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NBC brings AI version of legendary broadcaster to Olympic coverage
NBC brings AI version of legendary broadcaster to Olympic coverage
by  AFP

US media giant NBCUniversal on Wednesday announced that it will use the AI version of a legendary sports broadcaster to narrate personalized daily recaps of Olympic game events. NBCUniversal estimated that nearly 7 million different personalized versions of the daily Olympic recap could be streamed across the United States during the Olympic Games in Paris.

Amazon cloud giant AWS wants public sector to embrace AI
Amazon cloud giant AWS wants public sector to embrace AI
by  AFP

Amazon's AWS, the world's biggest cloud computing outfit, is making a major push to persuade the public sector to join the artificial intelligence revolution, as the generative AI race with Microsoft and Google heats up. The scramble for public sector adoption of generative AI comes as Microsoft’s cloud business as well as Google Cloud are trying to bite into AWS leadership of the market.

AI takes centre stage as Mobile World Congress Shanghai kicks off
AI takes centre stage as Mobile World Congress Shanghai kicks off
by  AFP

From phones that can detect deepfake scams to autonomous intelligent vehicles, the disruptive potential of artificial intelligence took centre stage as Mobile World Congress Shanghai kicked off Wednesday. Smart device brand Honor on Wednesday unveiled technology it said could detect deepfake scam calls and warn the phone's owner in real-time.

S. Korea administrative robot defunct after apparent suicide
S. Korea administrative robot defunct after apparent suicide
by  AFP

A city council in South Korea said Wednesday their first administrative officer robot was defunct after throwing itself down some stairs, with local media mourning the country's first robot suicide. Headlines in local media questioned the apparent robot suicide, saying: "Why did the diligent civil officer do it?"