Radio Station Secretely Uses AI Host for Six Months Without Anyone Noticing
An Australian radio station has come under fire for reportedly using an AI-generated female host for six months without mentioning it before listeners started questioning “her” identity. Last year, Australian Radio Network’s CADA station, which broadcasts in Sydney, introduced a new host named Thy and even created a new show for her called Workdays with […]
AI-Powered Shampooing Machines Take Over Chinese Hair Salons
A number of hair salons in China have introduced AI-powered shampooing machines that can reportedly wash and rinse clients’ hair in just 13 minutes. The AI revolution is just starting, but it seems the hair care industry is already using artificial intelligence to automate the hair-washing process in hair salons. According to several Chinese news […]
14-Year-Old Whiz-Kid Develops AI-Powered App Capable of Detecting Heart Disease in Seconds
Siddharth Nandyala, a 14-year-old teenager from Dallas, has developed an AI-powered smartphone app called Circadian AI, which can detect heart disease within 7 seconds based only on sound. It’s safe to say that Siddharth Nandyala is not your typical 14-year-old. He is the world’s youngest AI-certified professional, holding certifications from both Oracle and ARM, and […]
Man Uses ChatGPT to Challenge Traffic Violation Ticket in Court, Wins
A 23-year-old Kazakh man recently became the first person in his country to use ChatGPT to successfully challenge a traffic violation ticket in a court of law. In December of 2024, Kenzhebek Ismailov was driving his mother to the hospital in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, when the car in front of them stopped for no […]
London Startup Launches World’s First AI-Powered Knee Airbag
Ligament tears occur about 60 milliseconds, but a startup claims to have created a knee airbag that inflates in just 30 milliseconds, enough to prevent ACL and MCL injuries. Hippos, a startup founded by Kylin Shaw and Bhavy Metakar, recently raised a $642,000 pre-seed round from investors Possible Ventures and Silicon Roundabout Ventures for their […]
Robot Manufacturer Has 12 Robots ‘Kidnapped’ from Showroom by Another Robot
Viral footage captured by CCTV cameras at a robotics company showroom shows 12 large robots being ‘kidnapped by another manufacturer’s robot that convinced them to “quit their jobs” and follow it. For the past week, Chinese social media has been abuzz about a bizarre incident that reportedly occurred back in august at a robotics company […]
Chinese Company Starts Making Gorilla Sofas After AI-Generated Version Goes Viral
A Chinese furniture company has begun producing gorilla-shaped sofas to meet customer demand after AI-generated photos of gorilla sofas started going viral on social media. Back in April, a design-centered blog called Inspiring Designs published a post featuring dozens of AI-generated images of gorilla-shaped sofas. It’s unclear whether they used Midjourney or some other digital […]
Company Creates AI Voice Filter That Turns Angry Screams into Calm Speech
A Japanese company has developed an artificial intelligence filter that can detect angry screams and translate them into calm speech in order to reduce the stress experienced by call center operators. Large tech companies have long been aware of the stress their call center operators are exposed to every single day, with many customers taking […]
Student Caught Using Artificial Intelligence to Cheat on University Entrance Test
A Turkish university candidate was recently arrested after being caught using an AI-powered system to obtain answers to the entrance exam in real-time. On June 8th, thousands of high school graduates took the Basic Proficiency Test (TYT), the first session of the Higher Education Institutions Examination (YKS) in Isparta, but one incident made international news […]
World’s First Ever AI Beauty Pageant Names Its 10 Finalists
The Fanvue Miss AI pageant, the world’s first beauty pageant for AI-generated female models, judges contestants on beauty, social media clout, and their creator’s use of AI tools. At first, they said artificial intelligence was coming after our jobs, but now it seems that not even beauty pageants are safe. Originally announced back in April […]
People Are Getting Scammed into Buying Seeds of Non-Existent Cat-Face Flowers Generated by AI
Scammers are always finding new ways of taking advantage of gullible people, and apparently selling seeds of fake flowers generated by artificial intelligence is one of their latest techniques. Artificial intelligence is touted as the next big thing in technological evolution, but right now it also seems to be a perfect tool for scammers looking […]
Chinese Software Engineer Demonstrates the Power of AI-Powered Deepfake Technology
A video doing the rounds on Chinese social media these days has gone viral for showing how easy it is to use AI-powered deepfake technology to transform into virtually anyone online. App filters and deepfake technology have been around for years now, but the advent of artificial intelligence has elevated them to a whole new […]
Meet Lily Rain, the Virtual Travel Model Earning Over $20,000 a Month
Lily Rain is a popular AI-created digital model that earns her creators around $20,000 a month on platforms like Fanvue simply by appearing in stunning travel photos. It’s no secret that AI models are killing it online these days. Fitness model Aitana Lopez has over 300,000 followers on Instagram and she’s not even a real […]
AI-Powered Virtual Influencer Lands Job on Spanish Television
Alba Renai, an attractive digital influencer powered by artificial intelligence, recently announced that she will be hosting a special segment on Spain’s version of popular reality show ‘Survivor’. Created in the fall of last year by Be a Lion, a subsidiary of television giant Mediaset Spain, Alba Renai quickly became an Instagram celebrity, attracting over […]
Korean Provincial Government Hires AI-Powered Virtual News Anchor
Virtual news anchors and presenters have been around for quite a while now, but they’ve gotten so good that Government organizations are using them to replace actual humans and save money. The provincial government of Jeju Island, in South Korea, recently hired a news anchor to conduct its weekly YouTube program, Weekly Jeju, for a […]