Nvidia’s artificial intelligence can produce images of fake celebrities that look scarily real. As this technology improves, there are obvious potential benefits for companies in the creative industries. For example advertising, movies and video games could be seriously aided by the use of AI image production. Soon it might not be so clear if the pretty woman selling you shampoo is actually real or not. But on the flip side, it does raise questions about how such technology could be used in the era of fake news.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/graphic-design/nvidias-artificial-intelligence-can-produce-images-of-fake-celebrities-that-look-scarily-real/news-story/451883987cd650fa1c6c0816ac2bbde2

SAUDI Arabia has become the first country to grant a robot citizenship — and critics say “Sophia” already has more rights than the country’s women.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/inventions/saudi-arabia-gives-a-robot-citizenship-in-world-first/news-story/c46db098b973544aabd0fb1827c27114

The wunderkind is Kevin Frans, a senior currently working on his college applications. He trained his first neural net—the kind of system that tech giants use to recognize your voice or face—two years ago, at the age of 15. Inspired by reports of software mastering Atari games and the board game Go

https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-high-schooler-shaking-up-artificial-intelligence/