AI & Robotics

Dacoco, the group behind the Alien Worlds Web3 metaverse, announced a collaboration with renowned science fiction author Kevin J. Anderson, known for works such as Star Wars, Dune and Saga of the Seven Suns. The collaboration introduces AI-driven tokenized storytelling, referred to as the “Large Lore Model,” a concept merging the potency of AI with the global community’s creative prowess…

Language is fundamental to human interaction — but so, too, is the emotion behind it.  Expressing happiness, sadness, anger, frustration or other feelings helps convey our messages and connect us.  While generative AI has excelled in many other areas, it has struggled to pick up on these nuances and process the intricacies of human emotion.  Typecast, a startup using AI to create synthetic…

Tangram Vision, a startup building software and hardware for robotic perception, unveiled a new 3D depth sensor today called HiFi that packs powerful computer vision capabilities into an off-the-shelf product priced at $549. The sensor aims to “make it dead simple to add AI-enhanced 3D data to robots,” Adam Rodnitzky, cofounder and COO of Tangram Vision, told VentureBeat. HiFi combines…

The holiday shopping season is a double-edged sword for payments leader Visa. While transaction volumes surge, providing a sales boost, the period also kicks off a relentless assault from cybercriminals looking to exploit vulnerabilities and steal consumer data. “We know from historical experience that the holiday shopping season is fraudsters’ Super Bowl given the increase in spend and…