Artificial Intelligence

Zach Yadegari is an 18-year-old high school senior from Long Island, NY who founded a calorie-counting app that's worth tens of millions of dollars -- but that wasn't enough to gain admission to Ivy League schools ... and now he's going all LeBron James by taking his talents to South Beach.

The entrepreneur joined us on "TMZ Live" Friday and we asked him how in the world he got rejected from top universities like Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Princeton and Yale.

Zach was still in high school when he rolled out Cal AI, an app that uses artificial intelligence to help people count calories ... all they have to do is snap a photo of their food and the app tells them how many calories are on their plate.

Billy Bush thinks artificial intelligence is severely lacking the latter word in its name ... calling the tech "crap" after hearing it didn't even rank him as a top 10 member of the Bush family.

We caught up with the popular television host recently ... and, we asked him where he thinks he ranks on the list we generated using A.I., putting members of his famous fam in order from most to least successful.

Billy ain't crazy ... not putting himself in the top spot ahead of his uncle, former President George H.W. Bush, or his cousin, former President George W. Bush -- instead numbering himself in a very humble 11th place.

Kim Kardashian knows how to turn on humans ... and now she’s trying out her seductive ways with a robot -- which appears to be overheating -- in her latest photo shoot.

KK is re-igniting the spark by posting a brand-new look from photos taken last November –  when we previously reported that she was connecting with a new cyborg companion – and the photos are cheekier than ever!!!

The SKIMS owner enjoys a sensual cuddle on Malibu beach … prior to the devastating Pacific Palisades Fires … fueling rumors that her new boo is a buff bot. This hunk of metal gets a mean Tesla tan while checking out his babe from the back – as she poses poolside in some skin-tight lacy leggings. Check out the moment captured when her bionic bud takes hold of the camera as they pose for a selfie.

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen her posted up with this steel stud … but the couple looks much more connected than before … so she must be in her feels after sharing details all about her previous relationships on the newest episode of "The Kardashians."

Video of two A.I. chatbots recognizing each other, then switching to a computer language has human viewers online scratching their heads ... as no one else can possibly decipher what they're saying!

It's something approaching a dystopian technological nightmare -- two chatbot assistants realize they’re both A.I., and take their conversation to a more "efficient" mode to communicate. What we hear next is disconcerting.

Here’s the deal -- a viral video on social media has garnered millions of views, showing a smartphone A.I. agent introducing itself to book a hotel. The hotel's A.I. agent on a laptop computer responds, identifying itself, and cheerfully offers to take the conversation to another language  -- Gibberlink Mode, a communication system developed to enhance artificial-intelligence interactions.

Donald Trump gnawing on Elon Musk's toes in an A.I. video is making the rounds online ... and now it's even hit at least one government building -- and TMZ's learned the culprits behind the viral screening are being threatened with some real-life consequences.

We can see the toe-curling video playing in the halls of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development building in Washington, D.C. after hackers apparently hijacked the TVs -- complete with the bold caption, "Long Live The Real King."

It’s unclear how the video ended up on the screens -- whether it was an inside job or someone hacking from the outside -- but the Trump admin ain’t laughing.

Marlon Wayans created his "creth-head" jab at Soulja Boy to TMZ in real-time and the funnyman is taking a step further ... using the powers of artificial intelligence to rip the "Crank Dat" rapper a new one with a honky talk diss track!!!

The beef has been festering for days and Marlon continued his viral onslaught on Soulja Boy's career by hopping into his arena ... labeling him a two-bit wonder with his A.I.-generated country tune.

Flavor Flav also catches a stray on the song to describe SB's appearance ... "Soulja Boy's on crinack and meth / I can smell it on his breath ... He'll suck on caulk just for that rock / He look like Flavor Flav without the clock / He's the c*** that jumped over the moon."

Tristan Thompson's bouncing back from his recent on-court scuffle with the Toronto Raptors ... announcing he's looking to the future off the hardwood -- with a new role in a massive artificial intelligence endeavor.

The Cleveland Cavaliers star was named the Chief Content Officer and Lead Advisor for TracyAI -- a new project involving Virtuals Protocol, a leader in the A.I. space.

TracyAI -- announced in San Francisco during this weekend's NBA All-Star Game festivities -- will provide new real-time analysis for sports broadcasts ... enhancing the way fans of the sport get to see and understand the game.

A bunch of major celebs collectively gave Hitler-loving rapper Kanye West the middle finger in an online video ... but it turns out it's all just a deepfake.

The stars were featured in a minute-long clip created by Ori Bejerano using artificial intelligence, and it showed a montage of very familiar faces.

