â–² Salvador Dali
The Dali Museum in St Petersburg, Florida, got an AI to study archive footage of the great artist and recreate him as a deepfake. How surreal.
â–² Spellcheck
Microsoft will help you mind your Ps and LGBTQs with a version of Office that checks documents for inclusive language, such as changing “housewives” to “homemakers”.
â–¼ Robot butlers
People are coming for robot jobs. Japanese start-up Mira Robotics will soon sell a robot butler – the catch is it is controlled remotely by a human.
â–¼ Space art
The Orbital Reflector, a piece of “space art” in the form of a shimmering balloon, has failed in orbit. Everyone’s a critic.
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â–¼ Toothpaste
Charcoal-based toothpastes, which are black, don’t whiten teeth, according to the British Dental Journal.
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