Reliance Jio launched the Jio Phone last month, and Intex[1] has now jumped onto the 4G feature phone bandwagon with its latest launch[2], the Turbo+ 4G[3]. This device runs on KaiOS (also rumoured to be[4] what the JioPhone[5] runs on) and has a 2.4-inch QVGA screen. It is powered by an unspecified dual-core processor and has 512GB of RAM. It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and VGA front camera, plus a 2000mAh battery.
The Jio Phone-rival packs 4GB of storage which can be bumped up by 32GB using a microSD card. The Turbo+ 4G is part of a new range of feature phones called Navratna, all of which are priced between Rs. 700 and Rs. 1,500. Intex says that this phone can give feature phone users better voice quality and the power of an Internet connection, without the cost of a smartphone.
Facebook AI shutdown story was sensationalized
The story that circulated[6] earlier this week about Facebook[7] shutting down an AI program after two bots "became too self-aware" is somewhat inaccurate[8], according to fresh reports. It seems that while there was, in fact, such a program and two bots did begin to adapt English words and syntax, they did not go so far as to create their own language. The issue was a programming error which did not restrict them to English, and because the experiment was related to chatbots in particular, they wound up defeating the purpose of improving their natural language skills. The "dialog agents" had been given different goals and were left to negotiate with each other, and Facebook still considers this an important step forward for...