This Song Was Composed By AI - Weekly Mash-Up 153

Hear the first-ever full pop song composed by artificial intelligence
FactMag

Listen to the first-ever pop song written by artificial intelligence. With the backing of Sony CSL Research Laboratory, the melody and harmony for ‘Daddy’s Car’ was composed by AI, whilst a human French composer, Benoît Carré, produced, mixed and wrote lyrics for the track. Read more

Watch People Play ‘Pong’ on a Rock Wall With Augmented Climbing
Motherboard

If you thought rock climbing alone was physically demanding, imagine incorporating the old-school Atari game, Pong, and augmented reality with it. Coined as the “first global gaming platform for climbing walls,” Augmented Climbing offers augmented reality tools for climbers to improve their climbing skills, such as endurance and reach, through gamified exercises. Read more

Virtual Reality Designed to Prep Workplaces for an Active Shooter Situation
Observer

Human Condition Safety has been developing virtual reality to help people mitigate around hazards in the construction industry, and it has now contributed its expertise towards helping workplaces prepare for today’s all too common man-made tragedy - shooting incidents. The training sessions will include four fundamental skills for survival, including barricading, locking down, running and fighting. “They provide you with a tool to help you survive until the experts come.” Read more

Chat Bots Aren’t a Fad. They’re a Revolution.
BackChannel

Most brands and companies have flocked to social media to easily broadcast content to followers far and wide. The next step? Chat bots. Innovative brands have now realised that messaging offers the kind of convenience that drives engagement, as well as the kind of intimacy that inspires deep customer loyalty. “Businesses must go where their customers are.” Read more