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animal intelligence

Illustration of a chatbot icon on a digital blue wavy background

Technology

AIs are more likely to mislead people if trained on human feedback 

If artificial intelligence chatbots are fine-tuned to improve their responses using human feedback, they can become more likely to give deceptive answers that seem right but aren’t

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Technology

What voice assistants like Alexa know about you – and how they use it

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Humans

The fascinating truth about why common sense isn't really that common

Features

Humans

AI discovers hundreds of ancient Nazca drawings in Peruvian desert

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A day octopus hunting with a blue goatfish

Life

Octopuses and fish hunt as a team to catch more prey

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Technology

‘Shazam for whales’ uses AI to track sounds heard in Mariana Trench

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Some lizards can stay underwater for longer by blowing out and then rebreathing bubbles of air. This has been suspected since the behaviour was first observed, and now Lindsey Swierk at Binghamton University in New York has confirmed it.

Life

Air jacket helps 'scuba-diving' lizards stay underwater for longer

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Technology

Cold war spy satellites and AI detect ancient underground aqueducts

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The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense

Technology

The AI expert who says artificial general intelligence is nonsense

Features

Technology

The deepfakes of Trump and Biden that you are most likely to fall for

Experiments show that viewers can usually identify video deepfakes of famous politicians – but fake audio and text are harder to detect

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Life

Is life better as a dog? A philosopher investigates

Culture

Life

Fish size themselves up in a mirror to decide if they can win a fight

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Life

Watch eels escape from the stomachs of fish after being swallowed

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Technology

Nexus review: Yuval Noah Harari is out of his depth in his new book

Culture

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