Pitting two AI machines against each other - Weekly Mash-Up 171

Google's DeepMind tests AI vs AI to see if they become 'aggressive' or cooperate
International Business Times

Google's artificial intelligence subsidiary DeepMind is pitting two AI against each other in a game of collecting apples from a central pile. The researchers let the AI play the game over and again to learn about the game. The researchers found that the smarter the AI agent is, the more likely it is to cooperate and work together with other players! Read more

Here's What One Gym Class Looks Like In 2017
Kotaku

The Interactive Gym, the latest project from the Canadian tech company SAGA, takes the traditional idea of gym class and adds a layer of augmented reality, turning the walls into giant games. Images of floating shapes are projected onto the wall while the kids launch rubber balls at them trying to shatter the images.This is another best use case of augmented reality, where the gymnasium can be used as “playground for learning”. Read more

Virtual-reality tumour gives researchers a whole new way to study cancer
Alphr

Virtual reality is expanding outside of the entertainment industry and is now encroaching into the health sector. The two biggest problems that cancer researchers face include capturing the vast amounts of information that are held by a tumour’s ecosystem, and how to make sense of it. Researchers believe that virtual reality is the key answer to solving these issues. Read more

Google teams up with H&M to make dresses based on your personal data
Mashable

With the advancement in technology, it is only inevitable our clothing would become a reflection of our personal data. Deemed “Data_Dress”, fashion house H&M have teamed up with Google to create an app that learns about a user and designs a personalized garment for them. The outcome is a dress with a unique pattern, personalizing everything from material and silhouette to embroidery details using the story captured by the app.