Smile Vector is just the tip of the iceberg. It’s hard to give a comprehensive overview of all the work being done on multimedia manipulation in AI right now, but here are a few examples: creating 3D face models from a single 2D image; changing the facial expressions of a target on video in […]
Monthly Archives: December 2016
The future of shopping: drones, digital mannequins and leaving without paying
The American DIY chain Lowe’s is testing LoweBot, a customer service robot that speaks several languages, helps shoppers find items and provides information on products. First trialled as OSHbot two years ago, it is currently being tested in 11 Lowe’s stores. US electricals retailer Best Buy has Chloe, a robot that is a glorified […]
Michael Gove’s anti-Turner prize tweets are childishly prejudiced
do we think that Gove, transported back to the early years of the 19th century, would have been one of those enlightened people who championed JMW Turner, or would he, do we think, have been somewhat more likely to have been bewildered by the controversial painter’s strikingly novel looseness of form and “crude blotches”, […]
Britain’s fashion awards makes nod to youth and internationalism
The fashion industry is estimated to employ 880,000 people in Britain and generates £28bn a year for the UK economy Read the full story here