v3.4_bonus: Roomba-quality work
It’s time for another bonus bonanza and Jenny is back this week to join Elaine in discussing some recent tech news.
You can check that chat out via the link below – but only if you’re a HeadStuff+ subscriber. Otherwise, you can sift through the links below and wonder what we might have said about them. 🤔
Google now offers ‘web’ search – what a concept! (The Verge)
Google also announced a lot of new AI-powered features at its I/O developers conference. (Silicon Republic)
Though its thunder had been stolen the day before when OpenAI announced GPT 4o. (Business Insider)
And Apple announced a new iPad Pro – complete with a new chip built for AI performance – but its ad for the new slim tablet was not well received. (Silicon Republic)
Amid all this AI hype, some recommended reading from investigative tech journalist Julia Angwin:
But let’s not forget we can still have fun with AI and make silly songs with Suno.
And it simply wouldn’t be a bonus episode of For Tech’s Sake without a robot, so here you go: Dublin Airport’s robot baggage helpers.
@rtenews Sir Bot a Lot and Handler Bing are two of the four new AI robots that have been deployed in Dublin Airport to help passengers with disabilities and additional needs by bringing their baggage to their gate. #robots #dublinairport #ai #dublin #accessibility #rtenews
♬ original sound - RTÉ News
If you want to know more about bringing robotics into service, check out our previous episode with Niamh Donnelly, co-founder of Irish start-up Akara Robotics. 🤖
And for those of you reading this who do subscribe to HeadStuff+, here’s where you can find our chat on autonomous vehicles (and the lack of them coming to fruition). 🚗
You lovely subscribers can also find out why were talking about Atlas being hairy here. 🙈
That’s it until were back in the main feed next week with an all-new episode. In the meantime, we’re probably going to be rewatching Wall-E.
Dont forget to feed your Roombas!