Lockdown could turn out to be responsible for the birth of new programmes, formats and even genres, if the latest animated political satire Tooning Out The News, from Stephen Colbert (pictured) and which made its CBS debut in the US on April 7, is anything to go by. The concept is very appealing – a […]
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Powering the future of AI
Writing in Forbes, venture capitalist Rob Toews asks if the growing ubiquity of Artificial Intelligence is responsible for a re-evaluation of chip architecture. Designing new processors specifically for AI is “one of the largest market opportunities in all of hardware today”. CPUs, which process sequentially, not in parallel, lack the power required for deep learning, […]
Can an AI write and direct a film?
It is popularly thought that so much work is being done in the field of machine learning and content creation, it is only a matter of time before a cinema release or TV programme is written and directed by an AI. Here, Forbes has listed some already significant achievements in similar fields that would seem […]
Virgin Media and O2 announce UK merger
In a deal worth £24 Billion that is likely to close in mid-2021, the parent companies of Virgin Media and O2 have confirmed that the two will merge. The 50-50 joint venture will invest £10 Billion over the next five years, reports TVB Europe. The new company will be a nationwide integrated communications provider with […]
Discover’s ongoing virtual experience begins in June
Having been forced to cancel April’s Discover More in London, HPE has now turned its attention to providing a replacement online event. The HPE Discover Virtual Experience begins on 23 June with a live keynote speech by CEO Antonio Neri. This will be followed by a range of live and on-demand sessions, demos and training. […]
Explaining Westworld’s unsettling Season 3 titles
The makers of HBO’s Westworld brought in a team of experts from A.I. Fiction led by Dr. Pinar Yanardag to add some hallucinatory dreamlike elements to their Season 3 titles. An artificial neural network (ANN) binge-watched Seasons 1 and 2 and then set about interpreting what it had seen to create new, similar content as […]