Trends with Benefits: iPhone 8 rumors & release date, AI to speak with dolphins?

By Greg Nibler May 11, 2017

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The new iPhone(s): A couple of new reports are speculating that the new iPhone may not actually be delayed in it’s release, even though it will have some pretty outstanding technical advancements. Plus, there will potentially be 4 Apple phones announced this year alone!

Artificial Intelligence everywhere: From the newest developments with Amazon’s Alexa, to MIT studies allowing Robots to teach each other, AI is starting to be used everywhere. Now a team of Swedish scientists believe that AI can learn the language of dolphins and possibly speak to them by 2021!

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