Microsoft's set to make an AI-related announcement today at 1pm ET, but it will not be streaming the keynote to the public. Not to worry, though, we're here at the event in Redmond and will be liveblogging all the news the company is sharing today. After Google unveiled its ChatGPT rival Bard yesterday, Microsoft revealed it had been planning today's event all along, without disclosing many details beyond telling us to expect information about "exciting projects." Thanks to a tweet from OpenAI's Sam Altman, though, we can at least guess that generative AI is on the agenda, if not the star of the show. We'll be starting this liveblog around 12:30pm ET, with myself (Cherlynn Low) on text and our head of video Brian Oh taking pictures.

IJCAI, the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, is happening from the 10th to 16th August in Macao, China. We'll be posting updates throughout the week thanks to the AIhub Ambassadors on the ground. You can follow the tweets at #IJCAI2019 or below.

The IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) is being held this week in Montreal, Canada. It's one of the top venues for roboticists and attracts over 4000 conference goers. Andra, Audrow, Lauren, and Lilly are on the ground so expect lots of great podcasts, videos with best-paper nominees, and coverage in the weeks and months ahead. For a taste of who is presenting, here is the schedule of keynotes. It also looks like you can navigate the program, read abstracts, and watch spotlight presentations by following these instructions.

Microsoft just showed off all of its new games for PC and Xbox One at its E3 Press Conference. There's a lot to unpack, so scroll through our live coverage below to watch all the trailers and see all the new announcements You can also re-watch the entire thing, if you like, and follow along with our commentary and insights below. We'll be back for Sony's press conference tomorrow night! 'A few very exciting games shown, and interesting to see how Xbox's newly acquired studios will fare' Well that certainly had a lot more going for it than the EA press conference. Trailers upon trailers upon gameplay demos, and new reveals all over the place.

We hope you're enjoying the European Robotics Week! If you're still looking for events to attend over the weekend, make sure to check out the map of 1000 happenings all over Europe. One highlight was the European Robotics League competition focused on service robotics with teams from Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom and Portugal. The teams had to show how their robots can assist old people in their daily life, all in an attrezzo that simulates a home. The central event of the week was held in Brussels, and featured a "Robots Discovery" exhibition hosted by the European Committee of the Regions, where robotics experts from 30 European and regionally-funded projects outlined how their work could impact society.

The next edition of IEEE 2017 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) is in Singapore! The event kicked off on Monday 29 May and is running until 3 June. ICRA is one of the leading international forums for robotics researchers to present their work. The conference theme, "Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Real-world Solutions", underscores the need for innovative R&D talent, dynamic and goal-driven entrepreneurs and practitioners using robotics and automation technology to solve challenging real-world problems such as shortage of labour, an ageing society, and creating sustainable environments. ICRA 2017 will introduce a new Robotics Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum, alongside an industry forum, a government forum, an ASEAN & emerging country forum, a public forum (ICRA-X) centred on the conference theme, and an ethics forum.

Over 800 leading scientists, companies, and policymakers working in robotics will convene at the European Robotics Forum (#ERF2017) in Edinburgh, 22-24 March. This year's theme is "Living and Working With Robots" with a focus on applications in manufacturing, disaster relief, agriculture, healthcare, assistive living, education, and mining. The 3-day programme features keynotes, panel discussions, workshops, and plenty of robots roaming the exhibit floor. We'll be updating this post regularly with live tweets and videos. You can also follow all the Robohub coverage here.

Some logistical info: You can watch the keynote on Apple's site. There are the usual Apple streaming rules: the Safari browser on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch running at least iOS 7; or a Mac running modern versions of Safari and OS X. If you are on a Windows-based PC, you'll need the Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10.

Facebook's f8 developers conference marks the rise of the chatbots. The social networking giant unveiled its Messenger Platform on Tuesday, which will leverage "chatbots" that interact with users and perform several tasks while remaining in the app, including shopping. For a recap of the keynote, scroll down for our live updates. "So we set out to build the perfect 360-degree camera," he says. Facebook unveils the Facebook Surround 360 camera.