Artificial Intelligence
Technology
OpenAI’s Text-to-Video Tool Sora Sets Internet Alight
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has unveiled a new form of artificial intelligence, named Sora, that creates realistic videos based on text prompts, prompting stunned reactions online.
The text-to-video model has “a deep understanding of language” and can generate “compelling...
Greek News
Sophia, Most Famous Humanoid AI Robot, Tours Athens
Sophia, the globally renowned humanoid AI robot, recently toured Athens and was captured in a photograph against the backdrop of the Acropolis.
Sophia, whose name means ‘wisdom’ in Greek, participated in a technology and information event organized by companies from...
Greek News
Greek American Scientist Alex Dimakis to Lead Largest AI Hub in Academia
Alex Dimakis, a Greek scientist of the University of Texas, will lead a team that will produce one of the most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) hubs in the academic world.
The University at Austin announced that the Center for Generative...
Ancient Greece
AI Reveals What Ancient Languages, Including Greek, Sounded Like
Artificial intelligence (AI) has resurrected ancient languages that were once spoken but have only survived in written form. Through video, AI made long-lost languages, including Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Proto-Celtic, Hittite and Akkadian, audible again by presenting the unique...
Greek News
Alexa Can Now Create Songs for You Using AI
Using artificial intelligence (AI), Alexa has unveiled a tool that creates a song based on your description.
Amazon-backed Splash, which has trained its AI model exclusively on a self-owned music library, unveiled the skill at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES),...
Greek news
Sophia, the First Robot With a Passport Comes to Greece
Sophia, one of the world's most advanced humanoid robots, whose name means 'wisdom' in Greek, is set to visit the Greek city of Nafpaktos to attend a panel titled artificial intelligence and ethics.
In October 2017, Sophia was granted Saudi...
Business
Volkswagen to Include ChatGPT in Its Cars
Volkswagen has announced it will install ChatGPT into its vehicles to enable better communication between car and driver.
The German car manufacturer plans to start installing the conversational chatbot into its vehicles in the second quarter of this year, with...
Greek News
Dealership AI Chatbot Sells Car for $1
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In Watsonville, California, an unusual interaction unfolded between Chris Bakke and an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on the Chevrolet of Watsonville website, a General Motors (GM) dealership.
By Genesis De La Ossa*
Bakke, testing the limits of the chatbot, proposed purchasing...
Greece
Greece’s Technology Outlook for 2024 Is Positive
From artificial intelligence to renewable energy systems, technology in Greece has seen significant advancements over the past few years with more set to come in 2024.
Through a mixture of Greek initiative and foreign investments from tech giants, the next...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Word From Burned Herculaneum Scrolls Decoded
AI read an ancient Greek word from a text damaged by Vesuvius in 79 AD, marking a major milestone in decoding the Herculaneum scrolls.
The Greek word 'πορφύραc,' which translates to "(Tyrian) purple" in English, carries a rich cultural connotation...