Internet & Social Media Law Blog
Virtual reality takes to the air and rests beneath your feet, a smart toy and a weaponized GIF inspire lawsuits (separately), Slack invests in bots, and more!
- Will virtual reality on planes make trips more enjoyable? (A.W., The Economist)
- Walk a mile in someone’s else’s shoes … or at least feel the surface they are walking on thanks to these virtual reality shoes. (Michael Nuñez, Gizmodo)
- What will 2017 hold in store for artificial intelligence? (Will Knight, MIT Technology Review)
- A soft robot makes its debut. (Julia Sklar, MIT Technology Review)
- Toyota Research Institute CEO says, regarding a fully autonomous driving car: “we’re nowhere near close.” (Matthew Lynley, TechCrunch)
- Smart toys trigger privacy lawsuits. (Karl Bode, Techdirt)
- AlphaGo, Google’s Go-playing AI, has been secretly trouncing human opponents online. (Timothy Revell, NewScientist)
- Slack invests in the 11 bot startups. (Khari Johnson, VentureBeat)
- Indiegogo adjusts its Terms of Use to make life more difficult for scammers. (Sara Morrison, Vocative)
- Can a GIF be weaponized? (Sara Morrison, Vocative)