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Technology

Artificial intelligence is about to revolutionise warfare. Be afraid

Sci-fi loves to depict military AIs as malign killer minds or robots. But the truth is more subtle and more terrifying – and it's happening right now

Features

The Martians have landed in London, and they're hogging the camera

Space

The Martians have landed in London, and they're hogging the camera

Culture

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Environment

Moose and sheep pass down their migration routes through culture

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Technology

AIs are being tested to see how well they understand our thoughts

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Two cleaner wrasse

Life

A species of fish has passed the mirror test for the first time

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Technology

The real danger of deepfake videos is that we may question everything

Leader

Barack Obama through the display on a video camera

Technology

AI can make high-definition fake videos from just a simple sketch

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Meerkat standing guard

Life

The most trusted meerkats are those with impeccable reputations

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a robot hugs a person

Technology

Artificial stupidity could help save humanity from an AI takeover

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Technology

Flint water crisis: How AI is finding thousands of hazardous pipes

Artificial intelligence is helping to find the thousands of lead pipes responsible for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan

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Technology

Sandra: A world where AI is less artificial than it seems

Culture

Life

Parrots make wise investment decisions to get what they want: walnuts

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Technology

This AI will draw whatever you want - but it's utterly terrible

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Technology

Yuval Noah Harari: Why the reluctant guru is upsetting scientists

Culture

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