From London's Big Ben to Edinburgh's castle, many UK cities are instantly recognisable thanks to their distinctive buildings. But these famous landmarks could be hidden away behind bulky transport systems in just 26 years, according to artificial intelligence (AI). Brighton-based film editor, Duncan Thomsen, used AI to imagine what five of the UK's largest cities could look like in 2050. The resulting images feature a range of futuristic tranport systems running through the cities, which resemble scenes from Blade Runner. 'I like the idea of this Blade Runner future - it brought a smile to my face,' Mr Thomsen said.

The UK is home to 92 counties, each with its own distinctive look and feel. Now, a film editor has tasked artificial intelligence (AI) with putting faces to these counties - with hilarious results. Duncan Thomsen, 53, used the software Midjourney to create images of'average people' in 13 counties. The results suggest that the average residents in County Antrim are young with red hair, while people living in Anglesey are elderly (and wrapped up for the cold weather!). So, do you agree with what AI thinks the average people look like in your county?

Let there be (ring) light. A British film editor is going viral for using artificial intelligence to imagine famous historical figures such as Jesus, Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth I and Henry VIII taking selfies. "The results are hilarious, and everyone I've shared my work with can't believe how real the pictures really look," Duncan Thomsen, 53, told SWNS. He said he uses the AI software Midjourney through the Discord app, which responds to user-set prompts and commands to generate pictures by referencing billions of images online. Thomsen has recreated scenes from the Battle of Waterloo, the court of Cleopatra, and the Last Supper.

No living human can imagine what it was like to sit at the Last Supper or stand at Cleopatra's court, but artificial intelligence has given us a first-person look at these epic events. A freelance film editor recently shared a gallery of realistic images of historical figures taking selfies. He spent months developing a formula for clues, language and photographic elements. Duncan Thomsen, 53, used Midjourney software, which generates images from natural language descriptions. The images also show smiling soldiers at the Battle of Waterloo and the Battle of Agincourt, as well as a smiling Napoleon.

No living human can imagine what it was like to sit at The Last Supper or stand in Cleopatra's court, but AI has provided us with a look at these epic events - and from a first-person perspective. A freelance film editor recently shared a gallery of realistic images showing historical figures snapping selfies, which he spent months working out a formula of prompts, language and photographic elements. Duncan Thomsen, 53, used the software Midjourney, which generates images from natural language descriptions, also shows smiling soldiers at the Battle of Waterloo and the Battle of Agincourt, along with a grinning Napoleon. 'The results are hilarious, and everyone I've shared my work with can't believe how real the pictures really look,' said Thomsen. 'I've done Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth I, Henry VIII, Jesus and many more.' AI is making waves in the image industry, letting anyone create realistic content just by telling the system what they want.

What if simple face paint could fool some of the best facial recognition tools available at the Qatar World Cup? A team at creative agency Virtue Worldwide sought to answer that question with a project called Camoflags: AI-generated, Juggalo-inspired face paint designs that could be used to evade facial recognition cameras. The experiment is uniquely suited to the World Cup, as face paint is a common feature at soccer matches for fans showing support for their teams. The Qatar World Cup, which ends on December 18, has been criticized for its approach to security, with concerns that the event could become a hotbed for espionage and that visitors could be monitored on their phones through app surveillance. The event has also been criticized for human rights abuses: The death of American sports journalist Grant Wahl, who died on the way to the hospital after collapsing at the World Cup stadium, resulted in renewed attention on the rights of LGBTQ individuals in Qatar.

Vonage says it's boosted productivity for its salespeople by 20% using artificial intelligence, blending its own Vonage Business Cloud with Google G Suite, Salesforce and employee productivity measurement tool Prodoscore. Vonage is now offering the technology it uses in-house to its business customers. On the surface, sales productivity is easy to measure -- revenue. Whichever salesperson sells the most is most productive and coffee is for closers. But how do you increase sales productivity, encouraging activities that lead to revenue?

The Ouroboros Model is a new conceptual proposal for an algorithmic structure for efficient data processing in living beings as well as for artificial agents. Its central feature is a general repetitive loop where one iteration cycle sets the stage for the next. Sensory input activates data structures (schemata) with similar constituents encountered before, thus expectations are kindled. This corresponds to the highlighting of empty slots in the selected schema, and these expectations are compared with the actually encountered input. Depending on the outcome of this "consumption analysis" different next steps like search for further data or a reset, i.e. a new attempt employing another schema, are triggered. Monitoring of the whole process, and in particular of the flow of activation directed by the consumption analysis, yields valuable feedback for the optimum allocation of attention and resources including the selective establishment of useful new memory entries.