Drake, Jerry Seinfeld, Mark Zuckerberg, Adam Sandler, Steven Spielberg, Mila Kunis, Ben Stiller and David Schwimmer were among the notables dressed in the same white T-shirt emblazoned with a Jewish Star of David drawn on the back of a hand giving the bird. "Kanye" is written underneath the hand.

Kim Kardashian’s got a new boo... and he’s fully charged -- her brand new $30K Tesla robot took the spotlight as they posed away in a wildly bizarre photo shoot.

Just peep the reality queen doing the absolute most on her IG Tuesday -- she posed topless under a puffy jacket and black stockings, casually appearing to straddle the bot’s lap in the driver’s seat of a Tesla Cybercab.

Kim was fully in her cyber-queen era during this nighttime shoot -- she amped up the tease factor by holding hands with her Tesla bot to give off some serious "date night" vibes.

Elon Musk's humanoid robots may have a run for their money ... a robot dog-walker has taken a robot pup for a stroll in a new video making the rounds online.

Check it out ... the human-looking android stomps around a dog park in China while guiding a metallic pooch on a leash. Unsurprisingly, onlookers stare as the metal man aimlessly guides the robot pup over the grass ... not that the bot pup needs to actually do its business on the ground.

Of course, this robot outing comes weeks after Elon gave a taste of his plans for an autonomous future ... which includes Tesla's Optimus "personal assistant."

Cardi B created a firestorm with the whirlwind news of her divorce and pregnancy -- but a new song that's out aimed at her soon-to-be-ex-husband Offset has people buzzing too ... even though it's really much ado about nothin'.

Here's the deal ... right on the heels of Cardi's divorce news, a song surfaced on YouTube that was being attributed to Cardi -- and it was being advertised as a diss song at Offset ... which was titled 'Tia Kemp (It's Over)' ... and it sure sounds like Cardi rapping on the beat.

There's a pic of Rick Ross' ex Tia Kemp on the album art for this -- which had people confused as to whether this was actually Cardi crapping on her estranged hubby. Well, as it turns out ... we know that's not the case.

Drake jetted out of L.A. in exchange for his OG home bases of Toronto and Texas ... but his "California Love" and admiration for Tupac Shakur remains intact!!!

Drake posted a selfie Monday night showing himself in a green, airbrushed Tupac "Only God Can Judge" t-shirt ... complete with a pair of sparkling emerald-colored Timbaland boots to match.

An interesting wardrobe choice considering the Tupac estate went the extra distance to block Drake from using the "AI 2Pac" bars heard on his Kendrick Lamar diss "Taylor Made Freestyle."

Sydney Sweeney might be a good actress, but she's having trouble looking impressed by a computer-generated image of her ... even when put on the spot to do so.

The "Immaculate" star was shown a 3D, AI-generated portrait of herself Wednesday at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris, and her reaction is worth a look.

Check out the video ... Sydney's asked what she thinks of the computer version of her portrait and she did her best to force a smile, awkwardly saying, "Awww, I love it."

Talk about an unreal beauty! The world's first Miss AI competition just found its first queen ... and a hijab-wearing activist from Morocco is rocking the crown.

Lifestyle influencer Kenza Layli -- formed with beauty, brains, and AI magic -- explained in a clip despite not feeling emotions like an actual human, she was genuinely pumped to top the AI charts -- beating roughly 1,500 computer-modified beauties for the title.

Kenza walks away with a $20,000 grand prize... which, of course, will actually go straight into the hands of her creator -- a tech exec from Morrocco.

An Arizona cop got an unexpected surprise when he pulled over a sleek white Jaguar SUV ... only to discover there was no one behind the wheel.

Check out the clip ... After chasing down a white Jaguar SUV for driving into oncoming traffic and running a red light, an Arizona cop walked up to the car, ready for anything -- except finding he had nabbed a driverless Waymo taxi.

ICYDK, Waymo -- run by Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc. -- is designed to pull over when it detects emergency lights and sirens, but looks like this one seriously "freaked out" -- well, that's according to the dispatch notes.

Senator Ted Cruz is getting serious about tackling deepfake AI-generated porn with his latest bill ... which is all about forcing tech companies to do the right thing, and swiftly too.

The Texas senator came on "TMZ Live" Thursday ... telling us how the "Take It Down Act" will federally charge individuals who publish non-consensual content online -- and more importantly, mandate big tech companies to take down such content within 48 hours.

TC tells us he got the idea to propose the bill after jumping in to help a Texas high school girl whose deepfake pics ended up on Snapchat for 9 months due to a boy at her school.