鈻� 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.
鈻� Spellcheck
Microsoft will help you mind your Ps and LGBTQs with a version of Office that checks documents for inclusive language, such as changing 鈥渉ousewives鈥� to 鈥渉omemakers鈥�.
鈻� Robot butlers
People are coming for robot jobs. Japanese start-up Mira Robotics will soon sell a robot butler 鈥� the catch is it is controlled remotely by a human.
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鈻� Space art
The Orbital Reflector, a piece of 鈥渟pace art鈥� in the form of a shimmering balloon, has failed in orbit. Everyone鈥檚 a critic.
鈻� Toothpaste
Charcoal-based toothpastes, which are black, don鈥檛 whiten teeth, according to the British Dental Journal.
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