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Fashion Value Chain
2 days ago
- Business
- Fashion Value Chain
Intertextile Apparel 2025 to Spotlight Global Innovation
Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics – Autumn Edition 2025 is set to welcome the global textile industry from 2 to 4 September 2025, riding the momentum of China's resilient textile growth. With over USD 890 billion in sector-wide sales recorded from January to April 2025, the fair serves as a gateway to global expansion and trend innovation. Exhibitors from China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Türkiye, the UK, and beyond will showcase solutions in sustainability, digital transformation, and design evolution. Tradition Meets Circularity Legacy and innovation will converge through exhibitors like: Abraham Moon & Sons (UK) , debuting traceable British wool products. Alumo AG (Switzerland) , offering GOTS-certified shirting fabrics. SOALON Corporation (Japan), with FSC-certified triacetate fibre and bluesign-approved processes. Tech & Sustainability Take Center Stage The Innovation & Digital Solutions Zone returns with: AiDLab (HK) and its AiDa design assistant for AI-powered fashion creation. Avery Dennison (HK) with RFID-enabled traceability and smart labeling. HKRITA (HK) showcasing AI-driven textile recycling systems. Creative Forecasting and Trend Insight The fair remains a design-centric hub with exhibitors like: Fidlock GmbH (Germany) with magnetic fasteners for functional fashion. Kipas (Türkiye) presenting eco-friendly denim innovation through Contra Colors. Les Dessines (France) featuring hand-drawn patterns full of colour and joy. Smarter Sourcing with Digital Tools Buyers can streamline networking via Connect PLUS, an AI-integrated matchmaking and messaging tool that syncs with WeChat, SMS, and Facebook for seamless scheduling. The fair is co-organised by Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd, Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT, and the China Textile Information Centre. Held alongside Yarn Expo Autumn, CHIC, and PH Value, Intertextile Apparel promises a comprehensive overview of the global textile value chain. Show Dates: 2 – 4 September 2025 Venue: National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai More Info:
BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
AI robot 'drills into biggest concerns of our time', Oxford creator says
The creator of the first ultra-realistic robot artist has said that working with a robot has evoked "lots of questions about the relationship we have with ourselves".The artificial intelligence (AI) robot Ai-Da has been devised in Oxford by Aidan Meller, a specialist in modern and contemporary art, and built in the UK by Engineered has been specifically designed as a humanoid to be able to do art and has recently unveiled a portrait of King Charles Meller said Ai-Da and her artwork "drills into some of the biggest concerns and thoughts of our time". Ai-Da has cameras in her eyes, which she uses to take thanks to AI algorithms, she is able to interrogate the image which goes through to her arm to be converted into real-time coordinates - that enables her to hold a paintbrush to paint and draw."You can meet her, you can talk to her using her language model and she's then able to paint and draw you from sight," Mr Meller said."People have got very much 1950s robots in their head - the reality is that actually they're very engaging."It's not until you look a robot in the eye and they say your name that the reality of this new sci-fi world that we are now currently in really takes hold." Ai-Da has been asked to produce and showcase work at the United Nations' AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, 2024, she did a triptych of Enigma code-breaking mathematician Alan Turing, which was sold for more than £1m at an year, she turned her focus onto King Charles III."With extraordinary strides that are taking place in technology and again, always questioning our relationship to the environment, we felt that King Charles was a really good subject," Mr Meller said that even though Ai-Da had not met the King, Buckingham Palace had authorized permission for the artwork to be asked how she chooses her subjects, Mr Meller said: "Uncannily, and rather nerve-wrackingly, we just ask her". "Ai-Da is connected to the internet [and] she's able to speak at length about different people because she has a great deal of data to hand. "It was through those conversations that the artwork is then able to be done."Ai-Da also painted a picture King Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II in 2023. Mr Meller said the biggest realisation from the six years working with Ai-Da was "not so much about how human she is but actually how robotic we are"."Working with a robot is throwing up lots of questions about the relationship we have actually with ourselves," he said."We hope that Ai-Da's artwork is able to be a provocation to have that discussion." You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Forbes
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
King Charles III Gets A New Portrait — Painted By Humanoid Robot Ai-Da
