A team of researchers affiliated with a host of entities in China has created a type of magnetic slime that can be configured on the fly to perform a variety of robotic tasks. In their paper published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, the group describes their slime, possible uses for it and the actions they have taken to make it less toxic. Over the past several years, scientists have developed a variety of soft robots meant for possible use in the human body as therapeutic devices. In this new effort, the researchers have added to that list a type of slime that might one day be used to retrieve material swallowed accidentally or to repair internal injuries. Most soft robots meant for use in the body are extremely small, allowing them to move within arteries or veins and into organs.

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The history of deep fake technology is surprisingly long. Researchers at academic institutions have been developing deep fake tech since the early 1990s. The idea is even older, as popular science fiction--like the 1987 film The Running Man--can attest. But deep fakes are no longer relegated to the realm of sci-fi; they are, in fact, more present in our daily lives than you might realize. It's easy to think of deep fakes as some sort of advanced CGI used to create highly realistic animated films or to replace established actors in a film or television series, especially in cases where actors pass away unexpectedly before filming is complete.

There's no denying that artificial intelligence is having a huge impact on our lives. According to PwC, AI will add $16 trillion to the world's economy over the next 10 years as automated decision-making spreads widely. Despite this incredible impact, AI doesn't bring much value for some problems, like predicting a viral pandemic, forecasting the winner of the presidential election, or servicing clients with diverse needs, experts say. Data is, of course, the rootstock for all forms of AI, whether it takes the form of a basic search engine or a self-driving car. But it turns out that some data are quite hard to come by, even for some of the most high-impact events.

AI can be a big boon to HR if we get past problems with data. Last week I attended the #Dreamforce conference, the annual conference of Salesforce.com, while in Chicago the #HRTech Conference was held. At #Dreamforce I watched demonstration of Salesforce.com's new Artificial Intelligence component called Einstein. As I sat their watching what Einstein could do for sales and marketing I was wondering if anyone has anything similar underway in HR. Last year I was at a IBM conference and learned about Watson, IBM's version of AI.