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Sepia picture of military plane flying with mountains in the distance

Technology

AI pilot helps US air force with tactics in simulated operations

The ALPHA system was designed as a computer opponent in air combat simulations but is now working with pilots and could one day be used to fly real planes

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Technology

Google’s DeepMind AI can lip-read TV shows better than a pro

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Life

The world in 2076: Machines outsmart us but we're still on top

Features

Watch cockatoo genius chew out a tool from a piece of cardboard

Life

Watch cockatoo genius chew out a tool from a piece of cardboard

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Technology

Facebook’s tech boss on how AI will transform how we interact

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A little girl plays with wooden blocks, stacking them into a tower on a windowsill

Technology

Google DeepMind’s AI learns to play with physical objects

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Technology

What if we are victims of an AI's singularity?

Culture

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Technology

Binge-watching videos teaches computers to recognise sounds

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Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

Humans

Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began

Features

Brown pebble turns out to be first ever pickled dinosaur brain

Earth

Brown pebble turns out to be first ever pickled dinosaur brain

The petrified specimen comes from a large plant eater such as Iguanodon, which lived about 133 million years ago, and whose brain was pickled in mud after it died

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Technology

The road to artificial intelligence: A case of data over theory

Features

Technology

Google's neural networks invent their own encryption

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Life

Smart lab rats filmed using hooked tools to get chocolate cereal

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Health

$100 million project to make intelligence-boosting brain implant

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