a 1.9-billion-km (1.2-billion-mile) journey back to Earth in May 2021. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) is an unmanned spacecraft from NASA that was sent to collect samples from Bennu. The spacecraft was equipped with cameras to capture images that were essential to collecting samples from the asteroid during the mission.

When Lemonade first launched back in 2015, selling insurance to homeowners and renters in New York from 2016, its mission was to build the most lovable insurance company in the world. Explore insurtech-related content here or discover more news analysis content here. From the off, Lemonade - which is run by co-chief executives Daniel Schreiber and Shai Wininger - aimed to be the darling of the insurtech world by targeting first time insurance buyers and using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate speedy claims payouts. Following its partnership with insurer Aviva in October 2022 to launch a contents insurance proposition in the UK, the insurtech has grown to now operates across five territories - the UK, US, Germany, the Netherlands and France. Schreiber, himself a Brit, was particularly pleased with Lemonade's launch into the UK insurance market.

Insurtech has become a major part of the insurance market, with record-breaking amounts spent on technology-based innovations that can revolutionise the sector. It's an area ripe for investment – with more than $1bn (£760m) spent every month on investment into insurtech startups in 2021, according to reinsurance broker Wills Re. The momentum that carried insurtech through 2021 is forecast to continue in 2022, with plenty of areas within the sector ready for disruption. But what should you be looking out for as the next big thing? Here are five tech trends that could transform the way we buy, sell and claim on insurance.

Irish agtech company Cainthus uses vision technology to improve dairy herd management. Ireland's multi-generations of dairy farmers know a thing or two about raising dairy cows. Its more than 18,000 dairy farmers tend 1.4 million animals and are recognized globally for productivity and quality. So, it's no surprise that an Irish agtech company called Cainthus would invent a way to use artificial intelligence--the same technology developed for terrorist detection of humans--to manage dairy cows. At its simplest, Cainthus' technology has been described as facial recognition for cows, but Cainthus CEO Aidan Connolly explains that it is actually much more.

Griffin Spikoski spends as much as 18 hours a day glued to his computer screen playing the wildly popular, multi-player video game Fortnite. His YouTube channel -- where he regularly uploads videos of himself playing the online game -- has nearly 1.2 million subscribers and more than 71 million views; figures that have netted him advertisers, sponsorships and a steady stream of income. Last year, that income totaled nearly $200,000. The healthy sum -- more than enough to comfortably raise a family in most American cities -- is all the more impressive considering Spikoski is 14 years old. Still, he approaches video games the way an elite student athlete would approach a sport like football or basketball: when he's not playing, Spikoski, who goes by the name "Sceptic" on YouTube, completes school work online.

Last month the Congressional Subcommittee on Information Technology began a three-part series of hearings to break through the myths and the hype to gain a real understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the role it can play in the Federal government. While the first hearing focused on industry and academic experts, Wednesday's hearing saw testimony exclusively from government leaders, including representatives from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), General Services Administration (GSA), National Science Foundation (NSF), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). During the hearing one point was raised that bears repeating–AI isn't science fiction, its science reality. "When people hear'artificial intelligence,' their minds often wander to the realm of science fiction," said Keith Nakasone, deputy assistant commissioner, acquisition operations, Office of Information Technology Category, GSA. "There is also a belief that AI is in the future, rather than in the present. Concerted effort by policymakers of all levels to help change this narrative will be critical in promoting acceptance and adoption of AI by more and more entities."

In the moment, it sounds absurd to think that we would retire any of those hot themes. In the tech sector we love our buzzwords. Yet, there comes a time when every technology concept matures and moves from being new, exciting, and the sweetheart of marketers into a new phase called: Just a way that we do things. In reality, none of those concepts or the technologies that form their foundations are going away. If anything, all three are still on incredible growth paths in terms of how we do computing and use information.

Introduces Kate, customer service-specific artificial intelligence meant to assist and work with contact center agents. The first combined Genesys/Interactive Intelligence event, bringing together customers, partners, consultants, analysts and media, was held last week in Indianapolis, CX17Indy. The tone was set first thing Monday morning when Genesys announced G-NINE (the next generation of Genesys solution). As reported by No Jitter associate editor Michelle Burbick, the announced G-NINE "innovations" include Kate, described as customer service-specific artificial intelligence (AI). Over the course of the week, those of us hungry for additional information about Kate were not disappointed.

Artificial Intelligence is the newest trend to hit the world of money. We are seeing the launch of a number of services based on'chatbots', which are designed to respond to your needs, and prompt you to take sensible financial steps. The question is whether they will make any difference. See also: Virtual reality'to replace high street shopping by 2050' See also: Industries poised to be taken over by robots See also: New robot will park your car for you Patrick Connolly, a certified Financial Planner for Chase De Vere, says: "We are seeing artificial intelligence progressing incredibly rapidly across different financial services, and over the next five to ten years we can expect to see dramatic changes. Chatbots are one early sign of the progress made so far."