AHAlife adds curation and social influence to sell luxury goods

Every day,AHAlifedelivers one unique product from categories like fashion, food, beauty, accessories, home décor, tech and travel experiences to your inbox. In a Jetsetter-like quality, AHAlife’s glossy editorial vibe paired with its celebrity curators including Tim Gunn, DVF, Carmindy, Wendi Murdoch,Daniel Boulud,Bobbi Brown,Petra Nemcova,Cynthia Rowley, and Tina Brown cut through the noise in the online fashion world. AHAlife’s founder and CEO Shauna Mei is anything but unimpressive. She was born in Inner Mongolia, raised in China and moved to the US shortly after the Tiananmen Square massacre....

5 min · 901 words · Amber Schmitt

AHHHA launches today to corner the “social ideation” market

Matt Crowe, founder and CEO of AHHHA is trying to own the “social ideation” market, comparing his company to theFacebookof social networking. His company, which has been in stealth mode for two months, launches today to the public. To define Crowe’s take on social ideation is to mix in one part individual idea creation, two parts crowdsourced curation and every once in a while shake well with corporation-fostered innovation. Based on those “Ah-Ha!...

4 min · 745 words · James Craig

AI can now convincingly mimic cybersecurity experts and medical researchers

If you use such social media websites as Facebook and Twitter, you may have come across posts flagged with warnings about misinformation. So far, most misinformation – flagged and unflagged – has beenaimed at the general public. Imagine the possibility of misinformation – information that is false or misleading – in scientific and technical fields like cybersecurity, public safety and medicine. There is growing concern aboutmisinformation spreading in these critical fieldsas a result of common biases and practices in publishing scientific literature, even in peer-reviewed research papers....

6 min · 1107 words · Michelle Miller

AI can now design slicker sneakers than Kanye West

As someone who’s bought the same model of sneakers three times in a row (Reebok Classics with the gum soleFYI), I’ve fallen slightly behind the fashion curve. But my footwear could soon evolve from passé to trendsetting. Anew websiteflaunts thousands of unique sneakers that would make me a style trailblazer. There is one small problem, however: none of the shoes actually exist. Each is merely the product of AI’s imagination....

2 min · 327 words · Christina Kelly

AI can now identify footprints — but forensic experts won’t get fired just yet

We rely on experts all the time. If you need financial advice, you ask an expert. If you are sick, you visit a doctor, and as a juror you may listen to an expert witness. In the future, however, artificial intelligence (AI) might replace many of these people. In forensic science, the expert witness plays a vital role. Lawyers seek them out for their analysis and opinion on specialist evidence. But experts are human, with all their failings, and the role of expert witnesses has frequently beenlinked tomiscarriages of justice....

5 min · 912 words · David Hudson
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