Tag: robots
ShinyShiny round up: iPhone users to pick male or female Siri
Apple will ask iPhone users to pick between male and female versions of its digital assistant Siri, the first of the major tech companies to automatically make users choose. The company said that setting up the assistant will involve choosing between the genders after an upcoming software release. Tech companies have come under pressure over…
Could robots replace teachers? Nearly half of kids think so, survey shows
Robots like Pepper, pictured, could soon be teaching our kids instead of old schoolmasters Nearly half of British kids expect teachers to be replaced by ROBOTS within the next 50 years. A poll of 1,002 children aged 8-16 found 47 per cent think their overworked old schoolmasters will be upgraded…