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The Breakout Front Row Star at Alexander Wang’s Show? A Robot!

Originally published by Vogue.com on December 2, 2018 by Christian Allaire At Alexander Wang’s Fall 2019 Show in New York last night, the usual suspects of too-cool front row stars crossed the bridge to Brooklyn to take in the designer’s latest...

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2 weeks ago

Hanson Robotics Founder: Caring about AI That Cares About Us

Originally published on September 7, 2018 Thomson Reuters — As Hanson Robotics founder and CEO David Hanson sees it, compatibility and empathy are core elements to successfully integrating AI technologies...

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1 month ago

David Hanson on How AI and Robotics Can Enhance Humanity

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1 month ago

How Sophia Copies Human Facial Expressions by CNNStyle

Originally published by Stephy Chung at CNN Style on November 2, 2018 CNNStyle — The field of robotics is fast-growing. Robots can now perform complicated movements with elegance — back-flipping...

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1 month ago

WSJ Moving Upstream Video with David Hanson and Sophia

The Robot Revolution: Humanoid Potential | Moving Upstream

A video exploring how humanoid robots are evolving to look and act even more like humans. But could they ever become our friends? By Moving Upstream and Jason Bellini Originally published on January 29, 2018...

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2 months ago

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Human 2.0 Is Coming Faster Than You Think. Will You Evolve With The Times?

Originally posted on October 1, 2018 by Neil Sahota, Contributor for Forbes. Forbes — “Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity,” author, computer scientist, and inventor Ray Kurzweil once said. “We...

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3 months ago

Age of AI: Sophie Meets Sophia the Robot

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3 months ago

Meet Sophia, the Robot That Looks Almost Human

A photographer gained rare access to the lab that created one of the world’s most expressive robots BY MICHAEL GRESHKO PHOTOGRAPHS BY GIULIO DI STURCO National Geographic — Rubberized faces stretch into...

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3 months ago

Dialogue with Sophia the Robot: How the Global Workforce can be Augmented with AI Technology

August 9, 2018 Originally published by the European AI & Robotics Event Team “Artificial intelligence (AI) is good for the world… We will never replace people, but we can be your friends and helpers,” says Sophia...

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3 months ago

Sophia the Robot Makes Her Johannesburg Debut

Originally published on August 30, 2018 by Gadget.co.za Gadget.co.za — Sophia, a humanoid robot that has addressed the United Nations General Assembly, was the star at SAP NOW, a two-day interactive knowledge...

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3 months ago

Top-10 Artificial Intelligence Startups in Hong Kong

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3 months ago

Enabling Cognitive Visual Question Answering

Originally published on August 30, 2018 by SingularityNet.IO by Alexey Potapov Exploring a hybrid approach to visual question answering through deeper integration of OpenCog and a Vision Subsystem. Introduction Let us...

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3 months ago

Giulio di Sturco on Photographing Sophia the Robot

Originally published on canon-europe.com. Photography: Giulio di Sturco Canon Europe — In October 2017, Sophia made history as the first robot to be given citizenship of a country: Saudi Arabia. The firsts...

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4 months ago

BBC Earth Being Human with Sophia

Sophia’s Intro to BBC Earth’s “Being Human” Season

In 2017, BBC Earth and Sophia the Robot teamed up to promote the new season of “Being Human.” This series brings an entirely new perspective to humans’ biggest questions of all time: Who are we, how...

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4 months ago

[Podcast] Made in Hong Kong – Sophia the Robot

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4 months ago

15 Engineers Building the Tech of the Future

August 12, 2018 Originally published by Interesting Engineering, written by Christopher McFadden Interesting Engineering — The future might look very different from today if any of these 15 engineers have anything...

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4 months ago

13 of the Most Inspiring and Funny Tweets from Sophia the Robot

August 10, 2018 Originally published by Interesting Engineering, written by Jessica Miley Interesting Engineering — Sophia the robot is an official citizen of Saudi Arabia, the humanoid robot is an avid Twitter...

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4 months ago

Me, Myself and AI: Is That My Privacy in the Rearview Mirror?

August 8, 2018 By Risto Karjalainen, Guest Writer, Entrepreneur Mountains of data are what make machine learning possible, the whole project is dead in the water without it. But whose life is it, anyway? Entrepreneur...

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4 months ago

Everything You Need To Know About Sophia’s Robot Love

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4 months ago

Frost & Sullivan Announces Hanson Robotics Limited 2018 Winner of the China New Economy Award

July 26, 2018 — Frost & Sullivan today announced Hanson Robotics Limited (HRL) (), the Hong Kong-based artificial intelligence and robotics firm, winner of the prestigious 2018 China New Economy Awards. HRL...

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5 months ago

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Love, Philosophy and Processors: Interview with Bina48 (IEEE.org)

Ryerson University professor Ramona Pringle interviewed Hanson Robotics' Bina48 for this IEEE/Technology and Science magazine profile ...

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5 months ago

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Bina48 the Android Goes to College (Inside Higher Ed)

by Lindsay McKensie Dec. 21, 2017 Inside Higher Ed — A robot called Bina48 has successfully taken a course in the philosophy of love at Notre Dame de Namur University, in California. According to course instructor...

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12 months ago

WATCH: Good Morning Britain Meets Sophia the Robot

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July 10, 2017

Meet Sophia: The Robot that Looks, Thinks, and Talks Like a Human (Inc.)

The latest robot from Hanson Robotics took the stage at the Web Summit in Lisbon, displaying simple emotions, humanlike facial expressions. and bad jokes.
By WILL YAKOWICZ for Inc.

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December 23, 2016

Charlie Rose: Artificial Intelligence Could Be A Game Changer (60 Minutes)

On this episode of 60 Minutes, correspondent CHARLIE ROSE concludes it won't be long before machines begin thinking for themselves. Check it out here.

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October 28, 2016

Disney Wraps Third Accelerator Class With Jaunt, OTOY Deals, including Hanson Robotics

Hanson Robotics – a creator of human-like robots with a full range of facial expressions. Based in Hong Kong, Hanson Robotics is building a range of robots for the business and consumer markets. The videos of its robot...

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October 28, 2016

Disney Accelerator Showcases Nine Startups, Including Hanson Robotics, at 2016 Demo Day

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October 28, 2016