This AI voice assistant is capable of showing ‘empathy’ (VIDEO)

This AI voice assistant is capable of showing ‘empathy’ (VIDEO)

NEW YORK, March 30 — American startup Hume is launching a voice interface with empathic capabilities, powered by a unique language model. This form of conversational artificial intelligence generates vocal responses adapted to the mood of the human with whom it interacts, to offer a far more natural experience than any other voice assistant to … Read more

Google stops showing currency converter widget for ringgit searches

Google stops showing currency converter widget for ringgit searches

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — If you need to know something, the best way is to just Google it and this includes any questions such as currency exchange rates. However, it seems that Google has removed one feature on its search results if you want to know the current value of the Malaysian Ringgit (RM) … Read more

Despite Malaysia’s tepid Q4 showing, experts still optimistic for economy this year

Despite Malaysia’s tepid Q4 showing, experts still optimistic for economy this year

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Several economists and local industry representatives are confident that Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth will strengthen this year, despite easing in the final quarter of last year. Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) Business School economic analyst associate professor Aimi Zulhazmi Abdul Rashid said the lower growth reported was not cause … Read more

Shafee denies breaching OSA by showing page from Najib’s pardon hearing

Shafee denies breaching OSA by showing page from Najib’s pardon hearing

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 20 — Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah today insisted he did not breach any secrecy laws by displaying documents obtained from the Federal Territories Pardons Board’s meeting that decided the partial pardon for ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He said he only displayed the cover letter from the document and not … Read more

Researchers say great apes playfully tease each other, showing similarities with human

Researchers say great apes playfully tease each other, showing similarities with human

PARIS, Feb 16 — Rabelais believed that laughter is a human trait. But ethologists are wondering whether animals can, like humans, have a sense of humour. An American-German research team claims that great apes engage in forms of playful teasing that show similarities with joking behaviour in humans. Researchers from the University of California Los … Read more