Yaama, it's Jack. Let's take a look at what's in the news.
With no Eurovision this year, organisers have come up with
something a little different instead -
an artificial intelligence song contest.
13 teams from eight different countries took part and -
spoiler alert - Australia has just been voted the winner.
Uncanny Valley wins the first AI Song Contest.
Yep, their song Beautiful The World has taken out
Eurovision's very first AI Song Contest.
(ELECTRONIC POP MUSIC)
Thank you so much! We are honoured to win.
It's Australia's first Eurovision win ever.
The song actually came second in the judges' votes,
but it was the people's choice votes that pulled it up to number one.
Talking about making history,
the first Australian victory in Eurovision was done by an AI system.
So, how did they do it?
Well, a computer was fed a bunch of previous Eurovision songs
and sounds of Aussie animals
to help it come up with the melody and lyrics.
But isn't using a computer to write your song for you
a bit like using a calculator to do your times tables?
Well, sort of, but not really.
The whole point of this competition was to see how well a bunch of musos,
tech-heads and AI could work together to make a banger track.
It was still up to the team to choose what samples to feed the machine,
record vocals, mix in other instruments and master the track.
So, a lot of hard work.
And it's hard work that's paid off.
It's been a fun journey, it's been a collaborative journey.
We won! Yeah!
We won!
The AFL's hit a few snags on its way to restarting the season.
South Australia won't relax border restrictions to let teams come in
and out of the state,
unless they go through two weeks of quarantine first.
So the Crows and Port Adelaide could be forced
to temporarily relocate interstate so the season can go ahead.
But the whole thing has complicated just how
and when the comp will start up again.
Move over, Spider-Man, because there's a new spider...man in town.
Well, kind of.
Hi, BTN. My name is Eamon Amsters
and I'm a spider zookeeper at the Queensland Museum.
Obviously the museum's closed at the moment
so there's no-one there to look after all the spiders.
That meant I could take home about 50 spiders.
However, that's not a big deal for me.
I already have about 50 spiders at home I'm already looking after.
So today I'm gonna show you what it's like to look after
over 100 spiders.
So, welcome to my spider room.
Behind me I have about 100 different spiders,
so a number of different species including tarantulas,
various trapdoor spiders, huntsmans, funnel webs and red-backs.
They're quite a variety.
So I often get asked what's my favourite spider.
Well, I definitely do have a favourite
and it's the spider in here.
So in here I have one of my Australian tarantulas.
This is a big adult female and she's a bit angry at the moment.
She didn't really appreciate me pulling her out of her house.
She's putting up a big threat display.
She's showing off her big fangs.
Another spider I look after are trapdoor spiders.
They're a really special spider because, hence their name,
they build a trapdoor.
Take a look in here.
We just open this up
and see a nice big hole where the spider lives.
So you might think sharing your house with over 100 spiders
is quite weird.
However, in reality...
Ooh.
..chances are you probably share your backyard or your house
with just as many spiders as I do, you just don't know it.
If you're a bit scared of spiders
and you're looking to start to get over your fear,
I think one of the best things you can do is start to research spiders.
I'm sure you'll find they're actually quite fascinating animals.
Often they're much more scared of you than you are of them.
As you can see, they're usually much friendlier
than what they might look.
This next segment is filled with some unconventional creations
that will have you saying, "Hmm.
"Those are some interesting inventions."
What do you get when you combine a tricycle,
a boat and a teeny tiny house?
This, the Z-Triton.
Powered by the sun, this three-wheeled home
can comfortably sleep two people and is equipped with all the necessities.
The Z-Triton seamlessly turns into a boat with a couple of adjustments.
Well, sort of seamlessly.
The Belarus football league came up with this creative way
of filling their empty stadiums.
Basically fans purchase a ticket, get their face attached to a mannequin
and then use an app to respond to the game and send a virtual cheer.
(CHEERING)
I don't know about you but when it comes to wheelbarrows,
the whole wheeling part can get old wheely quickly.
So what do you do?
Well, if you're like Kevin Nicks here,
you attach the engine of a Honda 50CC scooter, and away you go.
That's all the news we have for you today,
so we'll see you again tomorrow.
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