The computational generation of poems is a complex task, which involves several sound, prosodic and rhythmic resources. In this work we present PROPOE 2, with the extension of structural and rhythmic possibilities compared to the original system, generating poems from metered sentences extracted from the prose of Brazilian literature, with multiple rhythmic assembly criteria. These advances allow for a more coherent exploration of rhythms and sound effects for the poem. Results of poems generated by the system are demonstrated, with variations in parameters to exemplify generation and evaluation using various criteria.

These days you tend to hear about Russia in terms of its government hacking the US election. But some canny Russian developers have put their skills to something more productive: monitoring the TV appearances of world leaders. A team of Russian developers have released an AI powered algorithm that tracks all world leaders activities in all media. Based on the information the Verso service analyzes the impact of each President/Prime Minister and shows a rating for them in real-time. Once a second the Verso platform takes a screenshot of a set of monitored TC channels.

A range of studies in recent months has warned of an imminent job apocalypse. The most famous of these suggests that up to 47 per cent of US jobs are at high-risk of automation over the next two decades. Another study finds 54 per cent of EU jobs are likely automatable, while the chief economist of the Bank of England has argued that 45 per cent of UK jobs are similarly under threat. This is not simply a rich country problem either, as low-income economies look set to be hit even harder by automation. It would seem that we are on the verge of a mass job extinction.