AI and music: will we be slaves to the algorithm?

Tech firms have developed AI that can learn how to write music. So will machines soon be composing symphonies, hit singles and bespoke soundtracks?

Jürgen Schmidhuber on the robot future​: ‘They will pay as much attention to us as we do to ants’

The German computer scientist says artificial intelligence will surpass humans’ in 2050, enabling robots to have fun, fall in love – and colonise the galaxy

Tate Britain project uses AI to pair contemporary photos with paintings

IK prize-winning system matches images from the 24/7 news cycle with centuries-old artworks and presents them online

Facebook’s virtual reality just attempts what artists have been doing forever

Virtual reality is radically redefining digital entertainment. Time travel, space travel, or hanging out with friends are all possible in VR, but also via books and arts.

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Man v machine: can computers cook, write and paint better than us?

Artificial intelligence can now win a game, recognise your face, even appeal against your parking ticket. But can it do the stuff even humans find tricky?