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Waldo encouraged fans at the Portland State vs Weber State Womens Volleyball game.

Got a question? Ask Waldo!

Hunter Lindsey, Reporter June 27, 2022

Weber State University’s artificial intelligence-powered Ask Waldo system was launched this year. Ask Waldo can help current and prospective students in a variety of ways including a new system that...

Gunkel, scheduled to speak on campus, never appeared at the event. Similarly, the WSU staff responsible for organizing it  offered no updates or notices of the events apparent cancellation, online or in person. (Photo from Amazon.com)

Can and should robots have rights? We’ll never know

Caitlyn Nichols March 11, 2020

Students gathered outside of the locked Hetzel-Hoellein Room in the Stewart Library on March 10, waiting to listen to a speaker talk about robot rights. But half an hour after the event was scheduled to...

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News Quiz 9/16

Ashlynd Greenwood September 13, 2019

1. What lunar event happened on Friday the 13 that made the legend even more mysterious?a. Flower Moonb. Harvest Moonc. Blue Moond. Super Moon2. An elderly woman in the southern Indian state of Andhra...

Ahmed Bouzid, CEO at Witlingo, talks to the audience about the benefits of voice first during his lecture on Jan. 26 as a part of Lingofest. Photo credit: Chloe Walker

Lingofest: the voices of the future

Zac Watts January 31, 2018

Representatives from Amazon, Google, Comcast and several other telecom companies gathered at Weber State University on January 25 and 26 for the inaugural Lingofest, an annual voice-command technology...

Robot Sophia. (Wikimedia)

Meet Sophia, the world’s first robot citizen

Zac Watts November 29, 2017

Saudi Arabia made history on Oct. 25 by declaring Sophia, a highly advanced, human-like robot, its first artificially intelligent citizen. Sophia is not only Saudi Arabia’s first robot citizen but...

Do your know your news? Nov. 30

Jennifer Guzman November 29, 2017

1. Which actress recently made the news for her engagement to Prince Henry of Wales? a. Nina Dobrev b. Chloe Grace Moretz c. Meghan Markle 2. Which social media platform will...

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Artificial Intelligence: Humanity’s greatest threat?

Zac Watts September 29, 2017

According to several scientists, innovators and other technology experts, robots may be what exterminates humanity in the end of times. Whether they hunt us down and exterminate us, like in “The Terminator,”...

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