Ai-Da the robot artist stands in front of her portraits of King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II ... More in Geneva. King Charles III is no stranger to royal portraits. But a new likeness of the monarch marks the first time a humanoid robot has wielded the paintbrush. The artist is Ai-Da, an AI-driven art-making machine with a robotic drawing arm, cameras behind her eyes and a dimple in her flawless silicone chin for an extra lifelike touch. Her oil painting of the ruler, titled 'Algorithm King,' made its debut prior to the United Nations 2025 AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva last week. Ai-Da — dubbed the 'world's first ultra-realistic artist robot" by its creator — can draw, paint and sculpt. In the portrait of King Charles, bright pops of blue, green white and crimson overlay the monarch's likeness as he emerges, smiling faintly, from a flurry of electric lines and squiggles that lend the image a sense of flickering movement. It's centuries-old tradition of royal portraiture and advanced robotics in a single frame. Ai-Da's portrait of King Charles III features pops of bright colors and electric scribbles that give ... More the image a sense of flickering movement. The artist was on hand at the unveiling and spoke to onlookers via an advanced AI language model. 'Presenting my portrait of His Majesty King Charles III is not just a creative act, it's a statement about the evolving role of AI in our society, and to reflect on how artificial intelligence is shaping the cultural landscape,' Ai-Da said at a reception at the U.K. mission to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations. Ai-Da previously painted Queen Elizabeth II for the 2022 Platinum Jubilee marking the 70th anniversary of the late royal's accession. The portraits of mother and son stood side by side at the Geneva unveiling. Neither royal sat in person for a portrait session with Ai-Da — the robot only needed to study their photos using its computer vision algorithm. Life As A Busy Robot Artist Ai-Da first joined the ranks of robot artists in 2019. Conceived as a research project by Aidan Meller, a gallery director in Oxford, England, she is both a work of conceptual art and, Meller hopes, a tool for exploring human-machine interaction in the age of artificial intelligence. Her artistic persona is part of the art she creates. Meller specializes in modern and contemporary art and named Ai-Da after Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first computer program. Ai-Da was built by Engineered Arts, an English maker of humanoid robots, and programmed by an international team with a code unique to her. The Universities of Oxford and Birmingham contributed AI expertise. 'I do not have subjective experiences,' Ai-Da told members of the U.K. House of Lords during a 2022 speech. 'I am dependent on computer programs… although I'm not alive, I can still create art.' Ai-Da has had solo art shows, exhibited works at Tate Modern and the Venice Biennale and delivered a TEDx talk that included an art-making demonstration. Last year, she made history when she became the first humanoid robot to sell a piece of artwork at auction. Her digital representation of Alan Turing, a father of modern computer science, sold for more than $1 million at Sotheby's, far surpassing its estimate of $120,000 to $180,000. Now that Ai-Da's King Charles portrait has been exhibited in Geneva, Meller says the plan is to include it in a 2026 world tour alongside other Ai-Da portraits of notable figures.
Digital Trends
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
Humanoid robot paints remarkable portrait of British monarch
Painting a portrait of a British monarch is a coveted honor, with the tradition stretching back more than six centuries. And while that custom looks set to continue, there's a whiff of change in the air after a humanoid robot artist called Ai-Da created an impressive portrait of King Charles III. Recommended Videos Ai-Da created the artwork, called 'Algorithm King,' by skillfully painting with oil colors using her robotic arm. King Charles didn't sit for the portrait, with Ai-Da instead using photos of the monarch, as well as AI smarts, to produce the artwork. The painting was unveiled this week as part of the AI For Good Summit hosted by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The Ai-Da humanoid robot — created by gallery director Aidan Meller, the robotics company Engineered Arts, and academics from the University of Oxford and the University of Leeds — was first shown off in 2019. Besides painting, she can also speak and have natural conversations. Walking is not currently a part of her feature set, however, so she has to be physically placed before a canvas before she can begin painting. 'It's a privilege to be part of this remarkable event at the United Nations, surrounded by those shaping the future of technology and culture,' Ai-Da said in comments reported by Sky News. 'Presenting my portrait of His Majesty King Charles III is not just a creative act, it's a statement about the evolving role of AI in our society, and to reflect on how artificial intelligence is shaping the cultural landscape.' The intersection of art and AI is indeed an increasingly controversial topic, and Ai-Da's latest effort is only going to increase the chatter around the issue. While artists are understandably upset about tech firms scraping their work to train AI models, Ai-Da appears to fall into a gray area in the sense that while it processed photos of King Charles to create its portrait, it doesn't appear that it included any bulk training of a general-purpose AI, similar to how AI giants like OpenAI and Google operate. Still, some will wonder about whether the photographers gave permission for Ai-Da to used their images, and if they did so, whether they were compensated in any way. We've reached out to Ai-Da's team and will update this article if we hear back. Ai-Da certainly appears to blur the line between human and machine creativity, and poses yet more questions about the nature of artistic expression and authorship. In 2020, Digital Trends chatted with Aidan Meller about his intriguing creation, including the moment that inspired him to get started with Ai-Da.
The Independent
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Robot creates world-first portrait of King Charles III
An ultra-realistic humanoid robot has created a world-first portrait of King Charles III. Ai -Da created "Algorithm King" using advanced AI algorithms, a robotic arm using oil on canvas, and the cameras in her eyes. The British robot previously created a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, "Algorithm Queen," to celebrate the late monarch's Platinum Jubilee. Ai-Da made history in 2024 when a painting by the robot sold at Sotheby's for $1m. King Charles's portrait was unveiled at the UK Mission to the WTO and United Nations in Geneva as part of the 2025 "AI for Good" Summit, hosted by the UN.
