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Our ancestors may have come close to extinction 900,000 years ago

A genetic analysis suggests our ancestral population fell as low as around 1300 individuals nearly a million years ago, but other experts aren't convinced

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Drones racing round a course

Technology

AI beats champion human pilots in head-to-head drone races

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Technology

AI shows no sign of consciousness yet, but we know what to look for

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Technology

What is an 'AI prompt engineer' and does every company need one?

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Technology

ChatGPT gets better marks than students in some university courses

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An area of Sri Lanka flooded in 2004 by a tsunami

Technology

AI can spot early signs of a tsunami from atmospheric shock waves

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The 14 nanometre analogue chip that could increase AI efficiency

Technology

Analogue chips can slash the energy used to run AI models

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A chemical map would put molecules that have similar properties next to each other

Chemistry

A map of every conceivable molecule could be possible with AI

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Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

Health

Unravelling the secrets of the vagus nerve will revolutionise medicine

Vagus nerve stimulation is used to treat conditions ranging from inflammation to migraine. Mapping the nerve's complex structure of more than 160,000 fibres could usher in a new era of precision treatments

Features

Technology

Tricks for making AI chatbots break rules are freely available online

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Technology

Google AI predicts floods four days early in South America and Africa

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Multilingual AIs are better at responding to queries in English

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AI recreates clip of Pink Floyd song from recordings of brain activity

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