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animal intelligence

orangutans

Life

Orangutan mothers tell infants where to go by scratching themselves

When it’s time for an orangutan mother to move to a new part of the forest, she scratches her body to alert her infant while avoiding attracting predators

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A person playing online poker

Technology

AI beats professionals at six-player Texas Hold ’Em poker

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James Lovelock standing near the sea at Chesil Beach

Humans

James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

Regulars

The Epstein-Barr virus is linked to stomach cancer

Health

AI can teach doctors to spot signs of cancer-causing viruses

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goat

Life

Goats reveal their feelings with the sound of distinctive bleats

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light rays passing through glass

Technology

AI made from a sheet of glass can recognise numbers just by looking

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Kronos quartet

Technology

A classical concert at the Barbican shows how AI interprets a recital

Culture

Google's AI training field

Technology

Google has made a virtual soccer pitch to train AIs to play football

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seal

Life

Seals remember what they just did – but only for about 18 seconds

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A child and a poodle

Technology

Teaching AIs to make mistakes like kids would help them learn faster

AIs don't think like children, but if they made a common assumption that children use whilst learning a language they would become better faster

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Technology

AIs that diagnose diseases are starting to assist and replace doctors

Insight

Technology

I travelled to a future where AI cameras track your every move

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Technology

AI learns to gamble illogically like humans to predict our behaviour

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Technology

The US is making digital camouflage so that AIs can’t spot spy planes

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