Meet Ren Xiaorong, China’s Newest AI-Powered News Anchor
Chinese state media outlet People’s Daily recently unveiled the newest member of its news anchor team, Ren Xiaorong, a virtual, AI-powered anchor that can allegedly provide 24/7 news coverage. In a video published last Sunday by People’s Daily, a virtual young woman called Ren Xiaorong introduced herself to the world as an AI-driven chatbot that […]
This 90-Year-Old Is the World’s Oldest Male Bodybuilder
90-year-old Jim Arrington got into bodybuilding when he was 13 years old, and he has been keeping at it ever since. At 90 years old, he holds the Guinness World Record for “oldest active male bodybuilder”. Jim Arrington discovered bodybuilding when he was 13. He walked into a drug store and saw these big, bulky […]
Connecticut Man Has Been Walking Barefoot for Over 20 Years
Joseph DeRuvo Jr., from Norwalk, Connecticut, gave up on footwear over two decades ago, after getting painful bunions on his feet, and he has been walking around barefoot ever since. 59-year-old Joseph DeRuvo Jr. doesn’t remember the exact day he decided to shun footwear for good, but he recalls that it was about five years […]