Ciencia y Tecnología

An older voice assistant like Siri, which reacts to a database of commands and questions it has been programmed to understand, would fail unless you used specific words, including "What's the weather like in New York?" and “What should I pack for a trip to New York?” The first conversation seems more fluid, like the way people talk to each other. One of the main reasons people gave up on voice assistants like Siri and Alexa was that computers couldn't understand much of what they were asked, and it was difficult to figure out which questions worked. Dimitra Vergyri, director…

Artificial intelligence is giving machines the power to generate videos, write computer code and even carry on a conversation. It is also accelerating efforts to understand the human body and fight disease. On Wednesday, Google DeepMind, the tech giant's core AI lab, and Isomorphic Labs, a sister company, unveiled a more powerful version of AlphaFold, an AI technology that helps scientists understand the behavior of the microscopic mechanisms that drive cells on the planet. Human Body. An early version of AlphaFold, released in 2020, solved a puzzle that had plagued scientists for more than 50 years. It was called “the…

Keep organized If you don't already have software to consolidate travel information, your phone's default apps can help. Electronic boarding passes, hotel reservations, and advance tickets can be quickly added to your phone's digital wallet; a pragmatic paper backup hidden in your bag is insurance. Google and Apple offer the ability to automatically add reservations and events from emails and messages to your calendar. By adding tickets, passes and reservation cards to the digital wallet app on your phone, you keep them all in one place while you travel.Credit…Apple Free services like TripIt (and its phone apps), TripCase (also with…