Amazon’s Astro robot is a suicidal privacy nut job
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Pricey and flimsy too

Amazon’s pricey Astro robot appears to have issues with privacy and is so depressed that it will ignore the existence of stairs and chuck itself down them.

IBM’s AI steered ship takes to the seas again
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Failed last time


After failing its first attempt to re-create the Mayflower's voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, a crewless ocean vessel, powered by artificial intelligence, has returned to sea.

AI can’t patent inventions in the UK
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So they can't be trolls either

The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that AI cannot invent new patents under British law.

Britain wants to be an artificial intelligence superpower
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Because it is short on regular intelligence


The nation which voted for Boris Johnson and Brexit and gave the world reality television apparently has drawn up a glorious ten year plan to be the world leaders of artificial intelligence.

Oracle automates digital marketing
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Sells qualified leads


Oracle announced on Monday a new system that it says will use artificial intelligence to automate key parts of digital marketing campaigns.