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Simple make-up tips can help you avoid face recognition software

AI software identifies which areas of your face you should subtly change with make-up to fool face recognition technology – and it works 98.8 per cent of the time

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Watch cuttlefish migrate together in a defensive line with a lookout

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Watch cuttlefish migrate together in a defensive line with a lookout

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cuneiform tablets

Technology

Ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets could be decoded by an AI

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Technology

AI can detect a deepfake face because its pupils have jagged edges

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Cockatoo tool use

Video

Wild cockatoos make "cutlery" tools from tree branches

Video

Bird magic

Video

Magic trick reveals sharp memory and future planning in Eurasian jays

Video

Life

Birds get angry when their favourite snacks are swapped in magic trick

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After Yang review: A delightful movie about robots teaching humans

Humans

After Yang review: A delightful movie about robots teaching humans

Culture

Cockatoo opens bin

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Cockatoos are figuring out how to open bins by copying each other

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fossil skeleton

Life

Waves of animals died at an ancient Spanish lake and now we know why

Fossil forensics and artificial intelligence have shed light on how multiple groups of large mammals died by a lake in what is now Spain 9 million years ago

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Life

Why invertebrates should be included in animal welfare protections

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Technology

Can a robot ever be conscious and how would we know if it were?

Features

Life

What is consciousness like for other animals and when did it evolve?

Features

Technology

AIs don't understand simple physics like a ball rolling down a hill

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