In this study, we propose an automatic diary generation system that uses information from past joint experiences with the aim of increasing the favorability for robots through shared experiences between humans and robots. For the verbalization of the robot's memory, the system applies a large-scale language model, which is a rapidly developing field. Since this model does not have memories of experiences, it generates a diary by receiving information from joint experiences. As an experiment, a robot and a human went for a walk and generated a diary with interaction and dialogue history. The proposed diary achieved high scores in comfort and performance in the evaluation of the robot's impression. In the survey of diaries giving more favorable impressions, diaries with information on joint experiences were selected higher than diaries without such information, because diaries with information on joint experiences showed more cooperation between the robot and the human and more intimacy from the robot.

The social separation imposed by the pandemic led us to rely on technology to an extent we might never have imagined – from Teams and Zoom to online banking and vaccine status apps. Now, society faces an increasing number of decisions about our relationship with technology. For example, do we want our workforce needs fulfilled by automation, migrant workers, or an increased birth rate? In the coming years, we will also need to balance technological innovation with people's wellbeing – both in terms of the work they do and the social support they receive. And there is the question of trust. When humans should trust robots, and vice versa, is a question our Trust Node team is researching as part of the UKRI Trustworthy Autonomous Systems hub.

Gaze is an extremely powerful and important signal during human-human communication and interaction, conveying intentions and informing about other's decisions. What happens when a robot and a human interact looking at each other? Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) investigated whether a humanoid robot's gaze influences the way people reason in a social decision-making context. What they found is that a mutual gaze with a robot affects human neural activity, influencing decision-making processes, in particular delaying them. Thus, a robot gaze brings humans to perceive it as a social signal.

Well, you know, maybe you are a robot, I don't know. We'll have to see this. I don't think you are, but we aren't quite there yet. But yes there is a journalism bot chapter -- I couldn't help that as a journalist -- and I was surprised at how far automation is already you know entered the newsroom. In 2016, actually some of the basic election coverage that year was done by A.I. programs that had certain phrases and words and data that had been programmed in.

Imagine a future where you are greeted by a robot as you pop into your local bank branch to deposit some cash. That vision has been a made a reality at the state-owned China Construction Bank (CCB) in Shanghai, where customers can gain access via face-scanning software and talking robots. Billed as China's first person-less bank, the fully-automated branch aims to make banking more convenient and efficient. Clients are greeted by a robot as they enter, who answers questions using voice-recognition software. Visitors can carry out the usual functions such as changing currency, withdrawing cash and renewing Communist party membership fees.

Slowly but surely, robots are entering the mainstream consumer market. Softbank's chatty Pepper is already dealing with customers at Pizza Hut and Californian clothing store The Ave, Nadine has been working as a receptionist at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and online grocery leaders Ocado are building their own robot mechanic to help human employees. Scarlett Johansson even makes for a particularly effective killing machine in this year's sci-fi action film Ghost in the Shell. Whilst these bots are all used for various different applications within a range of industries, there's one thing they all have in common. In many ways, it seems to make sense that many advanced robots have been given a human design.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used more and more in devices including virtual assistants such as Siri and Alexa.