Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Bots defeat humans at DOTA2

Founder of Microsoft Bill Gates has hailed what he sees as a turning point in the development of AI.

OpenAI, a company which was cofounded by Elon Musk, has created five neural-networks called OpenAI Five which are capable of playing the online multi-player game "Dota 2."

Not only can the bots play as a team, they actually destroyed humans at the game during a number of battles. You can watch the bots in action here:

Thursday, June 21, 2018

AT&T WatchTV (skinny bundle)

AT&T — the newly minted owner of Time Warner — today unveiled new wireless plans that include its new "WatchTV" skinny bundle. Customers who choose two new unlimited plans, called "AT&T Unlimited & More" and "AT&T Unlimited & More Premium" will be available next week and come with access to the WatchTV app, which includes 31 live channels.

Unlimited & More is $70 per line. (Or $160 for a four-line bundle.) Premium runs $80 a line (or $190 for four lines) and also includes the option to add either HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, Start, VRV or Pandora Premium or Amazon Music Unlimited to the mix. A standalone version of WatchTV will be available at some point for $15 a month.

The channels included in the new WatchTV skinny bundle are:
  • A&E
  • AMC
  • Animal Planet
  • Audience
  • BBC America
  • BBC World News
  • Boomerang
  • Cartoon Network
  • CNN
  • Discovery
  • Food Network
  • FYI
  • Hallmark Channel
  • Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
  • HGTV
  • History
  • HLN
  • IFC
  • Investigation Discovery
  • Lifetime
  • Lifetime Movies
  • OWN
  • Sundance TV
  • TBS
  • TCM
  • TLC
  • TNT
  • Tru TV
  • Velocity
  • Viceland
  • WE
And coming "soon" after launch, AT&T says, will be BET, Comedy Central, MTV2, Nicktoons, Teen Nick and VH1.